Children of the East
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Children of the East

CHILDREN OF THE EAST

est (bene qedhem): A term which in a general way designated the inhabitants of the country East of Palestine The Hebrews thought of their own country as occupying the central place, and of the other parts of the world in relation to this. They spoke of the "queen of the south" (Matthew 12:42), and of the "king of the south" (Daniel 11:5, 6). They spoke of people coming from "the east and the west" and sitting down with the patriarchs (Matthew 8:11).

The term "children of the east" seems to have been applied to the inhabitants of any part of the country East of Palestine It is stated that Jacob, when he fled from Esau, "came to the land of the children of the east" (Genesis 29:1), and the place to which he came was Haran in Mesopotamia. In Jeremiah 49:28 the inhabitants of Kedar are called "the children of the east," and in later Jewish literature, Kedar is identified with the Arabs (see KEDAR). Job was designated as "the greatest of all the children of the east" (Job 1:3), and the land of Uz was mentioned as his home (Job 1:1). While it is impossible absolutely to locate the land of Uz, it must have been on the edge of the desert which was East of Palestine. The children of the east seem to have been famous for their wisdom. It is said that "Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east" (1 Kings 4:30), and "Wise-men from the east" came to Jerusalem seeking the one that was born king of the Jews (Matthew 2:1).

Many of the inhabitants of the east country were regarded as descending from Abraham (see Genesis 25:6), and hence, they were related to Israel.

A. W. Fortune

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Children Born out of Wedlock

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Children Going to Heaven

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Children in Answer to Prayer: Hannah

Children in Answer to Prayer: Isaac

Children in Answer to Prayer: Leah

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Children in Answer to Prayer: To Abraham

Children in Answer to Prayer: Zacharias

Children Leaving Home

Children Leaving Their Parents

Children Murdering Parents

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Children of God's People, Holy

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Children Responsibility

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Children were Named: After Relatives

Children were Named: from Circumstances Connected With Their Birth

Children were Named: from Remarkable Events

Children were Named: Numerous, Considered an Especial Blessing

Children were Named: Often by God

Children were Named: Often Numerous

Children were Named: Sometimes Born when Parents Were Old

Children were Required: To Attend to Instruction

Children were Required: To Honor Their Parents

Children were Required: To Respect the Aged

Children were Required: To Submit to Discipline

Children Who Murder

Children: A Blessing

Children: Abijah

Children: Alienated, Ishmael, to Gratify Sarah

Children: Amusements of

Children: An Heritage from the Lord

Children: Anxiety of the Jews For

Children: Bastard, Excluded from the Privileges of the Congregation

Children: Blessed by Jesus

Children: Bound by Covenants of Parents

Children: Casting out of Weak Alluded To

Children: Caused to Pass Through Fire

Children: Character of, Known by Conduct

Children: Children in the Temple

Children: Christ Was an Example To

Children: Circumcised on the Eighth Day

Children: Commandments To

Children: Correction of

Children: Could Demand Their Portion During Father's Life

Children: Counsel of Parents To

Children: David

Children: Death of, As a Judgment Upon Parents by Elisha

Children: Death of, As a Judgment Upon Parents by Jesus

Children: Death of, As a Judgment Upon Parents: David's Child by Uriah's Wife

Children: Death of, As a Judgment Upon Parents: Firstborn of Egypt

Children: Death of, As a Judgment Upon Parents: Healing of

Children: Death of, As a Judgment Upon Parents: Raised from the Dead by Elijah

Children: Death of, As a Judgment Upon Parents: Sons of Eli

Children: Death of, As a Judgment Upon Parents: Sons of Saul

Children: Dedicated to God in Infancy: Samson

Children: Dedicated to God in Infancy: Samuel

Children: Destruction of, a Punishment

Children: Difference Made Between Male and Female, in Mosaic Law

Children: Early Piety of Jeremiah

Children: Early Piety of John the Baptist

Children: Early Piety of Samuel

Children: Edict to Murder of Herod

Children: Edict to Murder of Jehu

Children: Edict to Murder of Pharaoh

Children: Elihu

Children: Esau

Children: False Instruction of

Children: Female: Inherited Property in Default of Sons

Children: Female: Taken Care of by Nurses

Children: Female: Usefully Employed

Children: Figurative

Children: Fondness and Care of Mothers For

Children: Frequently Bore the Curse of Parents

Children: Future State of

Children: God's Care of

Children: Good: Attend to Parental Teaching

Children: Good: Character of, Illustrates Conversion

Children: Good: Honor the Aged

Children: Good: Illustrative of a Teachable Spirit

Children: Good: Know the Scriptures

Children: Good: Make Their Parents' Hearts Glad

Children: Good: Obey Parents

Children: Good: Partake of the Promises of God

Children: Good: Shall be Blessed

Children: Good: Show Love to Parents

Children: Good: Take Care of Parents

Children: Good: The Lord is With

Children: Good: Their Obedience to Parents is Well Pleasing to God

Children: Grief Occasioned by Loss of

Children: Illegitimate: Despised by Their Brethren

Children: Illegitimate: Excluded from the Congregation

Children: Illegitimate: had No Inheritance

Children: Illegitimate: Not Cared for by the Father

Children: Illegitimate: Sometimes Sent Away With Gifts

Children: Inhuman Practice of offering to Idols

Children: Instance of, Leah and Rachel

Children: Instruction of

Children: Involved in Guilt of Parents

Children: Isaac

Children: Jehoshaphat

Children: Jephthah's Daughter

Children: Jeremiah

Children: Jesus

Children: Jewish Children

Children: Job

Children: John

Children: Joseph

Children: Josiah

Children: Judah

Children: Love of, for Parents of Ruth

Children: Love of, for Parents: Jesus

Children: Male: Birth of, Announced to the Father by a Messenger

Children: Male: If First Born, Belonged to God and Were Redeemed

Children: Male: Inherited the Possessions of Their Father

Children: Male: Received the Blessing of Their Father Before his Death

Children: Male: Under the Care of Tutors, Till They Came of Age

Children: Male: Usefully Employed

Children: Minors

Children: Mode of Giving Public Instruction To

Children: Moses

Children: Mostly Nursed by the Mothers

Children: Named at Circumcision

Children: Not Punished for Parents' Sake

Children: Not to Have: A Reproach in Israel

Children: Not to Have: Considered an Affliction

Children: Nurses For

Children: Obadiah

Children: Often Given in Answer to Prayer

Children: Often Prayed For

Children: Often Wicked and Rebellious

Children: Partiality Among, Forbidden

Children: Partiality of Parents Among: Jacob for Joseph

Children: Partiality of Parents Among: Rebekah for Jacob

Children: Power of Parents Over, During the Patriarchal Age

Children: Prayer in Behalf of

Children: Promised to the Righteous

Children: Promises and Assurances To

Children: Prosperity of, Greatly Depended on Obedience of Parents

Children: Punishment of

Children: Rebellious, Punished by the Civil Power

Children: Resignation Manifested at Loss of

Children: Ruth

Children: Sacrificed

Children: Samson

Children: Samuel

Children: Saul

Children: Share Benefits of Covenant Privileges Guaranteed to Parents

Children: Shem and Japheth

Children: should Attend to Parental Teaching

Children: should be Brought Early to the House of God

Children: should be Brought to Christ

Children: should be Instructed in the Ways of God

Children: should be Judiciously Trained

Children: should Fear God

Children: should Fear Parents

Children: should Honor Parents

Children: should Honor the Aged

Children: should not Imitate Bad Parents

Children: should Obey God

Children: should Obey Parents

Children: should Remember God

Children: should Take Care of Parents

Children: Sold for Debt

Children: Sold in Marriage, Law Concerning

Children: Solomon

Children: Sometimes Devoted Their Property to Avoid Supporting Parents

Children: Symbolical of the Regenerated

Children: Taught to Walk

Children: The Gift of God

Children: The Israelitish Maid, Captive in Syria

Children: Timothy

Children: Treatment of, After Birth, Noticed

Children: Treatment of, at Birth

Children: Tutors and Governors For

Children: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

Children: Weaning of

Children: Weaning of, a Time of Joy and Feasting

Children: Wicked

Children: Wicked: Abijam

Children: Wicked: Absalom

Children: Wicked: Adonijah

Children: Wicked: Adrammelech and Sharezer

Children: Wicked: Ahaziah

Children: Wicked: Amon

Children: Wicked: Canaan

Children: Wicked: Children at Beth-El

Children: Wicked: Eli's Sons

Children: Wicked: Ishmael

Children: Wicked: Lot's Daughters

Children: Wicked: Samaritans' Descendants

Children: Wicked: Samuel's Sons

Children: Wicked: Sennacherib's Sons

Children: Worship, Attend Divine

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Good Children: Attend to Parental Teaching

Good Children: Children in the Temple

Good Children: Daniel

Good Children: David

Good Children: Esther

Good Children: Honor the Aged

Good Children: Illustrative of a Teachable Spirit

Good Children: Isaac

Good Children: Jephthah's Daughter

Good Children: Job

Good Children: John the Baptist

Good Children: Joseph

Good Children: Josiah

Good Children: Know the Scriptures

Good Children: Make Their Parents' Hearts Glad

Good Children: Obadiah

Good Children: Obey Parents

Good Children: Observe the Law of God

Good Children: Partake of the Promises of God

Good Children: Samson

Good Children: Samuel

Good Children: Shall be Blessed

Good Children: Show Love to Parents

Good Children: Spirit of, a Requisite for the Kingdom of Heaven

Good Children: Take Care of Parents

Good Children: The Lord is With

Good Children: Their Obedience to Parents is Well Pleasing to God

Good Children: Timothy

Minors: Legal Status of

Surrogacy

Wicked Children are Proud

Wicked Children are Void of Understanding

Wicked Children with Regard to Parents are a Calamity to Them

Wicked Children with Regard to Parents are a Grief to Them

Wicked Children with Regard to Parents: Bring Reproach on Them

Wicked Children with Regard to Parents: Curse Them

Wicked Children with Regard to Parents: Despise Them

Wicked Children with Regard to Parents: Despised Their Elders

Wicked Children with Regard to Parents: Hearken not to Them

Wicked Children: Absalom

Wicked Children: Adonijah

Wicked Children: Adrammelech and Sharezer

Wicked Children: Children at Bethel

Wicked Children: Esau

Wicked Children: Know not God

Wicked Children: Punishment of, For: Cursing Parents

Wicked Children: Punishment of, For: Disobeying Parents

Wicked Children: Punishment of, For: Gluttony and Drunkenness

Wicked Children: Punishment of, For: Mocking of a Prophet

Wicked Children: Punishment of, For: Mocking Parents

Wicked Children: Punishment of, For: Setting Light by Parents

Wicked Children: Punishment of, For: Smiting Parents

Wicked Children: Sons of Eli

Wicked Children: Sons of Samuel

Wicked Children: Their Guilt in Robbing Parents

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