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• Canaan (Son of Ham)People

  Canaan was the fourth son of Ham, the son of Noah, and the one cursed by Noah in Genesis 9. His name later came to designate the land his descendants inhabited and the peoples descended from him.

• Serah (Daughter of Asher)People

  Serah was the daughter of Asher, son of Jacob. She is named only in the genealogies of Genesis 46, Numbers 26, and 1 Chronicles 7, and later Jewish tradition added many stories about her.

• Teman (son of Eliphaz)People

  Teman was a son of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau, and one of the chiefs of the Edomites. His name is also used for a region in the land of Edom and for its people.

• SibbechaiPeople

  Sibbechai was a warrior in the time of King David. The Bible records that he killed a descendant of the giants in battle against the Philistines and that he commanded the division of David's army that served in the eighth month.

• Midian (Son of Abraham)People

  Midian was a son of Abraham and Keturah and is recorded as the ancestor of the Midianites, who appear frequently in the Old Testament (Genesis 25:2–4).

• KorahPeople

  Korah was a Levite who, according to Numbers 16, joined Dathan and Abiram in challenging the authority of Moses and Aaron and was judged for it. His descendants, the "sons of Korah," are named in the superscriptions of several psalms.

• HezronPeople

  Hezron, the son of Perez and grandson of Judah, is an Old Testament figure whose name appears in the genealogies of David and of Jesus Christ. The clan of the Hezronites within the tribe of Judah descended from him.

• JerahmeelPeople

  Jerahmeel was the firstborn son of Hezron of the tribe of Judah; his descendants are recorded at length in the genealogy of 1 Chronicles 2. The Jerahmeelites, regarded as his descendants, also appear in 1 Samuel.

• Job 2Bible

  Job 2 is the chapter in which Job, struck with sore boils over his entire body in a second trial, still does not sin with his lips, and in which his three friends come and sit with him in silence for seven days.

• Psalm 47Bible

  Psalm 47 is a psalm of the sons of Korah, a nine-verse hymn that calls all peoples to clap their hands and praise God, the great King over all the earth. It portrays God going up amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet and taking His seat on His throne.

• Psalm 44Bible

  Psalm 44 is a song of the sons of Korah. In this lament, the community recalls God's deliverance in the days of their fathers and then cries out "Awake" because it has suffered defeat and shame despite keeping the covenant.

• Psalm 48Bible

  Psalm 48 is a song of the sons of Korah that celebrates the beauty and strength of Zion, the city where God dwells. It recalls how assembled kings fled in terror at the sight of Zion and urges that this God be made known to the generations to come.

• Psalm 46Bible

  Psalm 46 is a psalm of the sons of Korah. It proclaims that God's people will not fear, though the earth and the sea are shaken and the nations are in uproar, because God is their refuge and dwells in the midst of His city. It is known as the basis for Martin Luther's hymn "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God."

• Psalm 49Bible

  Psalm 49 is a wisdom psalm of the sons of Korah. It teaches that even those who trust in wealth cannot escape death or buy their own lives, and it confesses that God will redeem the psalmist's soul from the grave (Sheol).

• Psalm 87Bible

  Psalm 87 is a short, seven-verse psalm of the sons of Korah that celebrates Zion, the city God loves, and proclaims that Gentile nations such as Egypt, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush will also be spoken of as born in Zion.

• Psalm 84Bible

  Psalm 84 is a psalm of the sons of Korah that expresses longing for the house of God (the temple) and celebrates the blessedness of pilgrims who journey to Zion. It is widely known for the line "a day in thy courts is better than a thousand."

• Psalm 85Bible

  Psalm 85 is a psalm of the sons of Korah that recalls God's past grace in bringing back the captives, pleads with Him to revive His people again, and portrays a restoration in which mercy and truth, righteousness and peace meet together.

• ShimronPeople

  Shimron was the fourth son of Issachar, the son of Jacob, and the ancestor of the Shimronite family (clan) within the tribe of Issachar. In the Bible his name appears only in genealogies.

• Psalm 45Bible

  Psalm 45 is a "song of loves" of the sons of Korah. A royal wedding psalm, it praises the king's majesty, victories, and everlasting throne and celebrates the marriage in which the bride is brought into the royal palace. Verses 6–7 are quoted in Hebrews 1.

• Psalm 42:1Bible Verses

  Psalm 42:1 is the opening verse of Psalm 42, which compares longing for God to a thirsty deer seeking water. It is widely quoted as a classic expression of spiritual longing and is also well known through the worship song "As the Deer."