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Gilgal in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(a wheel; rolling). 1. The site of the first camp of the Israelites on the west of the Jordan, the place at which they passed the first night after crossing the river, and where the twelve stones were set up which had been taken from the bed of the stream, Jos 4:19,20 comp. Josh 4:3 where also they kept the first passover in the land of Cana...

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Gilgal Scripture - 2 Samuel 19:40

Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel....

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Golgotha in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(skull), the Hebrew name of the spot at which our Lord was crucified. Mt 27:33; Mr 15:22; Joh 19:17 By these three evangelists it is interpreted to mean the "place of a skull." Two explanations of the name are given: (1) that it was a spot where executions ordinarily took place, and therefore abounded in skulls; or(2) it may come from the look...

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Gomorrah in Naves Topical Bible

One of the "cities of the plain," Ge 10:19; 13:10 -Its king defeated by Chedorlaomer Ge 14:2,8-11 -Wickedness of Ge 18:20 -Destroyed Ge 19:24-28; De 29:23; 32:32; Isa 1:9,10; 13:19; Jer 23:14; 49:18; 50:40; Am 4:11; Zep 2:9; Mt 10:15; Mr 6:11; Ro 9:29; 2Pe 2:6; Jude 1:7...

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Gomorrah Scripture - Deuteronomy 32:32

For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes [are] grapes of gall, their clusters [are] bitter:...

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Goshen in Naves Topical Bible

1. A district in Egypt especially suitable for herds and flocks Israelites dwelt in Ge 45:10; 46:28; 47 Exempted from plagues Ex 8:22; 9:26 -2. A town and district of the tribe of Judah Jos 10:41; 11:16; 15:51...

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Gilead in Easton's Bible Dictionary

hill of testimony, (Gen. 31:21), a mountainous region east of Jordan. From its mountainous character it is called "the mount of Gilead" (Gen. 31:25). It is called also "the land of Gilead" (Num. 32:1), and sometimes simply "Gilead" (Ps. 60:7; Gen. 37:25). It comprised the possessions of the tribes of Gad and Reuben and the south part of M...

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Gilead Scripture - Joshua 13:31

And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, [were pertaining] unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, [even] to the one half of the children of Machir by their families....

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Gilgal Scripture - 1 Samuel 15:12

And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal....

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Gilgal in Easton's Bible Dictionary

rolling. (1.) From the solemn transaction of the reading of the law in the valley of Shechem between Ebal and Gerizim the Israelites moved forward to Gilgal, and there made a permanent camp (Josh. 9:6; 10:6). It was "beside the oaks of Moreh," near which Abraham erected his first altar (Gen. 12:6, 7). This was one of the three towns to wh...

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