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• AgagPeople

  Agag was a king of the Amalekites during the reign of King Saul. First Samuel 15 records that Saul disobeyed God's command by sparing him, an act that led to Saul's rejection as king.

• Waters of MeromBible

  The waters of Merom are the site where, according to Joshua 11, a northern Canaanite coalition led by Jabin king of Hazor encamped and was defeated in a surprise attack by Joshua. This battle opened the way for the conquest of northern Canaan.

• Zechariah (Son of Jehoiada)People

  Zechariah, son of the priest Jehoiada, lived during the reign of Joash, king of Judah. He rebuked the people for idolatry and, at the king's command, was stoned to death in the court of the temple (2 Chronicles 24).

• Jehu son of HananiPeople

  Jehu son of Hanani was a prophet during the period of the divided kingdom. He pronounced judgment on Baasha, king of northern Israel, and rebuked Jehoshaphat, king of Judah. He is distinct from Jehu, the king of northern Israel who bore the same name.

• Jehu (son of Hanani)People

  Jehu, the son of Hanani, was a prophet of the divided monarchy who announced the destruction of the house of Baasha, king of northern Israel, and rebuked Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, for helping Ahab.

• Jobab (King of Madon)People

  Jobab was king of Madon, a city in northern Canaan. Summoned by Jabin king of Hazor, he joined the northern coalition and was defeated by the Israelites under Joshua at the waters of Merom (Joshua 11:1; 12:19).

• Zephaniah (son of Maaseiah)People

  Zephaniah son of Maaseiah was a priest who served as the second priest, ranking next to the high priest, during the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. He was sent by the king as an envoy to Jeremiah and was executed at Riblah after the fall of Jerusalem.

• Darius, King of PersiaPeople

  Darius was a king of Persia who appears in Ezra, Haggai, and Zechariah. During his reign the halted rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem resumed and was completed. He is regarded as a different person from "Darius the Median" in the book of Daniel.

• HamanPeople

  Haman was a high official of the Persian king Ahasuerus in the Old Testament book of Esther. Driven by a grudge against Mordecai, he sought to destroy all the Jews in the empire, but his plot was exposed and he was executed.

• Ezekiel 17Bible

  Ezekiel 17 uses the parable of two eagles and a vine to rebuke the king of Judah for breaking his covenant with Babylon and relying on Egypt. The chapter closes with God's promise of restoration: He will plant a tender twig from the top of a cedar on a high mountain.

• EliakimPeople

  Eliakim was the official in charge of the royal household under Hezekiah, king of Judah. The son of Hilkiah, he met and negotiated with the Assyrian envoy Rabshakeh and was sent by the king to the prophet Isaiah.

• NebuzaradanPeople

  Nebuzaradan was the captain of the guard under Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. At the fall of Judah he burned the temple and the city of Jerusalem and carried the people into captivity, and he released the prophet Jeremiah.

• Day StarBible

  The day star is the star that rises brightly in the dawn sky, that is, the morning star. In Isaiah 14:12 it appears as a name for the king of Babylon, who is brought to ruin.

• IrijahPeople

  Irijah was the captain of the ward at the Benjamin Gate of Jerusalem during the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah. He seized the prophet Jeremiah as he was leaving the city, accusing him of deserting to the Chaldeans, and handed him over to the officials (Jeremiah 37).

• Ishmael (son of Nethaniah)People

  Ishmael son of Nethaniah was a military commander of the royal line of Judah who, after the fall of Jerusalem, killed Gedaliah, the Babylonian-appointed governor of Judah, at Mizpah.

• AhuzzathPeople

  Ahuzzath was a "friend" of Abimelech, king of Gerar. According to Genesis 26:26, he accompanied Abimelech, together with Phichol, the chief captain of his army, when the king went to Isaac, and he was present when the two sides made a covenant.

• Belshazzar's FeastBible

  Belshazzar's Feast is the event recorded in Daniel 5, in which handwriting appeared on the wall during a banquet at which Belshazzar, king of Babylon, drank from the vessels of the Temple in Jerusalem and praised idols. The king was slain that same night.

• Titulus CrucisBible

  The titulus crucis was the placard stating the charge against Jesus Christ, fastened above him on the cross at his crucifixion. All four Gospels record that it bore the words "the King of the Jews."

• Jonathan (son of Kareah)People

  Jonathan, son of Kareah and brother of Johanan, was one of the captains of the forces of Judah who came to Gedaliah, governor of Judah, at Mizpah after the fall of Jerusalem.

• JothamPeople

  Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was a king of Judah who reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem in the mid-eighth century BC. Scripture assesses him as a king who did what was right in the sight of the LORD.