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Earthquake
Mentioned among the extraordinary phenomena of Palestine (Ps 18:7; comp. Hab 3:6; Nah 1:5; Isa 5:25).
The first earthquake in Palestine of which we have any record happened in the reign of Ahab (1 Kgs 19:11, 1 Kgs 19:12). Another took place in the days of Uzziah, King of Judah (Zech 14:5). The most memorable earthquake taking place in New Testament times happened at the crucifixion of our Lord (Matt 27:54). An earthquake at Philippi shook the prison in which Paul and Silas were imprisoned (Acts 16:26).
It is used figuratively as a token of the presence of the Lord (Judg 5:4; 2 Sam 22:8; Ps 77:18; Ps 97:4; Ps 104:32).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
