PLAIN OF THE PILLAR

('elon mutstsbh; Codex Vaticanus reads pros te balano te heurete tes staseos tes en Sikimois; Codex Alexandrinus omits te heurete, and the second tes): With the Revised Version margin we must read "terebinth of the pillar," the place where the men of Shechem and Beth-millo made Abimelech king (Judges 9:6). This was one of the sacred trees of which there seem to have been several near Shechem. See MEONENIM, OAK OF. "The pillar" may possibly have been the great stone which Joshua set up "under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh" (Joshua 24:26).

W. Ewing

or rather "oak of the pillar" (that being the real signification of the Hebrew word elon), a tree which stood near Shechem and at which the men of Shechem and the house of Millo assembled to crown Abimelech the son of Gideon. (Judges 9:6)

The Guiding Pillar
... For the conception of 'following' the light seems to make it plain that our ... I try
to tread,' need feel or fancy that any possible pillar, floating before the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the guiding pillar.htm

On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small
... That is the plain, genuine description of what it is; the prose only comes in
with what it is called. The word "pillar-box" is unpoetical. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/iii on mr rudyard kipling.htm

Lot's Flight from Sodom.
... standing on the plain? Alas! that is Lot's wife; the angel had commanded them that
none were to look back, but she did so, and was turned into a pillar of salt ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the old testament/lots flight from sodom.htm

The Adventures of Saint George of England.
... heart's content, on fricassees and ragouts, washed down by huge draughts of Burgundy
and claret, reached at length a broad plain where stood a brazen pillar. ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter three the adventures of.htm

The Sixth
... thereof Jachin (ie, He shall establish): and he set up the left pillar, and called ...
of the Church." But we shall prefer to believe God in so plain and literal a ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bullinger/commentary on revelation/the sixth.htm

The Swift Destroyer
... on the other, probably we are to think rather of a heap than of a pillar. ... the true
home of the heart, and may leave us unsheltered in the open plain when the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the swift destroyer.htm

Lot's Escape from a Wicked City
... the plain, with all the people who lived in it and all that grew on the ground.
But Lot's wife, who was following him, looked back, and she became a pillar of ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/lots escape from a wicked.htm

The Wail of a Broken Heart
... for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance; and he called the pillar
after his ... Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.24. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/the wail of a broken.htm

Abraham --The Father of the Faithful.
... upon the wicked cities of the plain, until they became a heap of ashes. Only Lot's
wife looked back to see the burning cities, and she became a pillar of salt. ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter iii abrahamthe father of.htm

The Light of the World
... will part, and the journey will be over, and 'the fiery, cloudy pillar,' that 'guided
you ... and, like the mysterious Angel that Joshua saw in the plain by Jericho ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/the light of the world.htm