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• Manasseh (son of Joseph)People

  Manasseh was the firstborn son of Joseph, born in Egypt. Adopted by Jacob as his own son, he became the ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel. He is distinct from Manasseh, king of Judah.

• Raising of the Widow's Son at NainBible

  A miracle in which Jesus met a funeral procession near the gate of the town of Nain in Galilee, raised a widow's only son from the dead, and restored him to his mother. It is recorded only in Luke 7:11-17.

• Carmi (son of Zabdi)People

  Carmi is an Old Testament figure from the clan of Zerah in the tribe of Judah. He was the son of Zabdi and the father of Achan, who secretly took some of the devoted things at Jericho. His name appears in Joshua 7 and 1 Chronicles 2:7.

• ElihuPeople

  Elihu is a young man in Job 32–37 who steps forward after the debate between Job and his three friends has ended and delivers a lengthy discourse. He is introduced as the son of Barachel the Buzite.

• Jonathan (Grandson of Moses)People

  Jonathan was a Levite of the period of the judges who is introduced in Judges 18:30 as "the son of Gershom" and the grandson of Moses. He became the priest of the household of Micah the Ephraimite and later went with the tribe of Dan, serving as priest at their idolatrous shrine.

• ElishaPeople

  Elisha was a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel who appears in the Old Testament books of Kings. He succeeded Elijah and is recorded as having performed many miracles.

• GedaliahPeople

  Gedaliah was the man Babylon appointed to govern the people left in the land of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem. He ruled from Mizpah until he was assassinated by Ishmael.

• EhudPeople

  Ehud was a judge of Israel whose story appears in Judges 3. The son of Gera of the tribe of Benjamin, he killed Eglon, king of Moab, and delivered Israel from eighteen years of Moabite rule.

• JozadakPeople

  Jozadak was the son of Seraiah, the high priest in Jerusalem just before the Babylonian exile. He was carried into captivity when Judah fell, and Scripture records him as the father of Jeshua (Joshua), who became high priest after the return from exile.

• 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.

• BenaiahPeople

  Benaiah was a warrior who commanded King David's bodyguard and, under King Solomon, succeeded Joab as commander of the army. He appears in 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, and 1 Chronicles.

• ElkanahPeople

  Elkanah is a figure in the Old Testament book of 1 Samuel, the husband of Hannah and the father of the prophet Samuel. He is remembered as a man who went up to Shiloh each year with his family to worship.

• IncarnationDoctrine & Theology

  The Incarnation is a central Christian doctrine holding that the Son of God took on a human body and was born into the world as Jesus Christ. The doctrine expresses the confession that Christ is both true God and true man.

• BaruchPeople

  Baruch was the scribe of the prophet Jeremiah in the final years of the southern kingdom of Judah. He wrote on a scroll the prophecies Jeremiah dictated and read them aloud to the people in the temple.

• ZibaPeople

  Ziba was a servant of the house of Saul who appears in 2 Samuel. He told David about Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, and managed Mephibosheth's land. During Absalom's rebellion, he told David that his master Mephibosheth had betrayed the king.

• Joel (Prophet)People

  Joel was the prophet whose message is preserved in the Old Testament Book of Joel. Scripture identifies him only as "the son of Pethuel." He is known for his account of a locust plague, his call to repentance, and the promise that God would pour out His Spirit.

• PaltiPeople

  Palti, the son of Laish, was the man to whom King Saul gave his daughter Michal, David's wife, in marriage. In 2 Samuel he is also called Paltiel.

• JonathanPeople

  Jonathan was the eldest son of Saul, the first king of Israel. Recorded in 1 and 2 Samuel, he showed great courage in battle against the Philistines and became the friend of David, with whom he made a covenant.

• NoahPeople

  Noah is a figure in the Old Testament Book of Genesis who, at God's command, built an ark and survived the Great Flood with his family and the animals. After the Flood he received the covenant of the rainbow.

• Ephesians 4:13–16Bible Verses

  A passage describing the church growing in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God toward the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ and, as a body with Christ as its head, building itself up in love. It is frequently cited in discussions of spiritual maturity and the growth of the church community.