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6:15,16; 2 Timothy 4:18) as from one living perpetually in the presence of God, to whom the
language of adoration was as his natural speech.
Tin
Among the various metals found in the spoils of the Midianites, tin is enumerated. (Numbers
31:22) It was known to the Hebrew metal-workers as an alloy of other metals. (Isaiah 1:25; Ezekiel
22:18,20) The markets of Tyre were supplied with it by the ships of Tarshish. (Ezekiel 27:12) It
was used for plummets, (Zechariah 4:10) and was so plentiful as to furnish the writer of
Ecclesiasticus, Ecclus. 47:18, with a figure by which to express the wealth of Solomon. Tin is not
found in Palestine. Whence, then. did the ancient Hebrews obtain their supply “Only three countries
are known to contain any considerable quantity of it: Spain and Portugal, Cornwall and the adjacent
parts of Devonshire, and the islands of Junk, Ceylon and Banca, in the Straits of Malacca.” (Kenrick,
“Phoenicia,” p. 212.) There call be little doubt that the mines of Britain were the chief source of
supply to the ancient world, [See Tarshish] (“Tin ore has lately been found in Midian.”—Schaff.)
Tiphsah
(ford) is mentioned in (1 Kings 4:24) as the limit of Solomon’s empire toward the Euphrates
and in (2 Kings 15:16) it is said to have been attacked by Menahemi. It was known to the Greeks
and Romans under the name of Thapsacus, and was the point where it was usual to cross the
Euphrates. Thapsacus has been generally placed at the modern Deir ; but the Euphrates expedition
proved that there is no ford at Deir, and that the only ford in this part of the course of the Euphrates
is at Suriyeh, 45 miles below Balis, and 165 above Deir . This, then, must have been the position
of Thapsacus.
Tirathites, The
one of the three families of scribes residing at Jabez, (1 Chronicles 2:55) the others being the
Shimeathites and Sucathites. The passage is hopelessly obscure.
Tire
an old English word for headdress. It was an ornamental headdress worn on festive occasions,
(Ezekiel 24:17,23) and perhaps, as some suppose, also an ornament for the neck worn by both
women, (Isaiah 3:18) and men, and even on the necks of camels. (Judges 8:21,26)
Tirhakah, Or Tirhakah
(exalted?) king of Ethiopia (Cush), the opponent of Sennacherib. (2 Kings 19:9; Isaiah 37:9)
He may be identified with Tarkos or Tarakos, who was the third and last king of the twenty-fifth
dynasty, which was of Ethiopians. His accession was probably about B.C. 695. Possibly Tirhakah
ruled over Ethiopia before becoming king of Egypt.
Tirhanah
(favor), son of Caleb ben-Hezron by his concubine Maachah. (1 Chronicles 2:48) (B.C. about
1451.)
Tiria
(fear), son of Jehaleleel, of the tribe of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:16) (B.C. about 1451.)
Tirras
(desire), the youngest son of Japheth, (Genesis 10:2) usually identified with the Thracians, as
presenting the closest verbal approximation to the name.
Tirshatha
(always written with the article), the title of the governor of Judea under the Persians, perhaps
derived from a Persian root signifying stern, severe, is added as a title after the name of Nehemiah,
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