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Chemosh

(Encyclopedia) ChemoshChemoshkēˈmŏsh [key], identified, probably mistakenly, as the god of the Ammonites in the Bible (see Milcom). In First and Second Kings, Solomon erected an altar to him at…

Tetepare

(Encyclopedia) Tetepare,Tetepare,tāˈtəpäˌrā [key], raised coral island 46 sq mi (118 sq km), S Western prov., Solomon Islands, SW Pacific, separated from New Georgia by the Blanche Channel. It is the…

Great Zimbabwe

(Encyclopedia) Great ZimbabweGreat Zimbabwezĭmbäbˈwā [key] [Bantu,=stone houses], ruined city, SE Zimbabwe, near Masvingo (formerly Fort Victoria). Its mortarless, curving granite walls and buildings…

Joab

(Encyclopedia) JoabJoabjōˈăb [key], in the Bible, son of David's sister Zeruiah and commander of his uncle's armies. A trusted and skillful administrator, he was often vindictive and cruel, as in his…

Hazor

(Encyclopedia) HazorHazorhāˈzôr [key] 1 Fortified city of N Galilee, 5 mi (8 km) SW of Lake Hula, in present-day Israel. Strategically located in ancient Palestine on the road leading from Egypt to…

Tabernacle

(Encyclopedia) TabernacleTabernacletăbˈərnăkˌəl [key], in the Bible, the portable holy place of the Hebrews during their desert wanderings. It was a tent, like the portable tent-shrines used by…

Sheba, region, Arabian Peninsula

(Encyclopedia) Sheba, biblical name of a region, called in Arabic Saba, of S Arabia, including present-day Yemen and the Hadhramaut. Its inhabitants were called Sabaeans or Sabeans. According to some…