Gen. xxii. 11, 15. The meffenger of the Lord called to Abraham out of heaven: comp. ver. 1.

Deut. xxxii. 40. For I lift up my hand to heaven, and fay, I live for ever; i. e. I sware by myself. Comp. Gen. xiv. 22; Dan. xii. 7; Heb. vi. 13, 14. 1 Sam, v. 12. And the cries of the city (Ekron) came up to heaven.

1 Kings viii. 22. Solomon ftood by the altar of Jehovah, and spread forth his hands towards heaven. Comp. Exod. ix. 33; Ezra ix. 5; Ifai. i. 15.

54. Solomon arofe from kneeling with his hands spread up to heaven.

1 Chron. xxi. 26. God answered David from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offerings. See on 2 Chron vii. 1.

2 Chron. vi. 13. Solomon fpread forth his hands towards heaven.

vii. 1. When Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and confumed the burnt-offering; and the glory of the Lord filled the house. See ver. 2, 3. Comp. Levit. ix. 24; 1 Kings xviii. 38; 1 Chron. xxi. 26.

2 Chron. xxxii. 20. Ifaiah prayed, and cried to heaven.

Job xx. 27. The heaven shall reveal his iniquity. Comp. ver. 29; and xxxi. 2, 3, 4.

Pf. lxxiii. 9. They fet their mouth against the heavens. Comp. ver. 11, 12.

Dan. xii. 7. And I heard the man when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and fware by him that liveth for ever, &c.

Dan. iv. 34. Chald. 31. I Nebuchadnezzar lifted upmine eyes unto heaven, and I blessed the Most High.

26. Chald. 23. After that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule. In the preceding verse it is, the Moft High doth rule; alfo in ver. 17. 32.

Matt. xiv. 19. He looked up to heaven, and bleffed, and brake the loaves.

xxi. 25; Mark xi. 30, 31. Whence was the baptifm of John, from heaven, or of men? If we fay from heaven, &c.

xxviii. 2. A meffenger or angel of the Lord had defcended from heaven, &c.

Mark vi. 41; Luke ix. 16. When he had taken the five loaves, &c. he looked up to heaven.

vii. 34. When Jefus had looked up to heaven, he fighed.

Luke xv. 18, 21. Father, I have finned against heaven, &c.

xviii. 13. The publican would not lift up his eyes to heaven, but faid, God be merciful, &c.

xxii. 43. There appeared to Jefus an angel or meffenger from heaven, ftrengthening him.

John iii. 27. A man can receive nothing, unless it be given him from heaven.

31. He that cometh from heaven is above all.
vi. 31. He gave them bread from heaven.

32. Mofes gave you not the bread from heaven, but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. 33. The bread of God is that which cometh down from heaven. Ver. 40 interprets ver. 33, 51, 54, &c.

John vi. 38. I am come down from heaven.

41.

I am the bread which came down from heaven. 42. I came down from heaven.

50. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven.

51. I am the living bread which came down from heaven.

58. This is the bread which came down from heaven.

xvii. 1. Jefus lifted up his eyes to heaven, and faid, Father, &c.

Rom. i. 18. The wrath of God is revealed from heaven. Comp. Gen. xix. 24.

Gal. i. 8. Though I, or an angel, (or messenger,) from heaven, preach any other gospel, &c.

Heb. xii. 25. If we reject him who was from heaven.

1 Pet. i. 12. The holy Spirit, fent down from heaven.

Rev. x. 5. The angel lifted up his hand to hea ven, and fware by Him that liveth for ever and ever. See on Deut. xxxii. 40, above.

xxi. 2, 10; iii. 12. The new Jerufalem which came down out of heaven from my God. Comp. Gal. iv. 26; Heb. xi. 10.

SECTION VII.

HEAVEN, denoting the Inhabitants of Heaven, or a Personification of the Firmament.

DEUT. iv. 26; xxx. 19; xxxi. 28. I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day. See Hofea ji. 21.

xxxii. 1. Give ear, O heavens, and hear, O earth. Comp. Pf. xcvii. 8.

1 Chron. xvi. 31. Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice.

Job xv. 15. The heavens are not clean in his fight. Comp. ver. 14, 16; and iv. 18.

Ps. I. 4. God fhall call to the heavens from above; ver. 6, the heavens fhall declare his righteousness.

Ixix. 34. Let the heaven and earth praise him. lxxxix. 5. The heavens shall praise thy wonders, OLord.

xcvi. 11. Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be glad.

cxlviii. 4. Praise him, ye heavens of heavens.

Ifa. i. 2. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth. See Bishop Lowth's note.

xliv. 23. Sing, O ye heavens, for Jehovah hath done it; fhout, ye lower parts of the earth; break

forth into finging, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein; for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob.

Ifa. xlix. 13. Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into finging, O mountains; for Jehovah hath comforted his people.

Jer. ii. 12. Be astonished, O ye heavens.

li. 48. Then the heaven, and the earth, and all that is therein, shall fing for Babylon.

Rev. xii. 12. Rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them.

SECTION VIII.

HEAVEN, UNDER HEAVEN, END OF HEAVEN, &c. signifying a Nation, or the Earth.

GEN. vi. 17. A flood to destroy all flesh from under heaven, and every thing on the earth. Parallel phrases.

vii. 19. The high hills under the whole heaven were covered.

Deut. ii. 25. I will put the dread and fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven. iv. 19. Which thy God hath divided (or imparted) unto all nations under the whole heaven.

32. Afk from the one fide of heaven unto the other: that is, from one end of the earth to the other.