Mount Zion, the city of David and the eternal possession of God Most High, will be the holy city where all will assemble to worship Him. “At that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the Lord, and all
19the third row shall be jacinth, agate and amethyst;20the fourth row shall be topaz, onyx and jasper.[b]Mount them in gold filigree settings.21There are to be twelve stones, one for each of the names of the sons of Israel,each engraved like a seal with the na...
Pignelius on Revelation (Re 21:19) says that this stone has the color of a pallid lamp, shines in the open air, but is dark in a house, cannot be cut, and has powers of attraction. The etymology of the word is not less doubtful than its meaning. Some derive it from χαλκ...
But this supposition (in so far as the true meaning of the text quoted is concerned) is founded on a misconception of the original Hebrew, which runs literally, "he shall dwell before the faces of all his brethren," i.e. (according to the idiom above explained, in which "before the ...
That the name is derived from some natural peculiarity is evident from the presence of the article with all the terms. Whatever may be the true meaning of bedolach, be it carbuncle, crystal, bdellium, ebony, pepper, cloves, beryl, pearl, diamond, or emerald, all critics detect its ...
Those who contend that the united stream of the Euphrates and Tigris is the "river" which "goeth forth from Eden to water the garden," have committed a fatal error in neglecting the true meaning of יָצָא, which is only used of the course of a river from its source ...
the name of the renowned Hannibal is found to be identical in form and meanifig with the name of Hanniel, who is mentioned in Nu 34:23 as the prince of the tribe of Manasseh: Hanniel meaning the grace of God, and Hannibal the grace of Baal. (4.) The same conclusion arises from...