Acts xxvii, 13--15. 20. And taken away SHIPWRECK, ETC. Ps. xlviii, 7. Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. 1 Kings xxii, 48, 49. Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. said Ahaziah the son of Ahab Then unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships: but Jehoshaphat would not. 2 Chron. xx, 37. Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD And hath broken thy works. the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish. Isa. xxxiii, 21. But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. Ezek. xxvi, 16, 17. Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves trembling; they shall sit upon with the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee. And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of sea-faring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it. into the sea, and get to land: And were escaped, then they knew DELIVERANCE. he and the six hundred men that 1 Sam. xxx, 9. So David went, brook Besor, where those that were with him, and came to the were left behind stayed. CHERITH. hence, and turn thee eastward, ESHCOL. down from therce a branch with down to the sea in ships, that do Ps. cvil, 23-30. They that go business in great waters; These wonders in the deep. For he see the works of the LORD, and his commandeth, and raiseth stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. They mount up the to the heaven, they go down again because of trouble. They reel to to the depths; their soul is melted en man, and are at their wit's end. col, because of the cluster of and fro, and stagger like a drunk-place was called the brook EshThen they cry unto the LORD in grapes which the children of their trouble, and he bringeth Israel cut down from thence. them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then quiet; so he bringeth them unto long abstinence Paul stood forth Acts xxvii, 21-26. But after Sirs, ye should have hearkened in the midst of them, and said, unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, Saying, Acts xxvii, 41-44. And falling God hath given thee all them that Fear not, Paul; thou must be into a place where two seas met, sail with thee. Wherefore, sirs, be brought before Cesar: and, lo, they ran the ship aground: and the of good cheer: for I believe God, fore-part stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder-part that it shall be even as it was told was broken with the violence of me. Howbelt we must be cast counsel was to kill the prisoners, And the soldiers upon a certain island. lest any of them should swim out, and escape. But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first the waves. BROOKS God bringeth thee into a good GAASH. The 2 Sam. xxiii. 30. Benaiah the of Gaash. Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks 4 Maachah his mother, even her be removed from being queen, be 1 Kings xv, 13. And also cause she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the John xvill, 1. When Jesus had brook Cedron, where was a gar den, into the which he entered, and his disciples. 3 water, and the dry land springs of water. 1 Kings xviii, 40. And Elijah | come from another place be for- make the wilderness a pool of said unto them, Take the prophets saken? of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them : and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. ZERED. Deut. ii, 13. Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. OF THE WILLOWS. 18a. xv, 7. Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. FOUNTAINS. FOUNTAINS MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE. Isa. xliii, 19, 20. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderGen. xvi, 7. And the angel of ness, and rivers in the desert. of water in the wilderness, by theme, the dragons and the owls: bethe LORD found her by a fountain The beast of the field shall honour fountain in the way to Shur. NEAR THE WATERS OF NEPHTOAH. Josh. xv, 9. And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah.. JEZREEL. 1 Sam. xxix, 1. Now the Philistines gathered together all their Deut vili, 7. For the LORD thyites pitched by a fountain which armies to Aphek: and the IsraelGod bringeth thee into a good is in Jezreel. land; a land of brooks of water, of fountains, and depths that spring out of valleys and hills. LEHI. Judges xv, 19. But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water there cause I give waters in the wilder- POOLS MENTIONED IN BETHESDA. John v, 2. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. GIBEON of Zeruiah, and the servants of 2 Sam. 11, 13. And Joab the son David, went out, and met together Judges i, 14, 15. And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her out; and when he had drunk, his by the pool of Gibeon: and they father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a Bouth land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the apper springs and the nether springs. 2 Chron. xxxii, 4, 30, 31. So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water? This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper water-course of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. Ps. civ, 10, 11. He sendeth the springs into the valleys which run anong the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. Cant. iv, 15. A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. 18a. xxxv, 6. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. Jer. xviii, 14. Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shail the cold flowing waters that KING'S POOL Neh. ii, 14. Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. WELLS. Gen. xxvi. 15,18, 19, 32. For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. And Isaac digged again the wells of water which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water. 1 Sam. vii, 6. And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have against the LORD. And Samuel sinned Judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh. 1 Kings vl, 17, 18. Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; (for they might not be seen to come into the city;) and a wench went and told them: and they went and told king David, Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court, whither they went down. Isa. xii, 3. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. whereof the LORD spake unto they went to Beer: that is the well, Moses,Gather the people together, and I will give them water. BEER-SHEBA. Gen. xxi, 30, 31. And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou a witness unto me, that I have take of my hand, that they may be digged this well. Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware, both of them. Gen. xxvi, 23, 24. And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba, And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and seed, for my servant Abraham's will bless thee, and multiply thy sake. ELIM. Elim, where were twelve wells of ESEK. men of Gerar did strive with IN HAGAR'S HISTORY. HARAN. Gen. xxix,3,4. And thither were all John iv, 5. 6. Then cometh he to Num. xxi, 16. And from thence from thence, and digged another 768 and he called the name of it Rebowell; and for that they strove not: both; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. SITNAH. also: and he called the name of it another well, and strove for that Gen. xxvi, 21. And they digged Sitnah. FLOODS. holdeth the waters, and they dry Job xil, 15. Behold, he withup: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. eth out from the inhabitant; even Job xxviii, 4. The flood breakthey are dried up, they are gone the waters forgotten of the foot: away from men. Ps. xviii, 4. floods of ungodly men made me death compassed me, and the The sorrows of afraid. Ps. Ixxiv, 15. Thou didst cleare the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. ters are moved as the rivers? Jer. xlvi, 7, 8. Who is this that cometh np as a flood, whose wahis waters are moved like the Egypt riseth np like a flood, and rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city, and the inhabi tants thereof. LORD that came to Jeremiah the Jer. xlvii, 1, 2. The word of the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. Thus saith the LORD, Behold, wa ters rise up out of the north, and shall overflow the land, and all shall be an overflowing flood, and that is therein; the city, and them them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabi tants of the land shall howl. sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Amos viii, 7, 8. The LORD hath Surely I will never forget any of their works. Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. hosts is he that toucheth the land, Amos ix, 5. And the Lord Gon of and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it and shall be drowned, as by the Ishall rise up wholly like a flood, flood of Egypt. days of Noe were, so shall als Matth. xxiv, 37-39. But as the the coming of the Son of man ba For as in the days that were begiving in marriage, until the dif and fore the flood they were eating drinking. marrying, and that Noe entered into the ark. And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be 2 Sam. xxii, 4 5. I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. Job xxx, 14. They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: the desolation they rolled themselves upon me. ia Nahum 1, 8. But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. THE RAINBOW. Gen. ix, 12-15, 17. said, This is the token of the And God Covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set iny bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it Isa. viii, 6-8. Forasmuch as this shall come to pass, when I bring people refuseth the waters of a cloud over the earth, that the Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice bow shall be seen in the cloud: in Rezin and Remaliah's son; And I will remember my cove Now therefore, behold, the Lord nant, which is between me and bringeth up upon them the waters you and every living creature of of the river, strong and many, all flesh; and the waters shall no even the king of Assyria, and all more become a flood to destroy his glory; and he shall come up all flesh. And God said unto over all his channels, and go over Noah, This is the token of the all his banks. And he shall pass covenant, which I have establishthrough Judah; he shall overflowed between me and all flesh that and go over; he shall reach even is upon the earth. to the neck: and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. Jer. xlvi, 7, 8. Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabi tants thereof. Jer. xlvii, 2. Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall bowl SWIMMING. Isa. xxv, 11, 12. And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as ne that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. DROUGHT. P8. cvii, 33-35. He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the water-springs into dry ground; A fruitful land into barreness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. He turneth the 789 wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. Isa. xix, 5, 6. And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. And they shall turn the of defence shall be emptied and rivers far away; and the brooks dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. Isa. xlii, 15, 16. I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will bring the blind by a way that dry up the pools. And I will they knew not; I will lead them known: I will make darkness in paths that they have not light before them, and crooked will I do unto them, and not for things straight. These things sake them. Jer li, 36. Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. Amos vii, 4. Thus hath the Lord GOD showed unto me; and, behold, the Lord GoD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. Nahum i. 4. He rebuketh the up all the rivers: Bashan languishsea, and maketh it dry, and drieth eth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. Zech. x, 11. And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. (Sce under HEAVEN.) 3 C |