A dictionary of the . ccasion of the firstattack was probably the refusal of Pe-kah to pay tribute; of the second, thecall of Ahaz upon him for assistanceagainst Pekah and Rezin, the king ofSyria. Tiglath-pileser at Damascusmet Ahaz, who became his vassal. 2Kgs. 16 : 10. His wars were insignifi-cant. He reigned b. c. 747-730, havingprobably usurped the throne. TIGRIS. Gen. 2:14. SeeHiDDEKEL. TIKVAH, TIKVATH (expec-tation). 1. The father-in-law of Hul-dah the prophetess. 2 Kgs. 22:14; 2Chr. 34: 22. 2. The father of Jahaziah. :15. TILE, TILING. See Dwelling, TILGATH-PILNESER


A dictionary of the . ccasion of the firstattack was probably the refusal of Pe-kah to pay tribute; of the second, thecall of Ahaz upon him for assistanceagainst Pekah and Rezin, the king ofSyria. Tiglath-pileser at Damascusmet Ahaz, who became his vassal. 2Kgs. 16 : 10. His wars were insignifi-cant. He reigned b. c. 747-730, havingprobably usurped the throne. TIGRIS. Gen. 2:14. SeeHiDDEKEL. TIKVAH, TIKVATH (expec-tation). 1. The father-in-law of Hul-dah the prophetess. 2 Kgs. 22:14; 2Chr. 34: 22. 2. The father of Jahaziah. :15. TILE, TILING. See Dwelling, TILGATH-PILNESER, a cor-ruption of Tiglath-pileser, which see. TILON (lofty), a descendant ofJudah. 1 Chr. 4 : 20. TIMiEUS (polluted?), the father(bar is Aramaic for son ) of a man whomJesus cured of blindness. Mark 10 : TIMBREL, a musical instrument,supposed to have resembled very nearlythe instrument of modern days calledthe tambourine. Ex. 15 : 20. A skin isstretched over a rim like the end of adrum ; around the rim are hung little. Timbrel. (After specimen in Kensington Museum,London.) bells, and the player strikes the skin withthe knuckles of one hand and shakesit with the other hand. It was used inancient times chiefly by women. TIME. See Days, Hours, Watchesor the Night. TIMNA, TIMNAH (restrained).1. The concubine of Eliphaz, son ofEsau, and mother of Amalek. Gen. 36 :12, 22; 1 Chr. 1:39. 2. An Edomite sheik. Gen. 36 : 40; 1Chr. 1:51. TIMNAH (portion assigned), aname of two towns. 1. A town on the northern border ofJudah, Josh. 15: 10, occupied by thePhilistines. 2 Chr. 28: 18. This isprobably the same place which is calledThimnathah, Thamnatha, and Timnath,and which apparently belonged to is now represented by the modernTibneh, a ruin on a hill 740 feet abovethe sea-level and 2 miles west from Beth-shemesh. 2. A town in the mountains of Judah,south of Hebron, Josh. 15:57; prob-ably a ruin called Tibna, near Jeba, andabout 9 miles south of west of Bethle- TIMNATH, and TUNA


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