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• Shammah (son of Jesse)People

  Shammah was the third son of Jesse of Bethlehem and an older brother of David. He appears as one of the sons whom God did not choose when Samuel anointed David.

• Judges 9Bible

  Judges 9 recounts how Abimelech, son of Gideon, killed his seventy brothers and became king at Shechem, then fell into conflict with Shechem after three years and died at Thebez.

• 2 Samuel 3Bible

  2 Samuel 3 recounts how Abner, the power behind the house of Saul, attempts to go over to David but is murdered by Joab, and how David mourns him and publicly declares his own innocence.

• 2 Samuel 6Bible

  This chapter recounts how David brings the ark of God (the Ark of the Covenant) to the City of David. The procession halts when Uzzah dies, and the ark rests at the house of Obed-edom before being brought up with rejoicing. Michal despises David for dancing.

• 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.

• 1 Chronicles 13Bible

  1 Chronicles 13 recounts how David, together with all Israel, attempted to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim, halted the effort when Uzza died, and left the ark in the house of Obed-edom for three months.

• Psalm 94Bible

  Psalm 94 is a psalm of lament that appeals to God, the Judge of the earth, for righteous judgment against the oppression of the wicked. It closes with trust in the God who does not forsake His people.

• Daniel 10Bible

  Daniel 10 is the chapter in which, in the third year of Cyrus, Daniel mourns and fasts for three weeks and then sees a vision of a man clothed in linen beside the river Hiddekel. It introduces the final vision, which continues through chapters 11–12.

• ZerubbabelPeople

  Zerubbabel was a descendant of the royal house of David who led the people of Judah home from the Babylonian exile. He served as governor of Judah during the Persian period and, together with the high priest Jeshua, led the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.

• MoabBible

  Moab is the name of a people who lived on the plateau east of the Dead Sea and of the land they inhabited. The Bible presents the Moabites as descendants of Lot, and Ruth, the central figure of the Book of Ruth, was a Moabite woman.

• BaalBible

  Baal, a Hebrew word meaning "lord" or "master," is the name of the god whom the Canaanites worshiped as a deity of rain and fertility in the Old Testament. The name appears in Judges, Kings, and the prophetic books as the chief representative of the idolatry into which Israel repeatedly fell.

• ScrollBible

  A scroll is an ancient form of book made from long strips of papyrus or animal skin joined together, written on, and stored rolled up. In Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Revelation, and elsewhere, it appears as a symbol of God's word and revelation.

• HachaliahPeople

  Hachaliah is a figure in the Old Testament Book of Nehemiah who is named only as the father of Nehemiah, governor of Judah. Scripture records nothing about his life or deeds.

• Mount PisgahBible

  Mount Pisgah is a mountain or ridge in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River, northeast of the Dead Sea. It is known as the place from whose summit Moses viewed the Promised Land of Canaan before his death.

• Psalm 110Bible

  Psalm 110 is a seven-verse royal psalm bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." In it the LORD seats "my Lord" at His right hand and establishes him as a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. It is one of the psalms most frequently quoted in the New Testament.

• BeeriPeople

  Beeri is an Old Testament figure named only in Hosea 1:1 as the father of the prophet Hosea. Scripture records nothing else about his life.

• 1 Kings 3Bible

  1 Kings 3 recounts how Solomon offers a thousand burnt offerings at Gibeon, asks God for wisdom in a dream and receives it, and then wisely settles a dispute between two women over a single child.

• 1 Samuel 16:13–14Bible Verses

  In this passage, after Samuel anoints David, the Spirit of the LORD comes upon David and departs from Saul. The passage marks the turning point in the transfer of kingship and is frequently discussed with regard to the departure of the Spirit and the meaning of "an evil spirit from the LORD."

• 1 KingsBible

  1 Kings is the eleventh book of the Old Testament. It is a historical book that records the final years of David, the reign of Solomon and his construction of the temple, the division of the kingdom, and the ministry of the prophet Elijah.

• 1 Kings 16Bible

  1 Kings 16 records how royal dynasties in the northern kingdom of Israel repeatedly fell and were replaced, from Baasha through Elah, Zimri, and Omri to Ahab.