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• SanballatPeople

  Sanballat was a Horonite in the Book of Nehemiah who repeatedly obstructed the Jews who had returned from the Babylonian exile as they rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem.

• Genealogy of JesusBible

  The genealogy of Jesus is the record of the ancestry of Jesus Christ found in Matthew 1:1-17 and Luke 3:23-38. Matthew traces the line downward from Abraham to Jesus, while Luke traces it upward from Jesus to Adam.

• TobiahPeople

  Tobiah is an Ammonite official in the Book of Nehemiah. Together with Sanballat and Geshem, he opposed the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. He later occupied a chamber in the temple and was expelled by Nehemiah.

• ElkanahPeople

  Elkanah is a figure in the Old Testament book of 1 Samuel, the husband of Hannah and the father of the prophet Samuel. He is remembered as a man who went up to Shiloh each year with his family to worship.

• ManoahPeople

  Manoah is a man of the tribe of Dan in the Old Testament Book of Judges and the father of the judge Samson. He and his wife received from the angel of the Lord the announcement of their son's birth.

• Church HistoryHistory

  Church history is the history of the church, or the academic discipline that studies that history. Eusebius's fourth-century Ecclesiastical History is regarded as the beginning of systematic writing in the field. Today church history is taught in seminaries as a branch of historical theology.

• Psalm 90Bible

  A prayer psalm that opens Book IV of the Psalter, bearing the superscription "A Prayer of Moses the man of God." It contrasts the eternal God with the transience of human life and asks for wisdom and mercy.

• Proverbs 30Bible

  Proverbs 30 contains the words of Agur the son of Jakeh. It consists of questions about the Creator, a declaration of the purity of God's word, a prayer asking for neither poverty nor riches, and observational sayings grouped in the pattern of "three things, yea, four."

• 2 PeterBible

  Second Peter is one of the General Epistles of the New Testament, a three-chapter letter written in the name of the apostle Peter. It warns against false teachers and urges believers to live godly lives as they await the return of Christ.

• NaomiPeople

  Naomi is a woman from Bethlehem who appears in the Old Testament Book of Ruth. After losing her husband and two sons in Moab, she returned to her homeland with her daughter-in-law Ruth, and through her grandson Obed her story is linked to the house of David.

• SaulPeople

  Saul was the first king of Israel, whose story appears in the Old Testament book of 1 Samuel. He was the son of Kish of the tribe of Benjamin. Anointed king by Samuel, he was rejected for disobedience and died in the battle on Mount Gilboa. He is a different person from the apostle Paul, whose earlier name was also Saul.

• Daniel (Prophet)People

  Daniel was a man of Judah who, according to the Bible, served in the royal court during the Babylonian exile. He is the central figure of the Book of Daniel and is widely known for interpreting dreams and for his deliverance from the lions' den.

• MordecaiPeople

  Mordecai was a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin who appears in the Old Testament Book of Esther. He raised his cousin Esther, thwarted Haman's plot to massacre the Jews, and rose to become second only to the king in the Persian Empire.

• Alpha and OmegaBible

  Alpha and Omega is a title used in the Book of Revelation by God and by Jesus Christ as a self-designation. Alpha and omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, and the title signifies the First and the Last, the One who governs the beginning and the end of all things.

• MilcahPeople

  Milcah is a woman in the Book of Genesis, the daughter of Haran and the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother. She was the mother of Bethuel and the grandmother of Rebekah, the wife of Isaac.

• ElihuPeople

  Elihu is a young man in Job 32–37 who steps forward after the debate between Job and his three friends has ended and delivers a lengthy discourse. He is introduced as the son of Barachel the Buzite.

• AgabusPeople

  Agabus was a prophet of the early church who appears twice in the Book of Acts. At Antioch he foretold a great famine, and at Caesarea he prophesied through a symbolic action that Paul would be bound in Jerusalem.

• ChilionPeople

  Chilion is a figure in the Book of Ruth, the son of Elimelech and Naomi and the brother of Mahlon. During a famine he moved with his family to Moab, where he died.

• Revelation 14:9–11Bible Verses

  The third angel's warning that whoever worships the beast and its image and receives its mark will drink of the wine of the wrath of God. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of the identity of the "mark of the beast" and the nature of punishment in hell.

• Job 42:7-10Bible Verses

  The closing scene of the Book of Job, in which God rebukes Job's three friends, accepts Job's intercessory prayer on their behalf, reverses Job's misfortune, and restores him twofold. Discussion frequently centers on what it means that Job spoke "the thing that is right" and on how the nature of his restoration should be understood.