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• Hosea 3Bible

  Hosea 3 is the chapter in which God commands Hosea to love an adulterous woman once more. Hosea buys the woman back at a price, and this act leads into a prophecy that Israel will live for many days without king or sacrifice but will at last return to the LORD.

• Jabesh-gileadBible

  Jabesh-gilead was an Israelite town in the region of Gilead, east of the Jordan River. It appears in the account of a punishment at the close of the period of the judges, in the siege by the Ammonite king Nahash and Saul's rescue of the town, and in the account of Saul's burial.

• Eglon (City)Bible

  Eglon was a city in the lowland of southern Canaan. In Joshua 10 it joined an alliance of five Amorite kings and was conquered by Joshua. It later became part of the territory of the tribe of Judah.

• PithomBible

  Pithom is an Egyptian city mentioned alongside Raamses in Exodus 1:11 as one of the treasure cities that the children of Israel built for Pharaoh under forced labor.

• Psalm 96Bible

  Psalm 96 is a hymn of praise that calls all the earth and all peoples to sing a new song to the LORD. It proclaims that the LORD reigns as King and is coming to judge the world with righteousness and truth.

• MoabBible

  Moab is the name of a people who lived on the plateau east of the Dead Sea and of the land they inhabited. The Bible presents the Moabites as descendants of Lot, and Ruth, the central figure of the Book of Ruth, was a Moabite woman.

• 1 Samuel 28Bible

  1 Samuel 28 is the chapter in which Saul, receiving no answer from God before his decisive battle with the Philistines, seeks out the medium of Endor and asks her to bring up the dead Samuel, who foretells the deaths of Saul and his sons.

• ElathBible

  Elath was a port town on the Red Sea shore in the land of Edom, at the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba. Uzziah (Azariah), king of Judah, rebuilt it and restored it to Judah, but it was lost during the reign of Ahaz.

• PisgahBible

  Pisgah was a mountain or ridge in the land of Moab, east of the Jordan River and opposite Jericho. From its summit Moses viewed the Promised Land of Canaan before his death.

• Jabesh-gileadBible

  Jabesh-gilead was an Israelite town in the region of Gilead east of the Jordan River. Saul delivered the town from the Ammonites, and after Saul's death its people recovered and buried his body.

• Aram-naharaimBible

  Aram-naharaim, meaning "Aram of the two rivers," is an Old Testament place name. It is generally understood to refer to northern Mesopotamia along the upper Euphrates, particularly the region around Haran. Following the Septuagint, many translations render it as "Mesopotamia" in most of its occurrences.

• Store CityBible

  A store city was a city built to store a nation's grain, supplies, weapons, and similar provisions. Pithom and Raamses, which the Israelites built for Pharaoh according to Exodus 1:11, are the best-known examples.

• HazorBible

  Hazor was a major Canaanite city north of the Sea of Galilee. It appears in Scripture in connection with Joshua's northern conquest, the war in the time of Deborah, and Solomon's building of cities.

• 2 Samuel 20Bible

  2 Samuel 20 recounts the revolt of Sheba, a Benjamite, and its suppression. Joab kills Amasa and takes command of the army, and a wise woman of Abel of Beth-maacah saves her city. The chapter closes with a list of David's officials.

• Ezekiel 29Bible

  Ezekiel 29 opens the book's prophecies against Egypt. It pronounces judgment on Pharaoh, who boasts that the Nile is his own, by likening him to a great crocodile, and it foretells that the land of Egypt will be handed over to Nebuchadnezzar.

• NaamanPeople

  Naaman was the commander of the army of Aram described in 2 Kings 5. Afflicted with leprosy, he was healed after washing seven times in the Jordan River as the prophet Elisha instructed. Jesus refers to him in Luke 4:27.

• Joshua 10Bible

  Joshua 10 recounts Joshua's victory over the five Amorite kings who attacked Gibeon and the conquest of the cities of southern Canaan. It includes the account of the sun and moon standing still.

• Judges 3Bible

  Judges 3 introduces the nations the LORD left to test Israel, then recounts the stories of Othniel, the first judge; Ehud, who killed King Eglon of Moab; and Shamgar, who struck down the Philistines.

• Isaiah 11Bible

  Isaiah 11 is a prophecy of a righteous king who will come forth from the stem of Jesse, a kingdom of peace in which wild and domestic animals live together, and the return of scattered Israel.

• Isaiah 45:9Bible Verses

  Isaiah 45:9 is a verse in the Book of Isaiah that uses the image of the potter and the clay to declare that the creature cannot contend with the Creator. Because Paul uses a similar analogy in Romans 9, the verse is frequently cited in discussions of divine sovereignty and predestination.