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• 1 Kings 12Bible

  1 Kings 12 is the chapter in which Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, rejects the people's request, causing Israel to divide into the southern kingdom of Judah and the northern kingdom of Israel, and in which Jeroboam sets up golden calves at Bethel and Dan.

• Proverbs 31Bible

  Proverbs 31 is the final chapter of the Book of Proverbs. It contains the instruction King Lemuel's mother gave her son and a poem in praise of the "virtuous woman."

• 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.

• BuziPeople

  Buzi was the father of the prophet Ezekiel, an Old Testament figure named only once, in Ezekiel 1:3. He is understood to have belonged to a priestly family.

• AbinoamPeople

  Abinoam is a figure in the Book of Judges, the father of Barak, the Israelite military leader who, together with Deborah, defeated the Canaanite army.

• AzurPeople

  Azur is a Gibeonite mentioned in the Old Testament Book of Jeremiah as the father of Hananiah, a false prophet active during the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah.

• HezekiahPeople

  Hezekiah was a king of the southern kingdom of Judah who reigned from the late eighth to the early seventh century BC. Scripture presents him as a king who removed idols and restored temple worship. He is widely known for the accounts of the Assyrian invasion and of his prayer during his illness.

• MethuselahPeople

  Methuselah is an antediluvian figure in the genealogy of Genesis 5, the son of Enoch and the grandfather of Noah. Having lived 969 years, he is recorded as the longest-lived person in the Bible.

• GomerPeople

  Gomer was the wife of the prophet Hosea and appears in Hosea 1 as the daughter of Diblaim. The marriage of Hosea and Gomer serves as a symbol of the relationship between God and Israel.

• AmalekBible

  Amalek was an ancient nomadic people whom the Bible presents as descendants of Esau. Because they attacked Israel shortly after the Exodus, the Amalekites are remembered throughout the Old Testament as Israel's archetypal enemy.

• Dathan and AbiramPeople

  Dathan and Abiram were brothers of the tribe of Reuben, sons of Eliab, who joined Korah in rebelling against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness after the Exodus. They are known for the incident in which the earth opened and swallowed them and their households.

• TamarPeople

  Tamar is chiefly the woman in Genesis 38 who bore Perez and Zerah to her father-in-law Judah and whose name appears in the genealogies of David and of Jesus Christ. The Hebrew name means "palm tree."

• Shalmaneser IIIPeople

  Shalmaneser III was a king of Assyria in the ninth century BC. Because his inscriptions name the Israelite kings Ahab and Jehu, they serve as an important extrabiblical source for the study of the period covered by the books of Kings.

• MethusaelPeople

  Methusael is a figure in the genealogy of Cain in Genesis 4, the son of Mehujael and the father of Lamech. His name appears only once in the Bible.

• Numbers 22Bible

  Numbers 22 is the chapter in which Balak, king of Moab, summons Balaam the son of Beor to curse Israel. It contains the account of the angel of the LORD who blocks Balaam's way and of the speaking donkey.

• Methodist MovementHistory

  The Methodist movement was an eighteenth-century religious revival in England led by the brothers John and Charles Wesley, priests of the Church of England. Today's Methodist churches trace their origins to this movement.

• Matthew 22Bible

  Matthew 22 contains the parable of the wedding feast; the questions put to Jesus by the Pharisees, the Herodians, the Sadducees, and a lawyer concerning tribute, the resurrection, and the great commandment; and Jesus' counter-question about the son of David.

• Lo-debarBible

  Lo-debar was a town in the region of Gilead east of the Jordan River, where Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, lived before David summoned him. It appears in 2 Samuel 9 and 17.

• Iddo (Prophet)People

  Iddo was a prophet of the early divided kingdom who is called both a "seer" and a "prophet" in 2 Chronicles. He is said to have left writings recording the events of the reigns of Solomon, Rehoboam, and Abijah. Several other people in the Bible bear the same name.

• 1 John 3:8Bible Verses

  This verse states that whoever commits sin is of the devil and that the Son of God appeared in order to destroy the works of the devil. It is frequently cited in discussions of the purpose of the Incarnation, sanctification, and the believer's relationship to sin.