Altars
Designed for sacrifice — Ex 20:24 . To be made of earth, or unhewn stone — Ex 20:24 , 25 ; De 27:5 , 6 . Of brick, hateful to God — Isa 65:3 . Natural rocks sometimes used as — Jdj 6:19-21 ; 13:19 , 20 . Were not to have steps up to them — Ex 20:26 . For idolatrous worship, often erected on roofs of houses — 2Ki 23:12 ; Jer 19:13 ; 32:29 . Idolaters planted groves near — Jdj 6:30 ; 1Ki 16:32 , 33 ; 2Ki 21:3 . The Jews not to plant groves near — De 16:21 . For idolatrous worship, to be destroyed — Ex 34:13 ; De 7:5 . Probable origin of inscriptions on — De 27:8 . Mentioned in scripture Of Noah. — Ge 8:20 . Of Abraham. — Ge 12:7 , 8 ; 13:18 ; 22:9 . Of Isaac. — Ge 26:25 . Of Jacob. — Ge 33:20 ; 35:1 , 3 , 7 . Of Moses. — Ex 17:15 ; 24:4 . Of Balaam. — Nu 23:1 , 14 , 29 . Of Joshua. — Jos 8:30 , 31 . Of the temple of Solomon. — 2Ch 4:1 , 19 . Of the second temple. — Ezr 3:2 , 3 . Of Reubenites, &c east of Jordan. — Jos 22:10 . Of Gideon. — Jdj 6:26 , 27 . Of the people of Israel. — Jdj 21:4 . Of Samuel. — 1Sa 7:17 . Of David. — 2Sa 24:21 , 25 . Of Jeroboam at Bethel. — 1Ki 12:33 . Of Ahaz. — 2Ki 16:10-12 . Of the Athenians. — Ac 17:23 . For burnt-offering. — Ex 27:1-8 . For incense. — Ex 30:1-6 . Protection afforded by — 1Ki 1:50 , 51 . Afforded no protection to murderers — Ex 21:14 ; 1Ki 2:18-34 .
Amorites, The
Descent of — Ge 10:15 , 16 ; 1Ch 1:13 , 14 . One of the seven nations of Canaan — Ge 15:21 ; Ex 3:8 , 17 . Governed by many independent kings — Jos 5:1 ; 9:10 . Kings of, great and powerful — Ps 136:18 , 20 . Originally inhabited a mountain district in the south — Nu 13:29 ; De 1:7 , 20 ; Jdj 1:36 . Acquired an extensive territory from Moab east of Jordan — Nu 21:26 , 30 . Had many and strong cities — Nu 32:17 , 33 . Of gigantic strength and stature — Am 2:9 . Character of Profane and wicked. — Ge 15:16 . Idolatrous. — Jos 24:15 . Defeated by Chedorlaomer, &c — Ge 14:7 . Joined Abraham against the kings — Ge 14:13 , 24 . Jacob took a portion from — Ge 48:22 . Forbearance of God towards — Ge 15:16 . Doomed to utter destruction — De 20:17 , 18 . Refused a passage to Israel — Nu 21:21-23 ; De 2:30 . Deprived of their eastern territory by Israel — Nu 21:24-35 . Land of, given to Reubenites, &c — Jos 13:15-31 . Western kings of, confederated against Israel — Jos 10:1-5 . Miraculous overthrow of — Jos 10:11-14 . Kings of, degraded and slain — Jos 10:24-27 . The Gibeonites a tribe of, deceived Israel into a league — 2Sa 21:2 , Jos 9:3-16 . The Israelites unable to expel, but extracted tribute from — Jdj 1:34 , 35 . Had peace with Israel in the days of Samuel — 1Sa 7:14 . Brought into bondage by Solomon — 1Ki 9:20 , 21 . Ahab followed the abominations of — 1Ki 21:26 . Manasseh exceeded abominations of — 2Ki 21:11 . The Jews after the captivity condemned for intermarrying with — Ezr 9:1 , 2 . Descent from, illustrative of man’s natural state — Eze 16:3 .