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• Tribe of DanBible

  The tribe of Dan was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, made up of the descendants of Dan, the son of Jacob. Unable to hold the territory it was first allotted, it migrated north and settled there.

• IscahPeople

  Iscah is a woman mentioned once in the Bible, in Genesis 11:29. She was the daughter of Haran son of Terah and the sister of Milcah and Lot. Jewish tradition sometimes identifies her with Sarai, the wife of Abraham.

• MamreBible

  Mamre is a place near Hebron where Abraham pitched his tent and built an altar. There he received a visit from three men and heard the promise that Isaac would be born. In the Bible, the name occurs only in Genesis.

• Massacre of the InnocentsBible

  The Massacre of the Innocents was the killing, ordered by King Herod, of all male children two years old and under in Bethlehem and its surrounding region in an attempt to eliminate the newborn "King of the Jews." It is recorded only in Matthew 2.

• SecundusPeople

  Secundus was a Christian from Thessalonica who is mentioned only once in Scripture, in Acts 20:4. He was one of the companions, along with Aristarchus and others, who traveled with Paul near the end of his third missionary journey.

• Raising of the Widow's Son at NainBible

  A miracle in which Jesus met a funeral procession near the gate of the town of Nain in Galilee, raised a widow's only son from the dead, and restored him to his mother. It is recorded only in Luke 7:11-17.

• Anointing of the SickWorship & Rites

  The Anointing of the Sick is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church, a rite in which a priest prays over a gravely ill or frail elderly person and anoints him or her with consecrated oil. Protestant churches do not recognize it as a sacrament.

• ArmageddonBible

  Armageddon is a place name that appears only once in Scripture, in Revelation 16:16. It is described as the place where the kings opposed to God gather in the last days for "the battle of that great day of God Almighty."

• GaiusPeople

  Gaius is the name of one or more first-century Christians mentioned in the New Testament. People bearing this name appear in Acts, the Pauline Epistles, and 3 John, and interpreters disagree about how many different individuals are meant.

• BithiahPeople

  Bithiah is a woman mentioned once, as "the daughter of Pharaoh," in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 4. She was the wife of Mered. Jewish tradition sometimes identifies her with the daughter of Pharaoh who rescued the infant Moses.

• El-paranBible

  El-paran is a place name that occurs only once in the Bible, in Genesis 14:6. It is recorded as the southernmost point reached by the coalition of Chedorlaomer as it struck the Horites of Mount Seir, and it lay at the edge of the Wilderness of Paran.

• Titius JustusPeople

  Titius Justus was a Corinthian mentioned in Acts 18:7, a Gentile described as one who "worshipped God." His house, which stood next to the synagogue, became the place where Paul taught after leaving the synagogue.

• Tribe of JudahBible

  The tribe of Judah was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, made up of the descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah. It was the central tribe of the Davidic royal house and of the southern kingdom of Judah, and the New Testament presents Jesus as a descendant of this tribe.

• ValentinusPeople

  Valentinus (c. 100 – c. 160) was a second-century Christian teacher active in Rome, known as the founder of the Valentinians, one of the largest movements within early Christian Gnosticism.

• TabrimmonPeople

  Tabrimmon is a biblical figure named once, in 1 Kings 15:18, as the son of Hezion and the father of Ben-hadad, king of Aram. He belonged to the Aramean royal house centered at Damascus.

• TiberiusPeople

  Tiberius was the second emperor of the Roman Empire. His name appears once in Scripture, in Luke 3:1, where it serves as the reference point for dating the beginning of John the Baptist's ministry.

• LysaniasPeople

  Lysanias is a figure named once in Scripture, in Luke 3:1, as tetrarch of Abilene. He appears in the chronological notice that dates the beginning of John the Baptist's ministry.

• OsnapparPeople

  Osnappar is a figure mentioned only once, in Ezra 4:10, where he is described as the "great and noble" one who resettled various peoples in Samaria and in the land west of the Euphrates River. He is commonly identified with the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal.

• Malachi (Prophet)People

  Malachi is the prophet whose name is attached to Malachi, the last book of the Old Testament. His name appears only once in the Bible, in Malachi 1:1, and nothing is known about his life.

• BaalisPeople

  Baalis was king of the children of Ammon shortly after the fall of Jerusalem. He appears only once, in Jeremiah 40:14, in a report that he had sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to kill Gedaliah, the governor of Judah.