KING'S VALE (`emeq ha-melekh; Septuagint in Ge reads to pedion ("the plain") basileos, in 2 Sam, he koilas ("valley") tou basileos; the King James Version King's Dale): The place where the king of Sodom met Abram (Genesis 14:17), and the situation of Absalom's monument (2 Samuel 18:18). It was identical with the Vale of Shaveh, and was evidently n

KINGDOM OF GOD (OF HEAVEN), THE (he basileia ton ouranon; he basileia tou theou): I. MEANING AND ORIGIN OF THE TERM 1. Place in the Gospels 2. "Kingdom of Heaven" and "Kingdom of God" 3. Relation to the Old Testament (Daniel, etc.) II. ITS USE BY JESUS--CONTRAST WITH JEWISH CONCEPTIONS 1. Current Jewish Opinions 2. Relation of Jesus to Same

KING'S POOL berekhath hamelekh): This is possibly the Pool of Siloam (Nehemiah 2:14), and may have been so named as being near to the "king's garden." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'KING'S POOL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

KING'S MOTHER The queen-dowager occupied a very important position at the court of the kings of Israel, e.g. Bathsheba (1 Kings 2:19); Maacah (1 Kings 15:13); Athaliah (2 Chronicles 22:2); and Nehushta (2 Kings 24:8; Jeremiah 13:18). See QUEEN; QUEEN MOTHER. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.

KING'S DALE See DALE, KING'S. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'KING'S DALE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

KING'S GARDEN gan-ha-melekh): In Nehemiah 3:15, mention is made of "the pool of Shelah by the king's garden"; in 2 Kings 25:4; Jeremiah 52:7, "All the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden"; see also Jeremiah 39:4. The "king's winepresses" (Zechariah 14:10), which must have been to th

KING; KINGDOM king'-dum: I. KING 1. Etymology and Definition 2. Earliest Kings 3. Biblical Signification of the Title II. KINGDOM 1. Israel's Theocracy 2. Period of Judges 3. Establishment of the Monarchy 4. Appointment of King 5. Authority of the King 6. Duties of the King 7. The Symbols of Royal Dignity 8. Maintenance and Establishme

KING OF THE JEWS The title applied in mockery of Jesus, and put by Pilate on His cross (Matthew 27:29,37 parallel Mark 15:26, etc.). See JESUS CHRIST; KING, CHRIST AS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'KING OF THE JEWS'". "International Standard Bible Ency

KING, CHRIST AS || I. THE REALITY OF CHRIST'S KINGSHIP 1. The Old Testament Foreshadowings In the Psalms and Prophets 2. The Gospel Presentation (1) Christ's Claim to Be King (2) Christ's Acceptance of the Title (3) Christ Charged and Condemned as King (4) The Witness of the Resurrection and of Apostolic Preaching (5) The Testimony of the E

KINE kin: (1) 'alaphim, plural of 'eleph, "ox," or "cow," the American Standard Revised Version "cattle," the King James Version and the English Revised Version "kine" (Deuteronomy 7:13; 28:4,18,51); (2) baqar, "ox" or "cow," the American Standard Revised Version "herd," the King James Version and the English Revised Version "kine" (Deuteronomy 3

KINDNESS kind'-nes (checedh; chrestotes): "Kindness" in the Old Testament is (with one exception) the translation of checedh, "kindness," "favor," "mercy," etc., used chiefly of man but also of God (Genesis 20:13; 40:14; 1 Samuel 15:6; 20:14,15; 2 Samuel 9:3; Nehemiah 9:17; Psalms 141:5; Isaiah 54:8,10, etc.); Tobh, "good," is once so translated (

KINDRED kin'-dred: Several words are rendered "kindred" in the King James Version. 'ach, "brother," was used loosely among Hebrews for a member of the same tribe or family, a relative; and is once translated "kindred" (1 Chronicles 12:29 the King James Version). Once also somewhat loosely as the translation of modha`ath, literally, "acquaintance"

KINAH ki'-na (qinah): An unidentified town on the southern boundary of Judah, toward Edom (Joshua 15:22). The word qinah means "elegy," "dirge," "lament for the dead." The name, however, may have been derived from the Kenites, qeniy, who had settlements in the South (1 Samuel 27:10, etc.). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliog

KIN See KINDRED. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'KIN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

KIN, NEXT OF See KINSMAN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'KIN, NEXT OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

KIMAH ki'-ma (Pleiades). See ASTRONOMY. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'KIMAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

KILAN ki'-lan (Kilan; the King James Version Ceilan): Mentioned with Azetas in 1 Esdras 5:15; their sons returned among the exiles with Zerubbabel. The names do not appear in the lists of Ezra and Nehemiah. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'KILAN'". "Inter

KIDRON, THE BROOK (nachal qidhron; in John 18:1 (the King James Version Cedron), ho cheimarrhous ton Kedron, according to the Revised Version margin, the last two words are to be considered as meaning "of the cedars." The Hebrew word has been very generally accepted as from qadhar, "to become black," but it is an attractive suggestion (Cheyne) that

KIDRON kid'-ron (Kedron; the King James Version Cedron): A place which, in obedience to Antiochus Sidetes, Cendebaeus fortified (1 Macc 15:39), to which, when defeated, he fled, hotly pursued by John and Judas, sons of Simon the Maccabee, who burned the city (1 Macc 16:4). It is named along with Jamnia (Yebna) and Azotus (Esdud). It is possibly id

KIDNAPPING (MANSTEALING) kid'-nap-ing The term itself occurs only in the New Testament andrapodistes ="manstealer") in 1 Timothy 1:10. The crime was directly forbidden in the Hebrew law (Exodus 21:16; Deuteronomy 24:7), and was made punishable with death. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A.,