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• JudeaBible

  Judea is the New Testament name for the southern region of Palestine centered on Jerusalem. The name derives from the territory of the tribe of Judah and the kingdom of Judah in the Old Testament. Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, lies within this region.

• Matthew 3Bible

  Matthew 3 is the chapter in which John the Baptist preaches repentance and baptizes in the wilderness of Judea, and Jesus is baptized by John in the Jordan River.

• Wilderness of JudahBible

  The Wilderness of Judah is an arid region stretching from the eastern slopes of the Judean hill country down to the Dead Sea. Scripture presents it as the place where David hid from Saul and where John the Baptist proclaimed repentance.

• AbileneBible

  Abilene is a place name that appears once in Scripture, in Luke 3:1. It was a small territory in the Anti-Lebanon mountains northwest of Damascus. According to Luke, Lysanias was its tetrarch when John the Baptist began his ministry.

• TekoaBible

  Tekoa was a town of Judah south of Bethlehem, on the edge of the Judean wilderness. It was the hometown of the prophet Amos and the home of the "wise woman" who urged David to allow Absalom's return.

• Wilderness of ZiphBible

  The Wilderness of Ziph is a tract of wilderness surrounding Ziph, a town in the hill country of Judah. It appears in 1 Samuel 23 and 26 as a place where David hid while fleeing from Saul.

• Wilderness of ZiphBible

  The Wilderness of Ziph is the wilderness surrounding the town of Ziph in the hill country of Judah. David hid there while Saul pursued him, met Jonathan there for the last time, and there spared Saul's life.

• MaonBible

  Maon was a town in the southern hill country of Judah, and the name also applies to the surrounding wilderness (the Wilderness of Maon). In the Bible it appears as a place where David stayed while fleeing from Saul and as the home of Nabal and Abigail.

• 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.

• Psalm 63Bible

  Psalm 63 is an eleven-verse prayer psalm whose superscription attributes it to David when he was in the wilderness of Judah. In it the psalmist thirsts for God in a dry land and confesses that God's lovingkindness is better than life.

• JeshimonBible

  Jeshimon is a Hebrew word meaning "wasteland." In 1 Samuel it serves as a place name for the wilderness region of southern Judah where David hid while fleeing from Saul.

• LibnahBible

  Libnah is an Old Testament place name. It refers both to one of the sites where the Israelites camped in the wilderness after the Exodus and to a town in the lowland of Judah.

• QumranBible

  Qumran is an ancient site on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. It became widely known after the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in nearby caves beginning in 1947. The name does not appear in the Bible.

• NahshonPeople

  Nahshon was the leader of the tribe of Judah during the wilderness period after the Exodus. The son of Amminadab and the brother-in-law of Aaron, he appears in the genealogies of David and of Jesus Christ.

• Bezalel and OholiabPeople

  Bezalel and Oholiab are two craftsmen in the Book of Exodus who received wisdom and skill through the Spirit of God and made the wilderness tabernacle and its furnishings. Bezalel was of the tribe of Judah, and Oholiab was of the tribe of Dan.

• HezronPeople

  Hezron, the son of Perez and grandson of Judah, is an Old Testament figure whose name appears in the genealogies of David and of Jesus Christ. The clan of the Hezronites within the tribe of Judah descended from him.

• 2 Kings 3Bible

  2 Kings 3 recounts how Jehoram king of Israel, together with Jehoshaphat king of Judah and the king of Edom, marches against rebellious Moab. When the armies run out of water in the wilderness, Elisha prophesies both water and victory. The chapter ends with Mesha king of Moab offering his firstborn son as a burnt offering.

• NehushtanBible

  Nehushtan is the name given to the bronze serpent that Moses made in the wilderness, in connection with its destruction by King Hezekiah of Judah. It appears only once, in 2 Kings 18:4, which records that Hezekiah broke the serpent in pieces to put an end to idolatry because the people had been burning incense to it.

• Kir-haresethBible

  Kir-hareseth was a city in the land of Moab, east of the Dead Sea. In 2 Kings 3 it is where King Mesha of Moab made his last stand against the allied forces of Israel, Judah, and Edom. The city also appears in the prophecies of Isaiah and Jeremiah concerning Moab.