A dictionary of important names, objects, and terms, found in the Holy ScripturesIntended principally for youth . ief idol ofthe Philistines, probably thesame as JVebo, Isa. xlvi. so signally disgrac-ed at Ashdod, the worshipof it was not abandoned tillA. M. 3840, when the Jew-ish leader Jonathan burnt itand its temple. The im-age represented the bodyof a fish with the head andarms of a man. The figuresof this god are not all exact-ly alike, though all combinethe human form with that ofa fish. The accompanyingpicture of this idol is takenfrom a drawing, by GentiL,given in Calmets Dict
A dictionary of important names, objects, and terms, found in the Holy ScripturesIntended principally for youth . ief idol ofthe Philistines, probably thesame as JVebo, Isa. xlvi. so signally disgrac-ed at Ashdod, the worshipof it was not abandoned tillA. M. 3840, when the Jew-ish leader Jonathan burnt itand its temple. The im-age represented the bodyof a fish with the head andarms of a man. The figuresof this god are not all exact-ly alike, though all combinethe human form with that ofa fish. The accompanyingpicture of this idol is takenfrom a drawing, by GentiL,given in Calmets Dictiona-ry. Dagon is thought byMons. Gentil, to be thesame as the Vishnu of theHindoos. Near Rangoon,in Burmah, is the ShoeDagoun, or gilt temple ofDagon. DALMANUTHA, a prov-ince on the east side of thesea of Tiberias, either thesame as Magdala, or near viii. 10. DALMATIA, a district on the Gulf of Venice, visit-ed by Titus. 2 Tim. iv. inhabitants are addict-ed to plunder. DAMASCUS, once amost noble city in the northof Palestine, and one of themost ancient on earth, beingmentioned Gen. xiv. 15. It. DAGON, DAN 59 DAY is now the capital of a Turk-ish Pachalic; and contains80,000 inhabitants, or accor-ding to a modern traveller,200,000. Mr. Connor esti-mates the Jews in Damas-cus, at 2,500, and the nomi-nal Christians, at 20,000ts including Greeks, Latins,Catholics, Maronites, Arme-nians, and Nestorians. Itis computed that 50,000 Ma-hometan pilgrims annuallypass through this city fromthe north, on their way toMecca. Superior swordsare made here, and a speciesof silk, called, from theplace, damask. We haveroses and plum3 which wereintroduced from thence, andbear the same name. TheGreek Patriarch of Antiochresides there. It is nowcalled Daineschk, or Scham. DAMNATION, the stateof being excluded from di-vine mercy ; that condem-nation to eternal punish-ment which is the awfulcondition of the wicked in afuture state. Matt, xxiii. 33. DANIEL, a Hebrew pro-phet, cotemporary w
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