Dearth
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Easton's 1897
A scarcity of provisions (1 Kings 17). There were frequent dearths in Palestine. In the days of Abram there was a “famine in the land” (Gen. 12:10), so also in the days of Jacob (47:4, 13). We read also of dearths in the time of the judges (Ruth 1:1), and of the kings (2 Sam. 21:1; 1 Kings 18:2; 2 Kings 4:38; 8:1).
In New Testament times there was an extensive famine in Palestine (Acts 11:28) in the fourth year of the reign of the emperor Claudius (A.D. 44 and 45).
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain
Smith's 1863
[FAMINE]
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain
ISBE 1915
durth. See FAMINE.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain
In Scripture
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- Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Public domain
- Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · Public domain