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Bernice, or Berenice

4 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.

These works date from 1884 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.

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Acts 12:1Smith
Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
Acts 25:13Smith
And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cæsarea to salute Festus.
Acts 25:23Smith
And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus’ commandment Paul was brought forth.
Acts 26:30Smith
And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:

In the reference works

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references

(bringing victory), the eldest daughter of Herod Agrippa I. (Acts 12:1) etc. She was first married to her uncle Herod, king of Chaleis, and after his death (A.D. 48) she lived under circumstances of great suspicion with her own brother, Agrippa II., in connection with whom she is mentioned, (Acts 25:13,23; 26:30) as having visited Festus on his appointment as procurator of Judea.

Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.

Bernice, or Berenice

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