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• BlastusPeople

  Blastus is a figure mentioned only once, in Acts 12:20, as the chamberlain of King Herod (Agrippa I). When the people of Tyre and Sidon sought to make peace with the king, they conveyed their request through him.

• JoashPeople

  Joash was a king of Judah who survived Athaliah's massacre of the royal family and came to the throne at the age of seven. He repaired the temple, but according to 2 Chronicles, after the death of the high priest Jehoiada he served idols and had Jehoiada's son Zechariah put to death.

• AhaziahPeople

  Ahaziah is the name of two kings who reigned during the divided monarchy of the Old Testament. One was the son of Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel; the other was the son of Jehoram of the southern kingdom of Judah, who was pursued by Jehu and died at Megiddo.

• JehoramPeople

  Jehoram is the name of two kings who reigned in the same period in the Old Testament: the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, and the son of Ahab, king of Israel. Both are also referred to by the shorter form "Joram."

• Epic of GilgameshHistory

  The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem recounting the quest of Gilgamesh, a king of ancient Mesopotamia, for eternal life. Because its flood story resembles the account of Noah's flood in Genesis, it is frequently discussed in biblical studies.

• Henry VIIIPeople

  Henry VIII (1491–1547) was King of England (reigned 1509–1547). After breaking with the pope over the annulment of his marriage, he declared the monarch Supreme Head of the Church of England, laying the foundation for what is today the Anglican Communion.

• Valley of SaltBible

  The Valley of Salt was a valley in the south of Judah, on the border with Edom. In the Bible it appears as the battlefield where Israel won major victories over Edom in the time of David and in the reign of Amaziah king of Judah.

• Wise Woman of TekoaPeople

  The wise woman of Tekoa is an unnamed woman who appears in 2 Samuel 14. At Joab's request, she told King David a fabricated story to persuade him, helping to bring the exiled Absalom back to Jerusalem.

• Medium of EndorPeople

  The medium of Endor is a woman in 1 Samuel 28 who was said to call up the spirits of the dead. According to the biblical account, she called up the deceased Samuel at the request of King Saul on the eve of his battle with the Philistines.

• Eliezer (son of Dodavah)People

  Eliezer was a prophet in the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah and the son of Dodavah of Mareshah. He rebuked Jehoshaphat for joining with King Ahaziah of the northern kingdom of Israel to build ships, and he prophesied that the ships would be wrecked (2 Chronicles 20:37).

• Nathan (Prophet)People

  Nathan was a prophet of Israel during the reigns of King David and King Solomon. He delivered the promise that David's dynasty would endure forever, used a parable to confront David with his sin after the Bathsheba affair, and played a part in Solomon's accession to the throne.

• Daniel 6Bible

  Daniel 6 recounts how Daniel, who defied King Darius's decree by continuing to pray three times a day, was cast into the lions' den and yet emerged unharmed. The chapter ends with Darius issuing a decree that honors the God of Daniel.

• JakehPeople

  Jakeh was the father of Agur, whose words are recorded in Proverbs 30 of the Old Testament. His name appears only once in the Bible, in Proverbs 30:1.

• Golden RuleBible

  The Golden Rule is the traditional name for the teaching of Jesus "whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them" (Matthew 7:12; Luke 6:31).

• RechabitesBible

  The Rechabites were the descendants of Jehonadab (Jonadab) the son of Rechab. In obedience to their ancestor's command, they drank no wine, built no houses, and lived in tents. They appear in Jeremiah 35 as an example of obedience.

• Obed-edomPeople

  Obed-edom was the owner of the house where the Ark of the Covenant remained for three months during the reign of King David. Scripture records that God blessed him and his entire household during that time. Chronicles also presents him as a Levite gatekeeper.

• Psalm 2:12Bible Verses

  The final verse of Psalm 2, which warns the kings of the earth to submit to the king whom the LORD has installed ("the Son") and pronounces a blessing on those who take refuge in the LORD. It is widely read as a prophecy of Christ and is frequently discussed because of the difficulty of translating the Hebrew word rendered "Son."

• Jeremiah 1:5Bible Verses

  A verse from the call narrative of Jeremiah in which God declares that He knew Jeremiah before forming him in the womb, sanctified him before he came forth, and ordained him a prophet to the nations. It is a representative verse on vocation and divine foreknowledge and is also cited in discussions of predestination and bioethics.

• Psalm 1:1-2Bible Verses

  The opening verses of the Psalter, which declare blessed the person who does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly but delights in the law of the LORD and meditates on it day and night. The passage opens the entire book of Psalms and is frequently cited to encourage meditation on Scripture.

• Psalm 34:18Bible Verses

  A verse from the Psalms declaring that God is near to those whose hearts are broken and whose spirits are crushed, and that he saves them. It is frequently cited in discussions of comfort in suffering and of repentance.