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• Rachel and LeahPeople

  Rachel and Leah are the two daughters of Laban in the Book of Genesis. The sisters both became wives of Jacob and the mothers of the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel.

• Chebar RiverBible

  The Chebar River was a waterway in "the land of the Chaldeans" where the prophet Ezekiel, living among the Judean exiles during the Babylonian exile, saw visions of God. Many scholars identify it as a canal in Babylonia.

• SardisBible

  Sardis was an ancient city in western Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and the site of one of the seven churches to which the Book of Revelation addresses letters. Revelation 3:1-6 contains the message sent to this church.

• PekahiahPeople

  Pekahiah was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel who succeeded his father Menahem and reigned in Samaria for two years before he was killed in a conspiracy led by his captain Pekah (2 Kings 15:22–26).

• AhisamachPeople

  Ahisamach is a man of the tribe of Dan mentioned in the Book of Exodus and the father of Aholiab, a craftsman who took part in making the tabernacle. His name appears only three times in Scripture, each time in a passage introducing Aholiab.

• NebaiothPeople

  Nebaioth was the firstborn son of Ishmael, the son of Abraham. His sister became the wife of Esau, and in the Book of Isaiah his name designates the tribe descended from him.

• PergaBible

  Perga was a city in the region of Pamphylia in southern Asia Minor. In the Book of Acts it appears as the place where Mark left Paul's company during the first missionary journey and as a city where Paul and his companions preached the word on their return.

• Judges 5Bible

  Judges 5 is a poem celebrating the victory of Deborah and Barak over Sisera, commander of the Canaanite army. It contrasts the tribes that joined the battle with those that stayed away, praises Jael, and closes by noting that the land had rest for forty years.

• Judges 21Bible

  Judges 21, the final chapter of the Book of Judges, records how Israel kept the tribe of Benjamin from being cut off by striking Jabesh-gilead and bringing back four hundred virgins, and then by allowing the Benjamites to seize women during the feast at Shiloh.

• Psalm 23Bible

  Psalm 23 is a six-verse poem that likens the LORD to a shepherd and to a host who prepares a banquet, expressing trust in his care and abiding presence. It bears the superscription "A Psalm of David."

• Isaiah 21Bible

  Isaiah 21 is one of the "burdens" against the nations in the Book of Isaiah. Its seventeen verses contain the burden of the "desert of the sea," which announces the fall of Babylon, followed by brief burdens concerning Dumah (Edom) and Arabia.

• Isaiah 40Bible

  Isaiah 40, set against the background of the Babylonian exile, opens the second half of the Book of Isaiah. Beginning with the proclamation "Comfort ye my people," it celebrates the greatness of God, who created all things, and the renewed strength given to those who wait upon Him.

• 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.

• Luke 4Bible

  Luke 4 recounts how Jesus, after being tempted by the devil in the wilderness, returns to Galilee, reads from the book of Isaiah in the synagogue at Nazareth, and is rejected there. It also describes how he begins his public ministry in Capernaum by casting out demons and healing the sick.

• Philemon 1Bible

  Philemon 1 is the entire Epistle to Philemon, a book of a single chapter. It is a short letter in which the imprisoned Paul asks Philemon to receive Onesimus not as a servant but as a beloved brother.

• Revelation 1:8Bible Verses

  Revelation 1:8 is a declaration near the opening of the Book of Revelation in which God identifies himself as "Alpha and Omega," the one "which is, and which was, and which is to come," and "the Almighty." It is a key verse on the eternity and sovereignty of God. Because the same titles are also applied to Christ, it is frequently cited in Christological discussion.

• Habakkuk 3:19Bible Verses

  Habakkuk 3:19 is the final verse of the Book of Habakkuk. It is a confession of trust that, even when everything is lost, the LORD is "my strength" who makes the speaker walk upon high places. The verse is often cited as an expression of joy in the midst of suffering.

• Isaiah 53:10–12Bible Verses

  This passage concludes the fourth "Servant Song" in the Book of Isaiah and declares that the servant who suffered and died bears the sins of many and is ultimately exalted. Christians read it as a prophecy of Christ's atoning death and resurrection, and it is frequently cited in connection with the doctrine of the atonement.

• Psalm 119:97–104Bible Verses

  The thirteenth stanza of Psalm 119, in which the psalmist meditates on God's word all day long and confesses that it makes him wiser than his enemies, his teachers, and the aged, and that it is sweeter than honey. The passage is often cited to encourage meditation on Scripture and the practice of quiet time.

• Judges 21:25Bible Verses

  Judges 21:25 is the final verse of the Book of Judges. It sums up the disorder of the period of the judges by stating that there was no king in Israel and that every man did that which was right in his own eyes. The verse is frequently cited in discussions of the monarchy, the rule of God, and moral relativism.