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1:18, 29; 2:8; 3:5; 6:13; 9:14; 2 Th. 2:10, 12; He. 8:12; imaginative works, like the ‘Arabian Nights’ and similar
2 Pe. 2:13, 15; 1 Jn. 1:9; 5:17). [See Holy, Justification, Oriental tales of fiction” (Edwin Rice, Our Sixty-six
Righteousness, Sin.] Sacred Books, pp. 135, 136). These vain imaginings
UNRULY. Unrestrained; disobedient; out of order; were silenced by archaeological discoveries. “The
uncontrolled (1 Th. 5:14; Tit. 1:6,10; Ja. 3:8). explorers, Rich, 1811, Layard and Rawlinson, 1846, and
UNSATIABLE. Insatiable; that which cannot be their companions and followers, Botta, Oppert, Hicks,
satisfied (Eze. 16:28). George Smith, Rassam, and more recently Naville and
UNSAVOURY. Unpleasing; disgusting (2 Sa. 22:27; Petrie in Egypt, and Hilprecht in Assyria, have
uncovered great groups of cities peopling the valleys of
Job 6:6). the Euphrates and Tigris and the Nile, so that we see
UNSEEMLY. Improper; unbecoming; indecent; not only Nineveh and Babylon and Ur, but scores of
impropriety (Ro. 1:27). other ancient cities named in Scripture and remarkable
UNTOWARD. Crooked; perverse; not easily guided for their size and their civilization, uncovered by the
or taught (Ac. 2:40). spade and caused to stand forth like an exceeding great
UNWASHEN. Not washed (Mt. 15:20; Mk. 7:2, 5). army of cities springing out of the ground to prove the
UNWITTINGLY. Without knowledge (Le. 22:14; Jos. Scriptural records. Thus the skeptics and the rationalists
20:3, 5). who questioned the existence of these ancient cities and
UPBRAID. Reproach; correct; chastise (Ju. 8:15; Mt. disputed the biblical records are silenced and put to
11:20; Mk. 16:14; Ja. 1:5). shame. ... Prof. Hilprecht and others have actually found
libraries consisting of upward of 30,000 tablets (and
UPHARSIN. Part of the words which were written on believe that over 100,000 more exist), in every form of
the wall to announce God’s judgment of Babylon (Da. literature relating to medicine, law, society and the
5:25-28). [See Mene.] liberal arts, and reaching back full two millenniums
UPHAZ (island of gold). Je. 10:9; Da. 10:5. before the period of Abraham” (Ibid.). “The city was
UPON A DAY. On a day (1 Sa. 14:1). enclosed by oval walls some 30 feet high, which
UPON HEAPS. [See Heaps, Upon.] protected not only the city but two harbors. Streets were
UPRIGHT. Integrity; truthful; honest; sincere (De. carefully laid out. House walls faced the streets, and
9:5; 1 Sa. 29:6; 2 Sa. 22:24, 26; Job 1:1, 8; 2:3; 8:6; homes featured an inner courtyard onto which their
12:4; 17:8; Ps. 7:10; 11:2, 7; Pr. 2:13; Is. 33:15; Mi. rooms faced. Among the more spectacular finds from
2:7; Ga. 2:14). The Hebrew word translated “upright” in Ur’s early period are beautifully worked gold jewelry
2 Sa. 22:24 (tahmeem) is also translated “perfect” (Ge. and objects, gold-inlaid musical instruments, and
6:9), “without blemish” (Ex. 12:5), “full” (Le. 25:30); colorful mosaics illustrating civil and military life. In
“without spot (Nu. 19:2); “whole” (Jos. 10:13), addition, a number of clay tablets were recovered,
“sincerity” (Jos. 24:14), “undefiled” (Ps. 119:1), and including a Sumerian dictionary and a mathematical
“sound” (Ps. 119:80). In these translations we can see text recording cube roots. There were also business
the meaning of the term. [See Holy, Honest, records, which show that the people of Ur were actively
Justification, Righteousness, Sincere.] involved in international trade” (Revell). [See
UPRISING. Rising up (Ps. 139:2). This Psalm reveals Abraham.]
that God knows and cares about every detail of our URBANE (of a city, refined). Ro. 16:9.
daily lives. URI (light of the Lord, my light). Ex. 31:2.
UR (light, brightness). The home of Abraham from URIAH, URIJAH (light of the Lord, fire of the Lord).
which God called him to journey to the land of Canaan 2 Sa. 11:3; Je. 26:20.
(Ge. 11:28, 31; 15:7; Ne. 9:7). Abraham’s family had URIAS (flame of the Lord). Mt. 1:6.
served false gods in Ur (Jos. 24:2). The idolatrous URIEL (the light of God, the fire of God). 1 Ch. 15:5.
nature of Ur has been confirmed by archaeological URIM AND THUMMIM (lights and perfections).
discoveries. “Ur was dominated by a giant three-stage These objects were placed in the breastplate (Ex.
ziggurat, reaching some 70 feet above the flat plain 28:30). Exodus 28:16 says the breastplate was doubled,
below. On it were shrines to Nannar, the city’s so it might have formed a pouch or pocket for the urim
god” (Revell). In the 1800s it was popular in and thummim. Some believe that the urim and
modernistic circles to doubt the authenticity of the thummin were the same as the stones on the
biblical account of Ur. “...skeptics and rationalists boldly breastplate. A video published by the Temple Institute in
asserted that no such cities as Babylon, Nineveh, Jerusalem presents this view, but Leviticus 8:8 states
Lachish and Ur were historic places, or ever existed. The that they were separate items. The appearance of these
biblical descriptions of them were classed with highly

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