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the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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1 Kings 4:12

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abel-Meholah;   Ahilud;   Baana;   Beth-Shean;   Canaan;   Commissary;   King;   Megiddo;   Officer;   Purveyor;   Rulers;   Solomon;   Taanach;   Tax;   Zaretan;   Thompson Chain Reference - Taanach;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy Land;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Beth-Shean, or Beth-Shan;   Taanach;   Zaretan;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Bethshan (bethshean);   Megiddo;   Palestine;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abel-Meholah;   Adam, the City of;   Baana;   Beth-Shean;   Camon;   Jokmeam;   Megiddo;   Zereda;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abel-Meholah;   Baana;   Bethshean;   Jokneam;   Megiddo;   Taanach;   Zartanah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abel-Meholah;   Ahilud;   Azariah;   Baana;   Beth-Shean;   Book(s);   Economic Life;   Jokmeam;   Kibzaim;   King, Kingship;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Megiddo;   Occupations and Professions in the Bible;   Solomon;   Taanach;   Zarethan;   Zartanah;   Zererah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abel-Meholah;   Ahilud;   Baana;   Government;   Israel;   Jezreel;   Jokmeam;   Solomon;   Taanach;   Tribute, Toll, Taxing;   Zarethan;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abelmeholah ;   Ahilud ;   Armageddon ;   Baana ;   Bethshan, Bethshean ;   Jokmeam ;   Megiddo, Megiddon ;   Taanach, Tanach ;   Zartanah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abel-meholah;   Baana;   Taanach;   Zereda;   Smith Bible Dictionary - A'bel-Meho'lah;   Ahi'lud;   Ba'ana;   Jok'me-Am;   Ta'anach;   Zar'tanah;   Zar'than;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abel-Meholah;   Ahilud;   Baana;   Beth-Shean;   Jokmeam;   Jokneam;   Meadow;   Megiddo;   Palestine (Recent Exploration, I.e. as of 1915);   Taanach;   Tax;   Zarethan;   Zartanah;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abel-meholah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abel-Meholah;   Megiddo;   Palestine;   Pottery;  

Contextual Overview

1So King Solomon ruled over Israel, 2and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest; 3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder; 4Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; 5Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king; 6Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the labor force. 7Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year, 8and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim; 9Ben-deker in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan; 10Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Taanach: Joshua 17:11, Judges 5:19

Megiddo: 2 Kings 23:29, 2 Kings 23:30

Bethshean: 1 Samuel 31:10, 1 Samuel 31:12

Zartanah: 1 Kings 7:46, Zarthan, Joshua 3:16, Zaretan

Jezreel: 1 Kings 18:46

Abelmeholah: 1 Kings 19:16

Reciprocal: Joshua 12:21 - Megiddo Joshua 17:16 - Bethshean Joshua 19:11 - Jokneam Judges 7:22 - Zererath 1 Kings 9:15 - Megiddo 2 Kings 9:27 - Megiddo 1 Chronicles 6:68 - Jokmeam 1 Chronicles 7:29 - Taanach

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,
Genesis 4:4
while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
Genesis 4:14
Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."
Genesis 4:17
And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
Genesis 4:18
Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech.
Genesis 4:23
Then Lamech said to his wives: "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
Genesis 4:24
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold."
Leviticus 26:20
and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.
Leviticus 26:36
As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.
Psalms 109:10
May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Baana the son of Ahilud, [to him pertained] Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean,.... All which were places in the tribe of Manasseh, Joshua 17:11;

which [is] by Zartanah beneath Jezreel; so described, to distinguish it, as is thought, from Zaretan in Joshua 3:16; and the country this officer presided over reached also

from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, [even] unto [the place that is] beyond Jokneam; the two first of these were in the tribe of Manasseh, and the last in the tribe of Zebulun, Joshua 19:11.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On these cities see Joshua 12:21; Joshua 3:16; Judges 7:22; Joshua 21:22.


 
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