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• Shear-jashubPeople

  Shear-jashub was a son of the prophet Isaiah whose Hebrew name means "a remnant shall return." Isaiah 7 records that he accompanied his father to meet Ahaz, king of Judah.

• DibonBible

  Dibon was a city of Moab on the plateau east of the Dead Sea, north of the Arnon Valley. It appears in the accounts of Israel's settlement east of the Jordan and in the prophecies against Moab, and it is known as the site where the Mesha Stele was discovered.

• 2 Kings 18Bible

  Second Kings 18 records the accession and religious reforms of Hezekiah, king of Judah; the fall of Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom of Israel; the invasion of Judah by Sennacherib, king of Assyria; and the threats the Rabshakeh delivered before the walls of Jerusalem.

• Isaiah 7Bible

  Isaiah 7 is the chapter in which Isaiah urges Ahaz, king of Judah, who is afraid of the allied forces of Aram and the northern kingdom of Israel, to have faith, and delivers to him the sign of Immanuel. The chapter then foretells the Assyrian invasion.

• Ezekiel (Prophet)People

  Ezekiel was an Old Testament priest and prophet who ministered during the Babylonian exile. He proclaimed to the exiles of Judah both the judgment of Jerusalem and the restoration of Israel, and his prophecies are preserved in the Book of Ezekiel.

• DeborahPeople

  Deborah was a prophetess and judge in the Old Testament Book of Judges, known for defeating the army of Jabin, king of Canaan, together with Barak, and for the Song of Deborah, which commemorates the victory.

• Amos (Prophet)People

  Amos was an Old Testament prophet, a herdsman from Tekoa in Judah, who proclaimed God's judgment and justice to the northern kingdom of Israel during the reigns of Uzziah and Jeroboam II. He is the central figure of the Old Testament Book of Amos.

• Mount ZemaraimBible

  Mount Zemaraim is the mountain on which Abijah, king of Judah, stood and addressed the army of Israel before his battle with Jeroboam, king of the northern kingdom of Israel (2 Chronicles 13:4). It appears to have been located in the hill country of Ephraim, near Bethel.

• BeershebaBible

  Beersheba was a town at the southern edge of the land of Judah, in the northern Negev. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob dug wells and worshiped God there, and the expression "from Dan to Beersheba" marks the southern boundary of Israel.

• 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.

• Shiphrah and PuahPeople

  Shiphrah and Puah were two Hebrew midwives named in Exodus 1. Because they feared God, they refused to obey the Egyptian king's command to kill Hebrew baby boys.

• Brook CherithBible

  The Brook Cherith is a brook near the Jordan River where the prophet Elijah hid at God's command when a drought began during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. There he was sustained by food that ravens brought him. The account appears in 1 Kings 17.

• TirzahBible

  Tirzah was a city in the northern hill country of Samaria in ancient Israel. The household of Jeroboam resided there, and it served as the royal capital of the kings of the northern kingdom of Israel until Omri built Samaria.

• SamariaBible

  Samaria was the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel in the Old Testament; in the New Testament period, the name refers to the region lying between Judea and Galilee.

• Ben-hadadPeople

  Ben-hadad is the name of a king, or kings, of Aram (capital Damascus) in the Old Testament. The name means "son of Hadad," Hadad being the Aramean storm god, and it appears in accounts from the reigns of Asa, Ahab, and Joash. Scholars disagree on whether it refers to one king or to several.

• Ezekiel 24Bible

  Ezekiel 24 records the word that came to Ezekiel on the day the king of Babylon began the siege of Jerusalem. Through the parable of the rusted pot and the sign of the prophet's refusal to mourn openly at his wife's death, it announces the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple.

• 1 Kings 22Bible

  1 Kings 22 recounts how King Ahab disregarded the warning of the prophet Micaiah, went to battle at Ramoth-gilead with King Jehoshaphat of Judah, and was killed. The chapter then summarizes the reign of Jehoshaphat and the accession of Ahaziah.

• Isaiah 8Bible

  Isaiah 8 uses the name of Isaiah's son, Maher-shalal-hash-baz, to foretell the fall of Aram and the northern kingdom of Israel. It announces both the Assyrian invasion and the assurance that "God is with us." The chapter closes with a warning not to seek those who have familiar spirits but to follow the law and the testimony.

• 1 Samuel 15:22Bible Verses

  1 Samuel 15:22 records Samuel's rebuke of Saul: "Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams." It is a key verse for the principle that obedience to God's word takes precedence over ritual worship. It also raises questions about application, particularly about whom one is to obey.

• 1 Kings 18:21Bible Verses

  These are the words Elijah spoke on Mount Carmel, demanding that the people of Israel, who were wavering between Baal and the LORD, make a clear choice for God. The verse is frequently cited as a call to decisive faith and as a warning against syncretism.