A dictionary of the . -build their temple themselves. Ezr. 3 :8-10: 6:14; Neh. 3: 6:15. Herodthe Great was a great builder, and in-troduced the Greek and Roman stylesof architecture. The temple recon-structed by him before and during thelife of our Lord was totally destroyedin a. n. 70. For further details see Tem-ple ; for details concerning the Jewisharchitecture, see Dwelling. ARC AEG ARCTURUS, Job 38 : 32 ; a star in the con-stellation Bootes, but inJob it refers to the UrsaMajor or Great Bear. ARD (fugitive t). Benjamite; called inGen. 46 : 21 son, and inNum. 26 : 40 grandson,
A dictionary of the . -build their temple themselves. Ezr. 3 :8-10: 6:14; Neh. 3: 6:15. Herodthe Great was a great builder, and in-troduced the Greek and Roman stylesof architecture. The temple recon-structed by him before and during thelife of our Lord was totally destroyedin a. n. 70. For further details see Tem-ple ; for details concerning the Jewisharchitecture, see Dwelling. ARC AEG ARCTURUS, Job 38 : 32 ; a star in the con-stellation Bootes, but inJob it refers to the UrsaMajor or Great Bear. ARD (fugitive t). Benjamite; called inGen. 46 : 21 son, and inNum. 26 : 40 grandson,of Benjamin; namewritfen Addar in 1 : 3. His descendantsare the Ardites. AKDOX (fugitive),a son of Caleb, the sonof Hezron, by his wifeAzubah. 1 Chr. 2 : 18. ARELI (hemic), ason of Gad; founder ofthe Arelites. Gen. 46 : 16;Num. 26:17. AREOPAGITE,amember of the council ofthe Areopagus. Acts 17 :34. AREOPAGUS(hill of Marx), a rocky-hill near the centre ofthe ancient city of Ath-ens, and west of theAcropolis, from which it. View of Mars Hill, or Areopagus. (From Lewins Life of ) s divided bya valley. It had its name from the tra-dition that Mars (Ares), the god of war,was tried here by the other gods on thecharge of murder. It was celebratedas the place where the great, court ofjustice, the most ancient and venerableof the Athenian courts, was held, andwhere Paul made his address to theAthenians. Acts 17 : 19-34. Near bywere the temple of Mars, the Parthe-non, the colossal statue of Minerva, andbeneath the hill were the caves of theFuries. There are 16 stone steps now tobe seen, cut into the rock and leading toits summit, and above the steps there isa bench of stones excavated in the rock,forming three sides of a quadrangle andfacing the south. Here the Areopagitessat as judges, in the open air, and fromhere Paul made known to the Atheniansthe unknown God and converted oneof the judges, Dionysius, who is saidto have been the first bishop of Athensand the writer of bo
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