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David

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother's name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam...

Prophet

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Heb. nabi, from a root meaning "to bubble forth, as from a fountain," hence "to utter", comp. Ps 45:1). This Hebrew word is the first and the most generally used for a prophet. In the time of...

Chronicles of king David

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1 Chr 27:24) were statistical state records; one of the public sources from which the compiler of the Books of Chronicles derived information on various public matters.

Malachi, Prophecies of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The contents of the book are comprised in four chapters. In the Hebrew text the third and fourth chapters (of the A.V.) form but one. The whole consists of three sections, preceded by an...

Habakkuk, Prophecies of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Were probably written about B.C. 650-627, or, as some think, a few years later. This book consists of three chapters, the contents of which are thus comprehensively described: "When the prophet in...

David, City of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) David took from the Jebusites the fortress of Mount Zion. He "dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David" (1 Chr 11:7). This was the name afterwards given to the castle and royal...

Hosea, Prophecies of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

This book stands first in order among the "Minor Prophets." "The probable cause of the location of Hosea may be the thoroughly national character of his oracles, their length, their earnest tone,...