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• Ezekiel's Temple VisionBible

  Ezekiel's temple vision, recorded in Ezekiel 40–48, is the vision in which Ezekiel, a prophet of the Babylonian exile, saw a restored temple and land. It is best known for its account of a river that flows out from the temple and brings life to a dead sea.

• AbaddonBible

  Abaddon is a Hebrew word meaning "destruction" or "place of destruction." In the Old Testament it appears alongside Sheol as a designation for the realm of the dead, and in Revelation 9:11 it is the name of the angel of the bottomless pit.

• Belshazzar's FeastBible

  Belshazzar's Feast is the event recorded in Daniel 5, in which handwriting appeared on the wall during a banquet at which Belshazzar, king of Babylon, drank from the vessels of the Temple in Jerusalem and praised idols. The king was slain that same night.

• SilvanusPeople

  Silvanus was a first-century coworker who preached the gospel alongside the apostle Paul. He is named in the Pauline Epistles and in 1 Peter and is generally identified with the Silas of the Book of Acts.

• ElnathanPeople

  Elnathan was a man of Jerusalem in the final years of the kingdom of Judah and the father of Nehushta, the mother of King Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24:8). Many identify him with "Elnathan the son of Achbor," an official of King Jehoiakim mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah.

• AchborPeople

  Achbor was an official under King Josiah of Judah and a member of the delegation sent to the prophetess Huldah to inquire about the book of the law found in the temple. The same name also belongs to the father of Baal-hanan, a king of Edom.

• LapidothPeople

  Lapidoth is an Old Testament figure in the book of Judges, the husband of Deborah, the prophetess and judge. The Bible mentions him by name only once, in Judges 4:4.

• Seti IPeople

  Seti I was the second pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, reigning in the thirteenth century BC. He was the father of Ramesses II. His name appears in discussions about the identity of the "Pharaoh" in the Book of Exodus.

• Samuel WesleyPeople

  Samuel Wesley (1662–1735) was a Church of England priest and poet. He served as rector of Epworth for nearly forty years and was the father of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, leaders of the Methodist movement.

• Intertestamental PeriodBible

  The intertestamental period is the era between Malachi, the last prophetic book of the Old Testament, and the time of John the Baptist and the birth of Jesus in the New Testament. It is commonly described as lasting about four hundred years.

• ScribeBible

  A scribe was originally a professional who wrote documents and kept records. After the Babylonian exile, the term came to refer to experts who copied and taught the Law. In the New Testament, scribes appear as a group that frequently disputes with Jesus.

• HuldahPeople

  Huldah was a prophetess who lived in Jerusalem during the reign of Josiah, king of Judah. She delivered the word of God to the officials whom the king sent to inquire about the Book of the Law discovered in the temple.

• Beth-dagonBible

  Beth-dagon, meaning "house (temple) of Dagon," is an Old Testament place name. It appears twice in the book of Joshua: once as a town of the tribe of Judah and once as a point on the border of the tribe of Asher.

• Haggai (Prophet)People

  Haggai was a prophet active after the return from the Babylonian exile, during the reign of the Persian king Darius. He urged the people to resume the stalled rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem. The Old Testament Book of Haggai bears his name.

• GallimBible

  Gallim is a small town in the territory of Benjamin mentioned in the Old Testament. It was the hometown of Phalti, the second husband of Saul's daughter Michal, and the Book of Isaiah lists it among the towns along the route of the Assyrian army's advance on Jerusalem.

• Lament PsalmsBible

  Lament psalms are a type of psalm in which the psalmist cries out and appeals to God amid suffering, illness, persecution, or national disaster. They are among the most common types in the Book of Psalms.

• Nabonidus CylinderHistory

  The Nabonidus Cylinder is a cuneiform clay cylinder inscription left by Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The cylinder from Ur bears the name of his eldest son, Belshazzar, and is therefore frequently discussed in studies of the Book of Daniel.

• Malachi (Prophet)People

  Malachi is the prophet whose name is attached to Malachi, the last book of the Old Testament. His name appears only once in the Bible, in Malachi 1:1, and nothing is known about his life.

• HegaiPeople

  Hegai was a eunuch of Ahasuerus, king of Persia, in the Book of Esther. He had charge of the young women gathered as candidates to become queen. He showed favor to Esther, and she followed his instructions when she went in to the king.

• Proverbs 31:30Bible Verses

  Proverbs 31:30 declares that favour and beauty are vain but that a woman who fears the LORD shall be praised. It forms the conclusion of the poem of the "virtuous woman" at the end of the Book of Proverbs. The verse is frequently cited as a model of the woman of faith, and interpreters differ on how that portrait should be understood.