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• RizpahPeople

  Rizpah was the daughter of Aiah and a concubine of King Saul. She is known from 2 Samuel 21 for guarding the bodies of her two executed sons and of Saul's grandsons from the beginning of harvest until rain fell.

• SiseraPeople

  Sisera was the commander of the army of Jabin, the Canaanite king who oppressed Israel during the period of the judges. In Judges 4–5 he is defeated by the Israelite forces led by Deborah and Barak, and while fleeing he is killed by Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite.

• BarakPeople

  Barak was an Israelite military leader in the period of the judges who, at the summons of the prophetess Deborah, defeated Sisera, the commander of the army of the Canaanite king Jabin. He appears in Judges 4–5 and is named among the people of faith in Hebrews 11.

• NeriahPeople

  Neriah is a figure in the Old Testament Book of Jeremiah. He was the son of Maaseiah and the father of Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe, and of Seraiah, an official of King Zedekiah.

• TargumBible

  A Targum is one of the ancient Jewish translations and paraphrases of the Hebrew Old Testament into Aramaic. The Targums are generally understood to have originated as oral explanations given when Scripture was read aloud in the synagogue.

• Avignon PapacyHistory

  The Avignon Papacy was the period from 1309 to 1377 during which the popes and the papal Curia left Rome and resided in Avignon, a city in what is now southern France. Seven popes resided in Avignon during this period. It is also known as the Avignon Captivity.

• NisrochBible

  In the Old Testament, Nisroch is the name of the god worshiped by the Assyrian king Sennacherib. According to the biblical account, Sennacherib was killed by two of his sons while worshiping in the temple of Nisroch.

• 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.

• AiahPeople

  Aiah is a figure in 2 Samuel, the father of Rizpah, a concubine of King Saul. Scripture refers to him only as "the father of Rizpah" and records nothing else about his life.

• Haggai (Prophet)People

  Haggai was a prophet active after the return from the Babylonian exile, during the reign of the Persian king Darius. He urged the people to resume the stalled rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem. The Old Testament Book of Haggai bears his name.

• Ezra 6Bible

  Ezra 6 is the chapter in which King Darius locates the decree of Cyrus and supports the rebuilding of the temple. The Jerusalem temple is completed in the sixth year of King Darius, and the people celebrate its dedication and keep the Passover.

• Esther 1Bible

  The first chapter of the Book of Esther, in which King Ahasuerus of Persia holds a great feast in the palace at Shushan and issues a decree deposing Queen Vashti after she refuses his summons.

• Isaiah 11Bible

  Isaiah 11 is a prophecy of a righteous king who will come forth from the stem of Jesse, a kingdom of peace in which wild and domestic animals live together, and the return of scattered Israel.

• JezreelBible

  Jezreel is a Hebrew place name meaning "God sows." It refers to a city in the northern kingdom of Israel and to the broad valley around it. The city held a royal palace of the house of Ahab and was the setting of the revolt led by Jehu. Jezreel is also the name of a son of the prophet Hosea.

• ShushanBible

  Shushan (Susa) was a royal city of the Persian Empire that appears in the Old Testament books of Esther, Nehemiah, and Daniel. It is identified with the area around modern Shush in southwestern Iran.

• Hasmonean DynastyHistory

  The Hasmonean dynasty was a Jewish priestly dynasty that ruled Judea following the Maccabean Revolt of the second century BC. It came to an end when Herod took Jerusalem in 37 BC.

• Ulai RiverBible

  The Ulai is a river near the citadel of Shushan (Susa) in the province of Elam, mentioned in Daniel 8. Beside this river Daniel saw the vision of the ram and the goat, and it is here that Gabriel first appears identified by name.

• Shethar-boznaiPeople

  Shethar-boznai was an official during the reign of the Persian king Darius who investigated the authority for rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem. In Ezra 5–6 his name always appears together with that of Tatnai, governor of the province Beyond the River.

• Zechariah 4:9–10Bible Verses

  A passage from Zechariah's fifth night vision that promises Zerubbabel will finish the temple rebuilding he began and warns against despising "the day of small things." It encourages small beginnings and is often quoted at church plants and building projects.

• Isaiah 41:10Bible Verses

  God's promise, "Fear thou not; for I am with thee," in which He pledges to strengthen His people and uphold them with the right hand of His righteousness. It is one of the most widely cited verses of comfort for believers facing anxiety and fear.