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Elon-beth-hanan

(Encyclopedia)Elon-beth-hanan ēˈlŏn-bĕth-hāˈnən [key], in the Bible, city in Solomon's 2d district. ...

Guggenheim

(Encyclopedia)Guggenheim go͝ogˈənhīm [key], family of American industrialists and philanthropists. Meyer Guggenheim, 1828–1905, b. Aargau canton, Switzerland, emigrated (1847) to the United States, prospered ...

Ami

(Encyclopedia)Ami āˈmī [key], in the Bible, servant of Solomon whose descendants came out of exile. An alternative spelling is Amon. ...

Jedidiah

(Encyclopedia)Jedidiah jĕdĭdīˈə [key] [Heb.,=beloved of God], in the Bible, auspicious name that Nathan bestowed on the baby Solomon. ...

Moriah, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Moriah, Mount, biblical name of the hill of E Jerusalem. According to Second Chronicles it was the site of Solomon's temple. ...

Strauss, Lewis Lichtenstein

(Encyclopedia)Strauss, Lewis Lichtenstein strôz [key], 1896–1974, American financier, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (1953–58), b. Charleston, W.Va. In World War I he served under Herbert Hoover on t...

Darrow, Clarence Seward

(Encyclopedia)Darrow, Clarence Seward, 1857–1938, American lawyer, b. Kinsman, Ohio. He first practiced law in Ashtabula, Ohio. In 1887 he moved to Chicago, where he was corporation counsel for several years and ...

Adonijah

(Encyclopedia)Adonijah ădˌənīˈjə, ədŏnˈəjə [key], in the Bible, son of David. He sought the throne that David gave to the younger son, Solomon. Perhaps the same as Adonikam, a name in the lists of famili...

Shulamite

(Encyclopedia)Shulamite sho͞oˈləmīt [key], female character of the Song of Solomon. See Shunem. ...

Zabud

(Encyclopedia)Zabud zāˈbəd [key], in the Bible, priest under Solomon, perhaps the same as Zabad (1) or (2.) ...