Solomon's Temple Labor and Treasury Figures Analyzed
A detailed account explains the vast costs and manpower for Solomon's temple in Jerusalem. It covers king's levy labor, bearers, stone cutters, Hiram's contributions, and the immense wages and materials required, with notes on the site, layout, and sacred furnishings.
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Boston
Free Masons
Jerusalem
Solomon
Hiram
Tyre
Mount Lebanon
Bolomon
Adoniram
David
Mount
Moriah
Zerubbabel
Herod
Hadrian
Jupiter
Justinian
Egypt
Adam
Diagram 72 and features of the ancient temple courts
The description outlines the temple complex from the middle court through the High gate and inner courts to the temple proper. It notes the two pillars Jachin and Boaz, the Court of the Israelites, Court of the Priests, the House of Millo, palace areas, the House of the Forest of Lebanon, and the Outer Court. It also mentions inscriptions forbidding Gentiles from passing the Chel and terrace, with architectural elements like the stables and triple passages.
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Ezekiel
House of God
Holy House of the Temple
King Solomon’s Temple
J. M. Tenz
Jachin
Boaz
Josephus
David
Tibhath
Chun
Hadarezar
Zobah
Pboaz
Millo
Tyropocan Valley
Ice in July Confounds Arkansas Farmer in 1900
A Toledo Blade anecdote recalls surveyors in Arkansas in 1900 who stopped at a farmhouse for a drink. The farmer offered buttermilk and, when asked for ice, exclaimed that ice in July was impossible, highlighting traditional out of season expectations.
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Toledo Blade
Arkansas
Midland Valley Road
Arkansan
McLoud
Origin of the Word Bible Emerges in Christian Texts
The term Bible comes from Latin biblia treated as singular though from Greek neuter plural meaning little books. The Greek root byblus refers to papyrus used for ancient manuscripts. The title Bible first appears around the middle of the second century in the second epistle of Clement.
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Byblus
A Steady Thing and Consolatory Advice
Excerpted lines show a boy named Bobbie crying, comforted by his mother who offers to wipe his eyes. Bobbie resists, saying he will cry again soon, followed by a moral line about fair treatment from Dickens.
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Bobbie
Be to Yourself and Health Remedies Advert
A fragmented 19th century style advertisement urges self care and cough remedies. It lists Allen's Lig Balsam and Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets with prices and marketing lines, urging readers to push toward success and avoid poverty while seeking easy to take tonics.
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Allen
Dr. Pierce
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Holy House OF Solomons Temple
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Dodds
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