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• BelshazzarPeople

  Belshazzar is the king of Babylon who appears in Daniel 5. He is remembered for the banquet at which the fingers of a man's hand wrote on the wall of the royal palace, and for losing his kingdom and his life that same night.

• ObedPeople

  Obed is the son of Boaz and Ruth in the Book of Ruth. He was the father of Jesse and the grandfather of David, and his name also appears in the genealogies of Jesus Christ in Matthew and Luke.

• Valley of JehoshaphatBible

  The Valley of Jehoshaphat is the valley named in Joel 3 as the place where God gathers all nations for judgment. The name means "the LORD judges." Tradition has long identified it with the Kidron Valley east of Jerusalem.

• Jezreel (Son of Hosea)People

  Jezreel was the firstborn son of the prophet Hosea and his wife Gomer. His name, given by God himself, symbolizes both judgment on the royal house of Jehu in the northern kingdom of Israel and the restoration to come.

• AbrahamPeople

  Abraham is the ancestor of the people of Israel described in the Book of Genesis. He left his homeland in response to God's call, and Christians often call him "the father of faith."

• 1 ThessaloniansBible

  The thirteenth book of the New Testament, a letter from the apostle Paul to the church at Thessalonica in Macedonia. Many hold that it was the earliest of the Pauline Epistles to be written. It addresses the second coming of Christ and holy living.

• LotPeople

  Lot is the nephew of Abraham in the Book of Genesis. He lived in Sodom, was rescued when the city was destroyed, and is recorded as the ancestor of the Moabites and the Ammonites.

• EsauPeople

  Esau is the firstborn son of Isaac and Rebekah in the Book of Genesis and the elder twin brother of Jacob. He is best known for selling his birthright for a bowl of pottage, and Scripture records him as the ancestor of the Edomites.

• RebekahPeople

  Rebekah is the wife of Isaac in the Book of Genesis and the mother of the twin brothers Esau and Jacob. A granddaughter of Nahor, Abraham's brother, she is the daughter of Bethuel and the sister of Laban.

• SamsonPeople

  Samson was a judge of Israel in the Old Testament book of Judges. Born a Nazarite, he fought against the Philistines. Renowned for his great strength, he was captured after revealing the secret of his strength to Delilah, and he died when he brought down the temple of Dagon.

• Habakkuk 3Bible

  The final chapter of the Book of Habakkuk, a prayer-poem in which the prophet Habakkuk celebrates God's past acts of deliverance and declares that even if every harvest fails, he will rejoice in the LORD.

• AzurPeople

  Azur is a Gibeonite mentioned in the Old Testament Book of Jeremiah as the father of Hananiah, a false prophet active during the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah.

• GamalielPeople

  Gamaliel was a first-century Pharisaic teacher of the law in Jerusalem. In the Book of Acts he dissuades the council from punishing the apostles, and he is named as the teacher of Paul.

• Joel 2:23–27Bible Verses

  A passage in the Book of Joel in which God promises Judah, repentant after a locust plague, that he will return the rain and abundant harvests and "restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten." It is often cited in sermons on restoration, and interpreters differ over the meaning of "the former rain and the latter rain."

• Isaiah 40:28–31Bible Verses

  A passage in the Book of Isaiah that answers the lament of Israel during the Babylonian exile by proclaiming that God the Creator, who never grows weary, gives new strength to those who wait upon Him. Widely known for its image of the eagle, it is frequently used as a memory verse and a motto.

• Obadiah 1:15Bible Verses

  In this verse Obadiah, having indicted Edom for its sins, declares that the day of the LORD is near upon all nations and sets out the principle of retribution: what one has done will return upon one's own head. The verse marks the turning point at which judgment on the single nation of Edom widens into judgment on all nations, and it is frequently cited as a representative statement of the idea of retribution.

• Jeremiah 1:5Bible Verses

  A verse from the call narrative of Jeremiah in which God declares that He knew Jeremiah before forming him in the womb, sanctified him before he came forth, and ordained him a prophet to the nations. It is a representative verse on vocation and divine foreknowledge and is also cited in discussions of predestination and bioethics.

• Revelation 7:4Bible Verses

  Revelation 7:4 states that the number of those sealed from all the tribes of Israel was "an hundred and forty and four thousand." Interpreters disagree over whether the number is a literal count or a symbol, and over whom it designates. Several heretical groups have also associated this number with their own organizations.

• Joshua 1:8-9Bible Verses

  After the death of Moses, God told Joshua to meditate on the book of the law day and night and to observe it, encouraging him to "be strong and of a good courage." It is among the passages most often cited at times of new beginnings and challenges.

• Job 1:21Bible Verses

  Job 1:21 records the words Job spoke after losing his possessions and his children in a single day: "The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD." It is regarded as a classic confession of faith in the midst of suffering and is frequently read at funeral services. Interpreters differ over whether the cause of suffering may rightly be attributed to God.