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Shakhmatov, Aleksey Aleksandrovich

(Encyclopedia) Shakhmatov, Aleksey AleksandrovichShakhmatov, Aleksey Aleksandrovichəlĭksyāˈ əlĭksänˈdrəvĭch shôkmətôfˈ [key], 1864–1920, Russian philologist and historian. Shakhmatov's many books on…

Ray Bradbury

Name at birth: Raymond Douglas BradburyRay Bradbury wrote the 1953 science fiction classic Fahrenheit 451, a tale of a futuristic society where reading is outlawed and books are burned at the title…

Goliath

(Encyclopedia) GoliathGoliathgōlīˈəth [key], in the Bible, a giant of Gath, a Philistine city, who challenged the Israelites. The young David, fortified by faith, accepted the challenge and killed…

Lowell, Percival

(Encyclopedia) Lowell, Percival, 1855–1916, American astronomer, b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1876; brother of Abbott Lawrence Lowell and Amy Lowell. He visited Korea and Japan, where he acted as…

1 Chronicles: 10

1 Chronicles Chapter 10 1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. 2 And the…

1 Chronicles: 11

1 Chronicles Chapter 11 1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was…

1 Chronicles: 12

1 Chronicles Chapter 12 1 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men,…

1 Chronicles: 13

1 Chronicles Chapter 13 1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. 2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem…

1 Chronicles: 14

1 Chronicles Chapter 14 1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. 2 And David perceived that the…

1 Chronicles: 15

1 Chronicles Chapter 15 1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 2 Then David said, None ought to…