Dial - Meaning of Dial in Smiths Bible Dictionary (Bible History Online)

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Dial
"An instrument for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; "rendered" steps" in Authorized Version, Ex 20:26; 2Ki 10:19 and "degrees," 2Ki 20:9,10,11; Isa 38:8 where to give a consistent rendering we should read with the margin the "degrees" rather than the "dial" of Ahaz. It is probable that the dial of Ahaz was really a series of steps or stairs, and that the shadow (Perhaps of some column or obelisk on the top) fell on a greater or smaller number of them according as the sun was low or high. The terrace of a palace might easily be thus ornamented.

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Smith, William, Dr "Definition for 'Dial' Smiths Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Smiths; 1901.

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