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• Ur of the Chaldees

  [Bible]

  Ur of the Chaldees is the Mesopotamian city where Abraham lived with his family before he left in obedience to God's call. It appears in Genesis and Nehemiah, and scholars disagree about its exact location.

• Chaldeans

  [Bible]

  The Chaldeans were a people who lived in Babylonia in southern Mesopotamia. In the Old Testament, the name frequently designates the Neo-Babylonian Empire and its people.

• Chaldea

  [Bible]

  Chaldea is a biblical term for a region in southern Mesopotamia and for the people who lived there. Scripture uses it for Abraham's homeland, "Ur of the Chaldees"; for the Babylonian Empire that destroyed Judah; and for a class of learned men and astrologers in the book of Daniel.

• Irijah

  [People]

  Irijah was the captain of the ward at the Benjamin Gate of Jerusalem during the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah. He seized the prophet Jeremiah as he was leaving the city, accusing him of deserting to the Chaldeans, and handed him over to the officials (Jeremiah 37).

• Chebar River

  [Bible]

  The Chebar River was a waterway in "the land of the Chaldeans" where the prophet Ezekiel, living among the Judean exiles during the Babylonian exile, saw visions of God. Many scholars identify it as a canal in Babylonia.

• Habakkuk 2:4

  [Bible Verses]

  "The just shall live by his faith" is God's answer to the prophet Habakkuk. Quoted three times in the New Testament and a central basis for the Reformation doctrine of justification by faith, it is counted among the most influential verses in the Bible.

• Job 1:21

  [Bible Verses]

  The words Job spoke after losing his possessions and his children in a single day: "The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD." Regarded as a classic confession of faith in the midst of suffering, the verse is frequently read at funeral services. Interpreters differ over whether the cause of suffering may rightly be attributed to God.

• Habakkuk 1

  [Bible]

  Habakkuk 1 is the chapter in which the prophet Habakkuk cries out to God over injustice in Israel. When God answers that He will raise up the Chaldeans, the prophet questions Him again.

• Neo-Babylonian Empire

  [History]

  The Neo-Babylonian Empire was a Mesopotamian state founded by Nabopolassar in 626 BC and conquered by Cyrus of Persia in 539 BC. In the Bible it appears as "Babylon," the power that destroyed Judah and carried its people into captivity.

• Habakkuk 3

  [Bible]

  The final chapter of the Book of Habakkuk, a prayer-poem in which the prophet Habakkuk celebrates God's past acts of deliverance and declares that even if every harvest fails, he will rejoice in the LORD.

• Habakkuk 3:19

  [Bible Verses]

  Habakkuk 3:19 is the final verse of the Book of Habakkuk. It is a confession of trust that, even when everything is lost, the LORD is "my strength" and will make the speaker walk upon high places. The verse is frequently cited as an expression of joy in the midst of suffering.

• Buzi

  [People]

  Buzi was the father of the prophet Ezekiel and an Old Testament figure whose name appears only once, in Ezekiel 1:3. He is understood to have belonged to a priestly family.

• Daniel 9:1-3

  [Bible Verses]

  In this passage Daniel reads Jeremiah's prophecy of the "seventy years" and resolves to seek God with fasting and prayer. It is often cited as a model of moving from the reading of Scripture to prayer, and it raises questions about the identity of Darius and how the seventy years should be reckoned.

• Isaiah 47

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 47 is a prophetic poem announcing the fall of Babylon, portraying the city as a woman dragged down from her throne to sit in the dust. It declares that no one will save Babylon, who was proud and cruel and relied on divination.

• Daniel 2

  [Bible]

  Daniel 2 is the chapter in which Daniel receives from God, reveals, and interprets King Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a great image. It centers on the vision of an image made of gold, silver, brass, iron, and clay that is broken in pieces by a stone cut out without hands, together with the interpretation of that vision.

• 2 Kings 24

  [Bible]

  2 Kings 24 records King Jehoiakim of Judah's rebellion against King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Jehoiachin's surrender and the first large-scale deportation to Babylon, and the accession of Zedekiah.

• Nabonidus Cylinder

  [History]

  The Nabonidus Cylinder is a cuneiform clay cylinder inscription left by Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The cylinder from Ur bears the name of his eldest son, Belshazzar, and is therefore frequently discussed in studies of the Book of Daniel.

• Terah

  [People]

  Terah was the father of Abraham. He led his family out of Ur of the Chaldees toward Canaan but settled in Haran, where he died (Genesis 11).

• Haran

  [Bible]

  Haran was a city in northern Mesopotamia where Abraham's family stayed after leaving Ur of the Chaldees, and where Jacob spent twenty years in the household of his uncle Laban.

• Sarah

  [People]

  Sarah is the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac in the Book of Genesis. Originally named Sarai, she remained childless into old age and, according to the biblical account, bore Isaac at the age of ninety in fulfillment of God's promise.