ISRAEL. This is the name which the Angel gave Jacob, after having wrestled with him all night at Mahanaim or Peniel. See Gen. xxxii. 1, 2. and 28, 29, 30. and Hosea xii. 3. See likewise the article Jacob. Israel signifies the conqueror of God, or a Prince of God, or according to many of the ancients, a man who sees God. By the name of Israel is sometimes understood the person of Jacob, sometimes the whole people of Israel, the whole race of Jacob; and sometimes the Kingdom of Israel, or of the ten Tribes, distinct from the Kingdom of Judah. Kings of Israel. See hereafter the article Kings.
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