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• 1 Samuel 14Bible

  1 Samuel 14 recounts how Jonathan and his armor-bearer attack a Philistine garrison at Michmash, leading Israel to victory. It goes on to describe Saul's rash oath imposing a fast, which nearly costs Jonathan his life until the people rescue him, and closes with a record of Saul's wars and family.

• Mount CarmelBible

  Mount Carmel is a mountain range in northern Israel that extends inland toward the southeast from the Mediterranean coast. It is best known as the place where Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal and prayed for rain (1 Kings 18).

• SibbechaiPeople

  Sibbechai was a warrior in the time of King David. The Bible records that he killed a descendant of the giants in battle against the Philistines and that he commanded the division of David's army that served in the eighth month.

• Jeremiah 3Bible

  Jeremiah 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Jeremiah. It rebukes idolatrous Israel and Judah by likening them to a wife who has betrayed her husband, yet it also calls them to repentance and restoration with the words "Return, ye backsliding children."

• Zechariah 8Bible

  Zechariah 8 contains God's promise to return to Zion and restore Jerusalem, commands to practice truth and justice, and prophecies that Israel's fasts will become joyful feasts and that the nations will come to Jerusalem to seek God.

• ZurPeople

  Zur was a Midianite chieftain mentioned in the book of Numbers and the father of Cozbi, the Midianite woman killed by Phinehas during the incident at Baal-peor. He was later killed as one of the five kings of Midian in Israel's war against Midian.

• PalestineBible

  Palestine is a geographical name for the land extending from the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea to the region of the Jordan River. Derived from the name of the land of the Philistines, it is used in biblical geography as a general term for the land of Canaan and Israel.

• Period of the JudgesBible

  The period of the Judges is the era from the death of Joshua until Saul became king, when Israel lived as a confederation of tribes without a king. During this time God repeatedly delivered His people through judges whom He raised up. The period is recorded chiefly in the Book of Judges.

• SiseraPeople

  Sisera was the commander of the army of Jabin, the Canaanite king who oppressed Israel during the period of the judges. In Judges 4–5 he is defeated by the Israelite forces led by Deborah and Barak, and while fleeing he is killed by Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite.

• Valley of SorekBible

  The Valley of Sorek is the valley named in Judges 16:4 as the home of Delilah, the woman Samson loved. It runs from the hill country of Judah down to the coastal plain along the Mediterranean and lay in the border region between Israel and the Philistines.

• AbielPeople

  Abiel is a Benjamite whom 1 Samuel identifies as the father of Kish and thus the grandfather of Saul, Israel's first king. He appears only by name in genealogies, and nothing of his life is recorded.

• 1 Chronicles 11Bible

  1 Chronicles 11 recounts how all Israel made David king at Hebron and how David captured Jebus (Jerusalem) and made it the city of David. The chapter also contains a list of David's mighty men.

• Song of DeborahBible

  The Song of Deborah is a victory song recorded in Judges 5. Deborah, a prophetess and judge, sang it to God together with Barak after they defeated the army of the Canaanite commander Sisera.

• Puah (Father of Tola)People

  Puah is a man of the tribe of Issachar mentioned in Judges 10:1, the son of Dodo and the father of the judge Tola. Scripture records only his name and lineage, and only once.

• BarakPeople

  Barak was an Israelite military leader in the period of the judges who, at the summons of the prophetess Deborah, defeated Sisera, the commander of the army of the Canaanite king Jabin. He appears in Judges 4–5 and is named among the people of faith in Hebrews 11.

• Ish-boshethPeople

  Ish-bosheth was a son of Saul who, after Saul's death, was made king over Israel by Abner, the commander of Saul's army, and reigned for about two years. In 1 Chronicles he appears under the name Eshbaal.

• RimmonBible

  Rimmon is the name of a god worshiped in Damascus, the capital of Aram. The name appears in 2 Kings 5, where Naaman, the Aramean commander who had been healed of leprosy, asks pardon for entering the house of Rimmon when he accompanies his king there to worship.

• 1 Chronicles 23Bible

  1 Chronicles 23 records how the aged David made Solomon king and numbered the Levites for service in the temple, dividing them into courses by the families of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari and assigning their duties.

• DodoPeople

  Dodo was a man of the tribe of Issachar, the father of Puah and the grandfather of the judge Tola. He is mentioned by name only once in the Bible, in Judges 10:1.

• Judges 21:25Bible Verses

  Judges 21:25 is the final verse of the Book of Judges. It sums up the disorder of the period of the judges by stating that there was no king in Israel and that every man did that which was right in his own eyes. The verse is frequently cited in discussions of the monarchy, the rule of God, and moral relativism.