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Horse — The horse is never mentioned in Scripture in connection with the patriarchs; the first time the Bible speaks of it, it is in reference to the Egyptian army pursuing the Hebrews, During the epoch of the conquest and of Judges, we hear of horses only with the Chanaanean troops, and later on with the Philistines, The hilly country ...
The fourth Horseman, Death on the Pale Horse. Engraving by Gustave Doré (1865). When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come". I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the ...
Allegorical interpretation of the Bible is an interpretive method that assumes that the Bible has various levels of meaning and tends to focus on the spiritual sense, which includes the allegorical sense, the moral (or tropological) sense, and the anagogical sense, as opposed to the literal sense.
A two-horse chariot, or the two-horse team pulling it, was a biga, from biugi. A popular legend that has been around since at least 1937 traces the origin of the 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in standard railroad gauge to Roman times, [ 59 ] suggesting that it was based on the distance between the ruts of rutted roads marked by chariot wheels dating from ...
Nathan-melech (fl. 7th century BCE) is described as one of Josiah's officials in 2 Kings 23:11 of the Hebrew Bible. He lived near the entrance to the temple, close to the courtyard where King Solomon had kept chariot-horses used to worship the Moabite sun-god Chemosh. Josiah eventually disposed of the horses and chariots.
The curelom (/ k ʊəˈr iː l ə m /) [1] and the cumom (/ ˈ k uː m ə m /) [2] are "useful" animals mentioned in the Book of Mormon.According to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, these animals are thought to have possibly existed in North or South America.
Donkeys (or asses) are mentioned many times in the Bible, beginning in the first book and continuing through both Old and New Testaments, so they became part of Judeo-Christian tradition. They are portrayed as work animals, used for agricultural purposes, transport and as beasts of burden, and terminology is used to differentiate age and gender.
Although the horse is mentioned more often than the donkey in the Bible, the latter almost always has a positive symbolism, unlike the horse. [ 91 ] Some Goethean demons ride horses, such as Eligos , Marquis Sabnock on his "pale horse", [ 92 ] Duke Berith on his "red horse", [ 93 ] and Alloces on his "huge horse". [ 94 ]