A dictionary of the . head, or in slowly prostrating thebody by first falling on the knees and thenbending the body until the head touchedthe ground. But these forms of adora-tion were not limited to the worship ofJehovah. The Eastern mode of saluta-tion is very obsequious, and so betweenan inferior and a superior the same cer-emonies would be performed, and alsobetween equals. Similar was their con-duct in the worship of idols when seek-ing the good-will of one whom they hadoffended. Kissing the hand of an idolwas a common mode of acts were often repeated morethan once
A dictionary of the . head, or in slowly prostrating thebody by first falling on the knees and thenbending the body until the head touchedthe ground. But these forms of adora-tion were not limited to the worship ofJehovah. The Eastern mode of saluta-tion is very obsequious, and so betweenan inferior and a superior the same cer-emonies would be performed, and alsobetween equals. Similar was their con-duct in the worship of idols when seek-ing the good-will of one whom they hadoffended. Kissing the hand of an idolwas a common mode of acts were often repeated morethan once. In the New Testament weread that our Lord was treated withthese outward signs of respect and rev-erence. So, too. in the case of Peter,to whom Cornelius prostrated Worship. ADRAMMELECH (king of fire).1. An idol-god of Sepbarvaim, sup-posed to represent the sun, while an-other idol, called Anainmelech, repre-26 sented the moon. 2 Kgs. 17 : 31. Sac-rifices of living children were made tothese idols, as to Adrainmelech. (From Nlmrud. After Layard.) 2. A son of Sennacherib, king of As-syria. Isa. 37 : 38. He and his brother,Sharezer, killed their father while hewas in the act of idolatry. Their mo-tive for this parricidal deed is notknown. They both fled to Armenia,and Esar-haddon succeeded to the TIUM, named fromAdramys, brother of Croesus, a seaport-town of Mysia, Acts 27 : 2-5, on a bayof the iEgean Sea north of Smyrna. Iti is now a poor village known as Acts 27: 27. The northern| part of the Ionian Sea between Greece,Italy, and See (justice of the people,or hiding- or resting-place), a cave notfar from Bethlehem in which David Sam. 22 :1 ; 2 Sam. 23 : 13 ; 1 11 : 15. Tradition has located it inWady Khnreitun, east of Bethlehem.! The cave is said to be well fitted for a! robbers hold, being dry and airy andi full of intricate passages. The greatest| length of this cave is 550 feet. L
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