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• UzziahPeople

  Uzziah was an eighth-century BC king of the southern kingdom of Judah who is called Azariah in 2 Kings. He had a long reign and strengthened the nation, but when he attempted to burn incense in the temple he was struck with leprosy and lived apart until his death.

• ManassehPeople

  Manasseh was an Old Testament king of Judah and the son of Hezekiah. He reigned for fifty-five years and is recorded as a wicked king who promoted idolatry on a large scale. Second Chronicles reports that he repented after being taken captive.

• NaamahPeople

  Naamah was a wife of Solomon and the mother of Rehoboam, king of Judah. First Kings and Second Chronicles identify her as an Ammonite. A different woman with the same name appears in Genesis.

• PersiaBible

  Persia is the Old Testament name for the Persian Empire. Having overthrown Babylon, it permitted the Judean exiles to return home and rebuild the temple, and it forms the backdrop for Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, and Daniel.

• AmonPeople

  Amon was a king of Judah, the son of Manasseh and the father of Josiah. He reigned in Jerusalem for two years before his servants conspired against him and killed him in his palace.

• HuldahPeople

  Huldah was a prophetess who lived in Jerusalem during the reign of Josiah, king of Judah. She delivered the word of God to the officials whom the king sent to inquire about the Book of the Law discovered in the temple.

• JeduthunPeople

  Jeduthun was a Levite musician in the time of David who was responsible for praise in temple worship. With Asaph and Heman, he was one of three leaders who directed the singing and instrumental music.

• Valley of BerachahBible

  The Valley of Berachah is the valley where Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, assembled with his people to bless the LORD after they were delivered from a coalition of Moabites, Ammonites, and others. The Hebrew name "Berachah" means "blessing" or "praise."

• ImlahPeople

  Imlah was the father of Micaiah, a prophet in the time of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. He appears in Scripture only four times, always in the phrase "Micaiah the son of Imlah."

• JosiahPeople

  Josiah was a king of Judah in the Old Testament. Scripture records that, prompted by the discovery of the Book of the Law in the temple, he led a religious reform that removed idols and restored the Passover.

• AhazPeople

  Ahaz was a king of the southern kingdom of Judah in the late eighth century BC, the son of Jotham and the father of Hezekiah. Scripture records him as a king who introduced pagan worship and relied on Assyria. He received Isaiah's Immanuel prophecy (Isaiah 7:14).

• Syro-Ephraimite WarBible

  A war in the late eighth century BC in which Rezin, king of Aram (Syria), and Pekah, king of the northern kingdom of Israel (Ephraim), joined forces to attack Ahaz, king of Judah. The Immanuel prophecy of Isaiah 7 was given during this crisis.

• Hezekiah's TunnelBible

  Hezekiah's Tunnel is a rock-cut tunnel that Hezekiah, king of Judah, is believed to have dug to bring the waters of the Gihon Spring into Jerusalem in preparation for an Assyrian invasion. Today it is also called the Siloam Tunnel.

• HezekiahPeople

  Hezekiah was a king of the southern kingdom of Judah who reigned from the late eighth to the early seventh century BC. Scripture presents him as a king who removed idols and restored temple worship. He is widely known for the accounts of the Assyrian invasion and of his prayer during his illness.

• ShishakPeople

  Shishak was a king of Egypt in the time of Solomon and Rehoboam. He gave refuge to Jeroboam when Jeroboam fled from Solomon, and in the fifth year of Rehoboam's reign he invaded Judah and carried off the treasures of the temple and the royal palace.

• AthaliahPeople

  Athaliah was a queen of Judah from the house of Ahab, king of northern Israel. She became the wife of Jehoram, king of Judah, and after the death of her son Ahaziah she killed the royal family and ruled Judah for about six years.

• Fall of JerusalemBible

  The fall of Jerusalem was the event in which Jerusalem, the capital of the southern kingdom of Judah, fell to the army of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and the temple was burned. It took place during the reign of King Zedekiah, bringing the kingdom of Judah to an end and marking the beginning of the Babylonian exile.

• 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.

• Sycamore FigBible

  The sycamore fig is a tree of the fig family that grows in the warm lowlands of Egypt and Palestine. In the Bible it appears as the tree Amos tended and as the tree Zacchaeus climbed to see Jesus.

• JehoiadaPeople

  Jehoiada was a priest in the southern kingdom of Judah during the reigns of Athaliah and Joash. When Athaliah killed the royal family, he hid the young Joash, who had survived, in the temple and raised him there. He later made Joash king and renewed the covenant with the people.