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• BenjaminPeople

  Benjamin was the second son of Jacob and Rachel and the youngest of Jacob's twelve sons. He was the ancestor of the tribe of Benjamin, one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

• Tribe of JudahBible

  The tribe of Judah was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, made up of the descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah. It was the central tribe of the Davidic royal house and of the southern kingdom of Judah, and the New Testament presents Jesus as a descendant of this tribe.

• LibniPeople

  Libni was an Old Testament figure, a grandson of Levi and the firstborn son of Gershon, who became the ancestor of the Libnite family among the Levites.

• Tribe of BenjaminBible

  The tribe of Benjamin was one of the tribes of Israel, made up of the descendants of Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob. Israel's first king, Saul, and the apostle Paul both came from this tribe.

• PerezPeople

  Perez was one of the twin sons born to Judah and Tamar. He is recorded in the genealogies of Ruth and Matthew 1 as an ancestor of David and of Jesus Christ.

• ZeruiahPeople

  Zeruiah was the daughter of Jesse, the sister of David, and the mother of Joab, the commander of David's army, and of the warriors Abishai and Asahel. She appears in Scripture chiefly through the expression "the son(s) of Zeruiah."

• Suh Byung-hoPeople

  Suh Byung-ho (徐丙浩, 1885–1972) was a Korean Presbyterian elder, independence activist, and educator from Sorae in Jangyeon, Hwanghae Province. He is known as the first person in Korean Protestantism to receive infant baptism, and in Shanghai he took part in the New Korea Youth Party and the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.

• ZebulunPeople

  Zebulun was the sixth son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Zebulun, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The tribe's territory is connected with the region of Galilee, where Jesus later carried out his ministry.

• KohathitesBible

  The Kohathites were a Levite clan descended from Kohath, the second son of Levi. During the wilderness period they were responsible for carrying the holy objects of the tabernacle, including the ark of the covenant, on their shoulders. Moses and Aaron belonged to this clan.

• Absalom's RebellionBible

  Absalom's rebellion was the revolt in which Absalom, son of King David, declared himself king in Hebron and rose up against his father. Recounted in 2 Samuel 15–18, it ends with Absalom's death and David's mourning.

• Matthew HenryPeople

  Matthew Henry (1662–1714) was an English Nonconformist Presbyterian minister and biblical commentator. He wrote the *Exposition of the Old and New Testaments*, commonly known as *Matthew Henry's Commentary*, which is regarded as a classic of devotional commentary.

• David and GoliathBible

  David and Goliath is an event recorded in 1 Samuel 17, in which the shepherd David struck down the Philistine champion Goliath with a sling in the Valley of Elah.

• CharlemagnePeople

  Charlemagne (born 742 or c. 747–748; died 814) was king of the Franks. On Christmas Day 800 he was crowned emperor by Pope Leo III, and he is regarded as the figure who established the framework of politics, the church, and learning in medieval Western Europe.

• Judas MaccabeusPeople

  Judas Maccabeus was the leader of the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid king Antiochus IV in the second century BC. He recaptured the Temple in Jerusalem and rededicated it.

• KedarBible

  Kedar was the second son of Ishmael, and the name also designates the nomadic tribe of the Arabian desert descended from him. The Old Testament portrays the Kedarites as tent-dwelling herders and archers, and they appear in prophecies of both judgment and restoration.

• Henry VIIIPeople

  Henry VIII (1491–1547) was King of England (reigned 1509–1547). After breaking with the pope over the annulment of his marriage, he declared the monarch Supreme Head of the Church of England, laying the foundation for what is today the Anglican Communion.

• 1 Samuel 16Bible

  A chapter of 1 Samuel recounting how Samuel anoints David, the youngest son of Jesse, in Bethlehem, and how David comes to serve Saul, from whom the Spirit of the LORD has departed, by playing the harp.

• Baal-hazorBible

  Baal-hazor is the place where Absalom, son of David, held a sheep-shearing feast and had his half-brother Amnon killed. It is described in 2 Samuel 13:23 as "beside Ephraim."

• Kim Chi-sunPeople

  Kim Chi-sun (1899–1968) was a Korean Presbyterian minister and Old Testament scholar. Shortly after Korea's liberation in 1945, as senior pastor of Namdaemun Church in Seoul, he led the Three Million Revival Movement. He also founded Daehan Theological Seminary (now Anyang University). He is known as "the Jeremiah of Korea."

• 2 Chronicles 22Bible

  2 Chronicles 22 recounts the one-year reign of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and his death at the hands of Jehu. It then tells how the young Joash was hidden in the temple while Ahaziah's mother, Athaliah, killed the royal family and seized the throne.