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• Jeiel (Father of Gibeon)People

  Jeiel is a Benjamite recorded in the genealogies of 1 Chronicles as "the father of Gibeon." He is an ancestor of the family that descends through Ner and Kish to King Saul. Several other people with the same name appear in the Bible.

• 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.

• 2 Kings 15Bible

  2 Kings 15 records the reigns of Azariah (Uzziah) and Jotham, kings of Judah, and a period of turmoil in the northern kingdom of Israel, when the kings from Zachariah to Pekah were assassinated one after another and Assyria invaded.

• Zephaniah (son of Maaseiah)People

  Zephaniah son of Maaseiah was a priest who served as the second priest, ranking next to the high priest, during the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. He was sent by the king as an envoy to Jeremiah and was executed at Riblah after the fall of Jerusalem.

• Zephaniah (Prophet)People

  Zephaniah was an Old Testament prophet who ministered during the reign of King Josiah of Judah. The Old Testament Book of Zephaniah preserves his prophecies, in which he proclaimed judgment on "the day of the LORD" and the restoration of the remnant.

• John the BaptistPeople

  John the Baptist was a Jewish prophet who came before Jesus Christ, calling people to repentance and baptizing in the Jordan River. The New Testament presents him as the one who prepared the way for the Messiah.

• Zephaniah 1Bible

  Zephaniah 1 records the word that came to Zephaniah in the days of Josiah. It indicts Judah and Jerusalem for idolatry and religious indifference and proclaims the coming judgment of the "day of the LORD."

• CushiPeople

  Cushi was the father of the Old Testament prophet Zephaniah. He is named only once in Scripture, in the genealogy of Zephaniah 1:1, and nothing else about his life is recorded.

• Luke 1:26-35Bible Verses

  In this passage the angel Gabriel appears to Mary, a virgin of Nazareth, and announces that she will conceive a son by the Holy Spirit and is to name him Jesus. It is a principal text for the confession of the virgin birth and the Incarnation and is frequently read during Advent and Christmas.

• Luke 1:37Bible Verses

  Spoken by the angel Gabriel to Mary in the Annunciation scene, this verse declares that nothing is impossible with God. It is often cited as a key verse on God's omnipotence and the fulfillment of His word. Its wording differs slightly among manuscripts.

• Zechariah and ElizabethPeople

  Zechariah and Elizabeth were a priestly couple in Luke 1 who remained childless into old age. As the angel Gabriel had foretold, they became the parents of John the Baptist.

• Zechariah 2Bible

  This chapter contains the vision of the measuring line, the third of Zechariah's night visions. It promises that Jerusalem will flourish without walls, with the LORD dwelling in her midst, and it calls the people remaining in Babylon to return.

• Zechariah 6Bible

  Zechariah 6 contains the vision of the four chariots, the last of Zechariah's eight night visions. It also records the crowning of Joshua the high priest and the proclamation that a man whose name is "the BRANCH" will build the temple of the LORD.

• Zechariah 1Bible

  Zechariah 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Zechariah. It opens with a call to the people who had returned from exile to "turn ye unto me," followed by the first two of the prophet's eight night visions: the man riding a red horse among the myrtle trees, and the four horns and the four craftsmen.

• Zechariah 10Bible

  Zechariah 10 is a prophecy declaring that the LORD, not idols, gives rain. It announces judgment on false shepherds and promises that God will strengthen the house of Judah and the house of Joseph and gather His scattered people once more.

• Zechariah 5Bible

  Zechariah 5 contains the sixth and seventh of Zechariah's night visions: a flying scroll that punishes thieves and those who swear falsely, and a woman called "Wickedness" who is placed in an ephah basket and carried away to the land of Shinar.

• Zechariah 14Bible

  Zechariah 14 is the final chapter of the Book of Zechariah. On the Day of the LORD the nations attack Jerusalem, but the LORD stands on the Mount of Olives, fights against them, and becomes king over all the earth. The surviving nations go up year after year to keep the Feast of Tabernacles, and the chapter portrays a time when everything becomes holy.

• Zechariah 4:6Bible Verses

  Zechariah 4:6, "Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts" (KJV), is a word addressed to Zerubbabel, who was charged with rebuilding the temple after the return from exile. It is widely used as a motto for church planting, building projects, and ministry.

• Zechariah 12:10Bible Verses

  Zechariah 12:10 is a prophecy in which God promises to pour out upon the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication, so that they look on the one they pierced and mourn. Because the New Testament cites it in connection with the crucifixion and the second coming of Jesus, it is frequently discussed as a messianic prophecy.

• Zechariah 4:9–10Bible Verses

  A passage from Zechariah's fifth night vision that promises Zerubbabel will finish the temple rebuilding he began and warns against despising "the day of small things." It encourages small beginnings and is often quoted at church plants and building projects.