CAVALRY to CENSORIOUSNESS

CAVALRY

Mounted .On horses Ex 14:23; 1Sa 13:5; 2Sa 8:4; 1Ki 4:26; 2Ch 8:6; 9:25; 12:3; Isa 30:16; 31:1; Jer 4:29; Zec 10:5; Re 9:16-18 .On camels 1Sa 30:17

See ARMIES

CAUSE

See ACTIONS AT LAW

CAVE

There are numerous natural caves among the limestone rocks of Syria, many of which have been artificially enlarged for various purposes.

The first notice of a cave occurs in the history of Lot (Gen. 19:30).

The next we read of is the cave of Machpelah (q.v.), which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth (Gen. 25:9, 10). It was the burying-place of Sarah and of Abraham himself, also of Isaac, Rebekah, Leah, and Jacob (Gen. 49:31; 50:13).

The cave of Makkedah, into which the five Amorite kings retired after their defeat by Joshua (Ge 10:16, 27).

The cave of Adullam (q.v.), an immense natural cavern, where David hid himself from Saul (1 Sam. 22:1, 2).

The cave of Engedi (q.v.), now called 'Ain Jidy, i.e., the "Fountain of the Kid", where David cut off the skirt of Saul's robe (1 Sam 24:4). Here he also found a shelter for himself and his followers to the number of 600 (1 Sam 23:29; 24:1). "On all sides the country is full of caverns which might serve as lurking-places for David and his men, as they do for outlaws at the present day."

The cave in which Obadiah hid the prophets (1 Kings 18:4) was probably in the north, but it cannot be identified.

The cave of Elijah (1 Kings 19:9), and the "cleft" of Moses on Horeb (Ex. 33:22), cannot be determined.

In the time of Gideon the Israelites took refuge from the Midianites in dens and caves, such as abounded in the mountain regions of Manasseh (Judg. 6:2).

Caves were frequently used as dwelling-places (Num. 24:21; Jer. 49:16; Obad. 1:3). "The excavations at Deir Dubban, on the south side of the wady leading to Santa Hanneh, are probably the dwellings of the Horites," the ancient inhabitants of Idumea Proper. The pits or cavities in rocks were also sometimes used as prisons (Isa. 24:22; 51:14; Zech. 9:11). Those which had niches in their sides were occupied as burying-places (Ezek. 32:23; John 11:38).

(Used as a dwelling)

By Lot Ge 19:30

Elijah 1Ki 19:9

Israelites Eze 33:27 .Saints Heb 11:38

Place of refuge Jos 10:16-27; Jud 6:2; 1Sa 13:6; 1Ki 18:4, 13; 19:9, 13

Burial place Ge 23:9-20; 25:9; 49:29-32; 50:13; Jn 11:38

Of Adullam 1Sa 22:1; 2Sa 23:13; 1Ch 11:15

En-gedi 1Sa 24:3-8

CEDAR

(Heb. e'rez, Gr. kedros, Lat. cedrus), a tree very frequently mentioned in Scripture. It was stately (Ezek. 31:3-5), long-branched (Ps. 80:10; 92:12; Ezek. 31:6-9), odoriferous (Cant. 4:11; Hos. 14:6), durable, and therefore much used for boards, pillars, and ceilings (1 Kings 6:9, 10; 7:2; Jer. 22:14), for masts (Ezek. 27:5), and for carved images (Isa. 44:14).

It grew very abundantly in Palestine, and particularly on Lebanon, of which it was "the glory" (Isa. 35:2; 60:13). Hiram supplied Solomon with cedar trees from Lebanon for various purposes connected with the construction of the temple and the king's palace (2 Sam. 5:11; 7:2, 7; 1 Kings 5:6, 8,10; 6:9, 10, 15, 16, 18, 20; 7:2, 3, 7, 11, 12; 9:11, etc.). Cedars were used also in the building of the second temple under Zerubbabel (Ezra 3:7).

Of the ancient cedars of Lebanon there remain now only some seven or eight. They are not standing together. But beside them there are found between three hundred and four hundred of younger growth. They stand in an amphitheatre fronting the west, about 6,400 feet above the level of the sea.

The cedar is often figuratively alluded to in the sacred Scriptures. "The mighty conquerors of olden days, the despots of Assyria and the Pharaohs of Egypt, the proud and idolatrous monarchs of Judah, the Hebrew commonwealth itself, the war-like Ammonites of patriarchal times, and the moral majesty of the Messianic age, are all compared to the towering cedar, in its royal loftiness and supremacy (Isa. 2:13; Ezek. 17:3, 22, 23, 31:3-9; Amos 2:9; Zech. 11:1, 2; Job 40:17; Ps. 29:5; 80:10; 92:12, etc).", Groser's Scrip. Nat. Hist.

(See BOX TREE

Valuable for building purposes Isa 9:10 David's ample provision of, in Jerusalem, for the temple 2Ch 1:15; 2:3, 4 Furnished by Hiram, king of Tyre, for Solomon's temple 1Ki 5:6-10; 9:11; 2Ch 2:16

Used .In rebuilding the temple Ezr 3:7 .In David's palace 2Sa 5:11; 1Ch 17:1 .In Solomon's palace 1Ki 7:2 .For masts of ships Eze 27:5 .In purifications Le 14:4, 6, 49-52; Nu 19:6

FIGURATIVE

Ps 72:16; 92:12; Isa 2:13; 14:8; Jer 22:7; Eze 31:3; Zec 11:2

CEDRON

the black torrent, the brook flowing through the ravine below the eastern wall of Jerusalem (John 18:1).

(See KIDRON

(Also called KIDRON)

Brook of, running south under the eastern wall of Jerusalem 1Ki 2:37; Ne 2:15; Jer 31:40

Idols destroyed on the banks of

By Asa 1Ki 15:13

Josiah 2Ki 23:6, 12

Hezekiah 2Ch 29:16

Its channel changed by Hezekiah 2Ch 32:4

CELIBACY

General scriptures concerning 1Co 7:1, 2, 7-9, 25, Mt 19:10-12; 26, 32-40; 9:5; 1Ti 4:1-3; Re 14:1-5

CEILING

the covering (1 Kings 7:3,7) of the inside roof and walls of a house with planks of wood (2 Chr. 3:5; Jer. 22:14). Ceilings were sometimes adorned with various ornaments in stucco, gold, silver, gems, and ivory. The ceilings of the temple and of Solomon's palace are described 1 Kings 6:9, 15; 7:3; 2 Chr. 3:5,9.

CELLAR

a subterranean vault (1 Chr. 27:28), a storehouse.

The word is also used to denote the treasury of the temple (1 Kings 7:51) and of the king (14:26).

The Hebrew word is rendered "garner" in Joel 1:17, and "armoury" in Jer. 50:25.

For wine 1Ch 27:27

Oi 1Ch 27:28

CENCHREA

millet, the eastern harbour of Corinth, from which it was distant about 9 miles east, and the outlet for its trade with the Asiatic shores of the Mediterranean.

When Paul returned from his second missionary journey to Syria, he sailed from this port (Acts 18:18).

In Rom. 16:1 he speaks as if there were at the time of his writing that epistle an organized church there.

The western harbour of Corinth was Lechaeum, about a mile and a half from the city. It was the channel of its trade with Italy and the west.

A city of Corinth Ac 18:18; Ro 16:1

CENSER

the vessel in which incense was presented on "the golden altar" before the Lord in the temple (Ex. 30:1-9). The priest filled the censer with live coal from the sacred fire on the altar of burnt-offering, and having carried it into the sanctuary, there threw upon the burning coals the sweet incense (Lev. 16:12, 13), which sent up a cloud of smoke, filling the apartment with fragrance.

The censers in daily use were of brass (Num. 16:39), and were designated by a different Hebrew name, miktereth (2 Chr. 26:19; Ezek. 8:11): while those used on the day of Atonement were of gold, and were denoted by a word (mahtah) meaning "something to take fire with;" LXX. pureion = a fire-pan. Solomon prepared for the temple censers of pure gold (1 Kings 7:50; 2 Chr. 4:22). The angel in the Apocalypse is represented with a golden censer (Rev. 8:3, 5). Paul speaks of the golden censer as belonging to the tabernacle (Heb. 9:4).

The Greek word thumiaterion, here rendered "censer," may more appropriately denote, as in the margin of Revised Version, "the altar of incense." Paul does not here say that the thumiaterion was in the holiest, for it was in the holy place, but that the holiest had it, i.e., that it belonged to the holiest (1 Kings 6:22). It was intimately connected with the high priest's service in the holiest.

The manner in which the censer is to be used is described in Num. 4:14; Lev. 16:12.

Used for offering incense Le 16:12; 16:6, 7, Nu 4:14; 16-18, 46; Re 8:3 For the temple, made of gold 1Ki 7:50; 2Ch 4:22; Heb 9:4 Those which Korah used were converted into plates Nu 16:37-39 Used in idolatrous rites Eze 8:11

SYMBOLICAL Re 8:3, 5

CENSORIOUSNESS

See UNCHARITABLENESS
See SPEAKING, EVIL
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