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• KenazPeople

  Kenaz is the name of several individuals in the Old Testament. The best known are a grandson of Esau who became a chief of Edom and the father of Othniel, the first judge. The term "Kenezite," applied to Caleb's family, also derives from this name.

• First Vatican CouncilHistory

  The First Vatican Council was a council of the Catholic Church convened by Pope Pius IX at the Vatican in Rome in 1869–1870. It is best known for defining papal primacy and papal infallibility as dogma.

• James 5Bible

  James 5 is the final chapter of the Epistle of James. It warns the rich and urges believers to be patient until the coming of the Lord. It then addresses the prohibition of oaths, prayer for the sick, and the restoration of a brother who has wandered from the truth.

• AnathothBible

  Anathoth was a priestly city in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin and the hometown of the prophet Jeremiah. It is best known for the account of Jeremiah's purchase of a field there during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem.

• CupbearerBible

  A cupbearer was a court official in ancient royal palaces who poured wine and served it to the king. In the Bible, the best-known examples are Pharaoh's chief butler in the story of Joseph and Nehemiah, who served the Persian king Artaxerxes.

• Christianity and CultureDoctrine & Theology

  A theological topic concerning the relationship between the Christian faith and human culture, including language, the arts, customs, and institutions. Traditions differ on whether Christians should keep their distance from culture, accept it, or seek to transform it.

• Store CityBible

  A store city was a city built to store a nation's grain, supplies, weapons, and similar provisions. Pithom and Raamses, which the Israelites built for Pharaoh according to Exodus 1:11, are the best-known examples.

• ShinarBible

  Shinar is an Old Testament place name for southern Mesopotamia, the region where Babylon later stood. It is best known as the setting of the Tower of Babel narrative.

• Ezekiel 39Bible

  Ezekiel 39 is a prophecy that Gog and his army will fall on the mountains of Israel and be buried in the Valley of Hamon-gog. It closes with God's promise to gather scattered Israel again and to pour out His Spirit.

• Swaddling ClothesBible

  Swaddling clothes are the cloths or bands used to wrap a newborn infant. In the Bible they are best known from Luke 2, where Mary wraps the newborn Jesus in swaddling clothes and lays him in a manger.

• SiloamBible

  Siloam is the name of a watercourse and pool in the southeastern part of ancient Jerusalem. It is best known from John 9 as the place where Jesus healed a man blind from birth.

• AiBible

  Ai was a town in the central hill country of Canaan, east of Bethel. It is best known from Joshua 7–8 as the place where Israel was first defeated because of Achan's sin and then captured the city in a second battle.

• Gad (Prophet)People

  Gad was a prophet active during the reign of King David and is called "David's seer" in Scripture. After David's census, he delivered God's judgment and instructed David to build an altar on the threshing floor of Araunah.

• BelshazzarPeople

  Belshazzar is the king of Babylon who appears in Daniel 5. He is remembered for the banquet at which the fingers of a man's hand wrote on the wall of the royal palace, and for losing his kingdom and his life that same night.

• 1 Chronicles 4Bible

  1 Chronicles 4 contains the genealogies of various clans of the tribe of Judah and of the tribe of Simeon, along with records of their settlements and migrations. It is best known for the "Prayer of Jabez" in verses 9–10.

• LactantiusPeople

  Lactantius (c. 250 – c. 325) was a Latin rhetorician and Christian writer from North Africa, best known as the author of the *Divine Institutes* and *On the Deaths of the Persecutors*.

• ElijahPeople

  Elijah was an Old Testament prophet who is understood to have ministered in the northern kingdom of Israel around the ninth century BC. He is best known for his contest with the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel and for his ascent into heaven.

• Matthew 1:23Bible Verses

  Matthew 1:23 is Matthew's testimony that the prophecy that a virgin would bear a son, whose name would be called Emmanuel, "God with us," was fulfilled in the birth of Jesus. It is one of the best-known Christmas verses and the central text in the debate over the virgin birth.

• Isaiah 46:9Bible Verses

  A verse in which the God of Israel contrasts himself with the idols of Babylon and declares, "I am God, and there is none else." It is frequently cited in discussions of monotheism and the sovereignty of God.

• Romans 1:26–27Bible Verses

  Romans 1:26–27 is the passage in which Paul, describing humanity's turning from God to idolatry, refers to same-sex sexual activity as having "changed the natural use into that which is against nature." It is the New Testament text most frequently cited in discussions of the church's position on homosexuality, and the traditional interpretation stands in contention with readings that seek to reinterpret it.