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• 2 Chronicles 29Bible

  2 Chronicles 29 recounts how Hezekiah, king of Judah, reopened the house of the LORD in the first year of his reign after it had been shut under Ahaz. He directed the priests and Levites to cleanse the temple and then restored worship through sin offerings, burnt offerings, and songs of praise.

• SodomBible

  Sodom is a city of the plain of the Jordan mentioned in Genesis. It was the home of Lot, and Scripture records that it was destroyed together with Gomorrah by brimstone and fire sent by God because of its wickedness. Throughout the Bible it serves as an example of God's judgment.

• Jeremiah 25Bible

  Jeremiah 25 records a word given in the fourth year of Jehoiakim. It foretells that Judah will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years, after which Babylon itself will be punished, and it proclaims God's judgment on the world in a scene in which Jeremiah makes Jerusalem and the nations drink the cup of wrath.

• Jeremiah 37Bible

  Jeremiah 37 recounts how, during the reign of King Zedekiah, Jeremiah is arrested on a charge of desertion and imprisoned while the Babylonian army has temporarily withdrawn, and how the king secretly summons him to ask for a word from the LORD.

• Daniel 5Bible

  Daniel 5 tells how Belshazzar, king of Babylon, held a feast using vessels from the temple in Jerusalem, saw handwriting appear on the wall, and heard Daniel interpret it; that same night the kingdom fell.

• 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.

• 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.

• TabeelPeople

  Tabeel was a man of the Persian period, mentioned in Ezra 4:7, who joined Bishlam and Mithredath in writing to King Artaxerxes in Aramaic. He is generally regarded as a different person from "the son of Tabeal" in Isaiah 7:6.

• AdullamBible

  Adullam was a Canaanite and later Judahite town in the lowland (the low hill country, or Shephelah) of Judah. It is best known as the site of the "cave of Adullam," where David hid from Saul.

• Numbers 24Bible

  In Numbers 24, Balaam blesses Israel a third time despite the demands of Balak, king of Moab. He then sings of the "Star out of Jacob," pronounces the fates of the surrounding nations, and departs.

• 1 Samuel 12Bible

  First Samuel 12 records Samuel's farewell address before all Israel after Saul became king. Samuel has his integrity publicly affirmed, reviews Israel's history, reminds the people of their sin in asking for a king, and urges king and people alike to serve the LORD.

• 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 31Bible

  2 Chronicles 31 records how, in the reign of King Hezekiah, the people destroyed idolatrous altars, the king reorganized the service of the priests and Levites, and the firstfruits and tithes the people brought were gathered into storerooms at the temple and distributed.

• 2 Chronicles 35Bible

  2 Chronicles 35 records the great Passover that Josiah, king of Judah, kept in the eighteenth year of his reign, his death at Megiddo in battle against Necho, king of Egypt, and the mourning for him.

• Jeremiah 36Bible

  Jeremiah 36 recounts how, during the reign of King Jehoiakim, Baruch wrote on a scroll the words Jeremiah had received and read them aloud in the temple. When the king burned the scroll, Jeremiah had the words written again.

• Ezekiel 21Bible

  Ezekiel 21 contains prophecies that the LORD will draw His sword to judge Jerusalem and the king of Israel, that the king of Babylon will practice divination at a fork in the road and turn toward Jerusalem, and that Ammon will also come under judgment.

• Ezekiel 32Bible

  Ezekiel 32 is the final chapter of the oracles against the nations in the Book of Ezekiel. It contains two laments over Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and depicts Pharaoh descending to Sheol to lie with the nations that perished before him.

• Jeremiah (Prophet)People

  Jeremiah was an Old Testament prophet who ministered from the final years of the Kingdom of Judah into the early period of the Babylonian exile. He warned of the destruction of Jerusalem, prophesied the "new covenant," and is known as "the weeping prophet."

• 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.

• Genesis 14:18-20Bible Verses

  Genesis 14:18-20 is the passage in which Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of the most high God, blesses Abram on his return from battle, and Abram gives him a tenth. It is frequently cited in connection with the Epistle to the Hebrews' reading of Melchizedek as a type of Christ and in discussions of tithing.