A dictionary of the . Christian mode of re-lieving the wants of others is set forth. AI/MUG TREES, 1 Kgs. 10:11,ALGUM TREES, 2 Chr. 2:8; 9:10, 11. Two forms of the same precious wood used for musical in-struments or cabinet-work. Being or-dered by Solomon, it was brought fromOphir to Tyre, and thence with cedar ofLebanon to Jerusalem. As to whatalmug-wood was there are many theo-ries, but some of the best authoritiesbelieve it to have been the red sandal-wood of India. AI/OES. Ps. 45:8; Song Sol. 4:14. We may infer that aloes was somefragrant and costly wood or gum entire-ly dif
A dictionary of the . Christian mode of re-lieving the wants of others is set forth. AI/MUG TREES, 1 Kgs. 10:11,ALGUM TREES, 2 Chr. 2:8; 9:10, 11. Two forms of the same precious wood used for musical in-struments or cabinet-work. Being or-dered by Solomon, it was brought fromOphir to Tyre, and thence with cedar ofLebanon to Jerusalem. As to whatalmug-wood was there are many theo-ries, but some of the best authoritiesbelieve it to have been the red sandal-wood of India. AI/OES. Ps. 45:8; Song Sol. 4:14. We may infer that aloes was somefragrant and costly wood or gum entire-ly different from the medicine which weknow by that name. It is believed tohave been brought from India, and wasused in embalming the dead. John 19 :39. Lign-aloes—that is, wood-aloes, : 6—is a translation of the same He-brew word, but probably means a differ-ent plant. Balaam appears to refer toa well-known tree whose qualities mightillustrate the condition of the Israelites —possibly, to some kind of Aloes (Aquilaria agallocha. After Dr. Birdwood.) ALOTH, a district in charge ofBaanah, one of Solomons officers; per-haps it should be Bealoth. 1 Kgs. 4 :16; possibly, Alia, near Malta. ALTHA. See A and 0. ALPHEUS (exchange ?). 1. Thefather of the apostle James the Less,Matt. 10:3, and husband or father ofMary. John 19 : 25. Others make himthe uncle of Jesus by identifying himwith Cleophasand calling his wife a sisterof the mother of Jesus; but it is morelikely that the sister of the mother ofJesus, mentioned John 19 : 25, wasSalome, the mother of John, who was atthe cross, according to the svnopticalGospels. Matt. 27 : 36 ; Markl5 : 40. 2. The father of Levi or 2: 14. ALTAR. Gen. 8:20. A structureappropriated exclusively to the offeringof sacrifices, under the Jewish Sacrifices. Though sacrifices wereoffered before the Flood, the word altardoes not occur until the time of Noahsdeparture from the ark. Altars were of various forms, and
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