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• TahpenesPeople

  Tahpenes was the queen of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, around the time of David and Solomon. She is mentioned twice in 1 Kings 11 as the sister-in-law of Hadad the Edomite.

• HezionPeople

  Hezion is a king of Aram named only in 1 Kings 15:18, where he appears as the father of Tabrimon and the grandfather of Ben-hadad, king of Syria.

• EliakimPeople

  Eliakim was the official in charge of the royal household under Hezekiah, king of Judah. The son of Hilkiah, he met and negotiated with the Assyrian envoy Rabshakeh and was sent by the king to the prophet Isaiah.

• NaamahPeople

  Naamah was a wife of Solomon and the mother of Rehoboam, king of Judah. First Kings and Second Chronicles identify her as an Ammonite. A different woman with the same name appears in Genesis.

• JobabPeople

  Jobab is a figure in the list of Edomite kings in Genesis 36 and 1 Chronicles 1. The son of Zerah of Bozrah, he succeeded Bela as the second king of Edom.

• Ezekiel 17Bible

  Ezekiel 17 uses the parable of two eagles and a vine to rebuke the king of Judah for breaking his covenant with Babylon and relying on Egypt. The chapter closes with God's promise of restoration: He will plant a tender twig from the top of a cedar on a high mountain.

• IrijahPeople

  Irijah was the captain of the ward at the Benjamin Gate of Jerusalem during the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah. He seized the prophet Jeremiah as he was leaving the city, accusing him of deserting to the Chaldeans, and handed him over to the officials (Jeremiah 37).

• PharaohPeople

  Pharaoh is a title for the kings of ancient Egypt. Several pharaohs appear in the Bible, the best known being the king in Exodus who refused to let Israel go and suffered the ten plagues.

• EhudPeople

  Ehud was a judge of Israel whose story appears in Judges 3. The son of Gera of the tribe of Benjamin, he killed Eglon, king of Moab, and delivered Israel from eighteen years of Moabite rule.

• Return from ExileBible

  The return from exile was the return of the people of Judah, who had been carried off to Babylon, to Jerusalem in several waves after the decree of Cyrus, king of Persia, and their rebuilding of the temple and the city walls.

• EglonPeople

  Eglon was a king of Moab who ruled over Israel for eighteen years during the period of the judges. He was killed by Ehud the Benjamite, as recorded in Judges 3.

• Manasseh (son of Joseph)People

  Manasseh was the firstborn son of Joseph, born in Egypt. Adopted by Jacob as his own son, he became the ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel. He is distinct from Manasseh, king of Judah.

• Ark of BulrushesBible

  The ark of bulrushes is the basket in which, according to Exodus 2, the mother of Moses placed her infant son and set him among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. Pharaoh's daughter discovered the basket, and Moses' life was spared.

• TibniPeople

  Tibni, the son of Ginath, was proclaimed king by half the people of the northern kingdom of Israel after the death of King Zimri and contended with Omri for the throne. He appears only in 1 Kings 16.

• EliakimPeople

  Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, was the official over the royal household under Hezekiah, king of Judah. He led the delegation that met the Assyrian Rabshakeh, and Isaiah 22 calls him God's "servant," who would replace Shebna.

• SeraiahPeople

  Seraiah was a high priest in the final years of the Kingdom of Judah who was executed by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, after the fall of Jerusalem. He is recorded as the father of Jehozadak (Jozadak) and as an ancestor of Ezra.

• AhuzzathPeople

  Ahuzzath was a "friend" of Abimelech, king of Gerar. According to Genesis 26:26, he accompanied Abimelech, together with Phichol, the chief captain of his army, when the king went to Isaac, and he was present when the two sides made a covenant.

• BelaPeople

  Bela, the son of Beor, is the first of the Edomite kings named in the Bible. His city was Dinhabah, and he appears in the lists of Edomite kings in Genesis 36 and 1 Chronicles 1.

• HiramPeople

  Hiram was king of Tyre, a Phoenician port city, during the reigns of David and Solomon. He supplied timber and craftsmen for the building of the Temple and the royal palace in Jerusalem, and he joined Solomon in maritime trade.

• SargonPeople

  Sargon, known to scholars as Sargon II, was a king who ruled Assyria in the late eighth century BC. His name appears only once in the Bible, in Isaiah 20:1.