The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . lyin 2 Sam. xx:6; 1 Kings ii 7, 28; xv :2, 10;2 Chron. xi:io, 21. From the last two of thesepassages he appears to have left only a daughter,(having lost three sons; 2 Sam. xiv:27; :i8), who was the grandmother of Abijah.(See Abijah.) Tamar is with much probabilityidentified with Maacah of 1 Kings xv:2, the wifeof Rehoboam. (Comp. 2 Sam. iii:2; 2 :20 sq.) The sons must
The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . lyin 2 Sam. xx:6; 1 Kings ii 7, 28; xv :2, 10;2 Chron. xi:io, 21. From the last two of thesepassages he appears to have left only a daughter,(having lost three sons; 2 Sam. xiv:27; :i8), who was the grandmother of Abijah.(See Abijah.) Tamar is with much probabilityidentified with Maacah of 1 Kings xv:2, the wifeof Rehoboam. (Comp. 2 Sam. iii:2; 2 :20 sq.) The sons must have predeceased theirfather, or else a different tradition is followed in2 Sam. xviii:i8, where we are told that Absalomhad no son. ABSALOMS TOMB (absa-loms tomb). Aremarkable monument bearing this name makes a ABSINTHIUM 31 ABSTINENCE conspicuous figure in the Valley of Jehoshaphat,outside Jerusalem; and it has been noticed anddescribed by almost all travelers. It is close bythe lower bridge over the Kedron, and is a squareisolated block hewn out from the rocky ledgeso as to leave an area or niche around it. Thebody of this monument is about 24 feet square,and is ornamented on each side with two col-. Absaloms Tomb. umns and two half columns of the Ionic order,with pilasters at the corners. The architraveexhibits triglyphs and Doric ornaments. Theelevation is about 18 or 20 feet to the top of thearchitrave, and thus far it is wholly cut fromthe rock. The old travelers who refer to this tomb, as wellas Calmet after them, are satisfied that they find thehistory of it in 2 Sam. xviii:i8, which states thatAbsalom, having no son, built a monument tokeep his name in remembrance, and that thismonument was called Absaloms Hand—that is,index, memorial, or monument. (See Hand.)With our later knowledge, a glance at this andthe other monolithic tomb bearing the name ofZecharias is quite enough to show that they hadno connection with the times of the persons whosenames have been given
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