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• JehonadabPeople

  Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, joined Jehu, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, in his campaign to eradicate Baal worship. In the Book of Jeremiah he appears as "Jonadab," who left his descendants a command to drink no wine and to dwell in tents.

• ArabahBible

  Arabah is a Hebrew place name meaning "dry land" or "plain." In the Bible it refers to the long lowland that runs south from the Sea of Galilee through the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba.

• AroerBible

  Aroer is a place name in the Old Testament. Several towns bore this name; the one mentioned most often lay on the edge of the Arnon Valley east of the Jordan River and is cited as a boundary between Israel and Moab.

• 1 Kings 20Bible

  The account of Ahab, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, defeating Ben-hadad, king of Aram, in two battles, at Samaria and at Aphek. When Ahab makes a covenant with the surrendered Ben-hadad and lets him go, a prophet rebukes him.

• Antiochus IV EpiphanesPeople

  Antiochus IV Epiphanes was king of the Seleucid Empire from 175 to 164 BC. He defiled the Jerusalem temple and persecuted Judaism, provoking the Maccabean Revolt, and he is frequently discussed in the interpretation of the Book of Daniel.

• Daniel 4Bible

  Daniel 4 is the chapter in which King Nebuchadnezzar dreams of a great tree and, as Daniel had interpreted, lives like a beast for seven times before being restored. He then issues a first-person decree praising the Most High God.

• 2 Chronicles 18Bible

  This chapter recounts how Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, joins Ahab, king of Israel, in the battle for Ramoth-gilead. Unlike the four hundred prophets, the prophet Micaiah foretells defeat, and Ahab, who fights in disguise, is struck by an arrow and dies.

• 2 Chronicles 19Bible

  2 Chronicles 19 recounts how Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, who had allied himself with Ahab, is rebuked by the seer Jehu, then brings the people back to the LORD and reorganizes the judicial system by appointing judges in the provincial cities and in Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 16Bible

  2 Chronicles 16 covers the final years of Asa, king of Judah. Under pressure from Baasha, king of Israel, Asa made an alliance with Ben-hadad, king of Aram, and imprisoned Hanani the seer, who rebuked him for it. The chapter closes with Asa's illness, death, and burial.

• 2 Chronicles 32Bible

  2 Chronicles 32 records the Assyrian king Sennacherib's invasion of Judah and the deliverance of Jerusalem; Hezekiah's illness, pride, and repentance; and his achievements and death.

• 2 Chronicles 14Bible

  2 Chronicles 14 records how Asa, king of Judah, came to the throne, removed idols, and fortified cities so that the land enjoyed peace, and how he met and defeated the vast army of Zerah the Ethiopian (Cushite) through prayer.

• 2 Chronicles 15Bible

  2 Chronicles 15 tells how Asa, king of Judah, heeds the exhortation of the prophet Azariah son of Oded, removes the idols, and makes a covenant with the people in Jerusalem to seek the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 30Bible

  2 Chronicles 30 records how Hezekiah, king of Judah, summoned all Israel, both north and south, to Jerusalem to keep the Passover in the second month, followed by a great festival lasting two weeks.

• 2 Chronicles 28Bible

  Second Chronicles 28 recounts the reign of Ahaz, king of Judah. It records that his idolatry led to defeat by Aram and Israel, that the captives were released at the word of the prophet Oded, and that Ahaz's reliance on Assyria brought him no benefit.

• Numbers 22Bible

  Numbers 22 is the chapter in which Balak, king of Moab, summons Balaam the son of Beor to curse Israel. It contains the account of the angel of the LORD who blocks Balaam's way and of the speaking donkey.

• 1 Kings 21Bible

  Ahab, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, and his queen Jezebel have Naboth the Jezreelite put to death on false charges and seize his vineyard. Elijah pronounces judgment on the house of Ahab, and when Ahab humbles himself, the calamity is deferred to his son's days.

• DanBible

  Dan was a city at the northern extremity of the land of Israel. The tribe of Dan captured Laish and gave it this name, and it was there that Jeroboam, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, set up one of his golden calves.

• RehobothBible

  Rehoboth is the name of a well that Isaac dug without strife after leaving the Valley of Gerar, as recorded in Genesis 26. The Hebrew name means "broad place," and Isaac gave it this name as a confession that God had made room for them.

• 2 Chronicles 27Bible

  2 Chronicles 27 is a brief account of the sixteen-year reign of Jotham, king of Judah. It records that he did what was right, as his father Uzziah had done, built cities and fortifications, and defeated the Ammonites, who then paid him tribute. It closes with his death and the accession of his son Ahaz.

• 2 Chronicles 33Bible

  2 Chronicles 33 records the fifty-five-year reign of Manasseh, king of Judah, and the two-year reign of his son Amon. Its central narrative tells how Manasseh, after extreme idolatry, was taken captive by Assyria, humbled himself in prayer, and was restored to his throne.