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Amaziah
[People]Amaziah was the ninth king of the southern kingdom of Judah, the son of Joash and the father of Uzziah. After defeating Edom, he worshiped the gods of Edom; he later challenged the northern kingdom of Israel to battle and suffered a crushing defeat.
Talmai
[People]Talmai is the name of two men in the Old Testament. One was a descendant of Anak who lived in Hebron; the other was the king of Geshur, who was David's father-in-law and the maternal grandfather of Absalom.
Jared
[People]Jared is an antediluvian figure who appears in the genealogy of Genesis 5. He was the son of Mahalaleel, the father of Enoch, and the grandfather of Methuselah. Scripture records that he lived 962 years.
Achsah
[People]Achsah is an Old Testament figure, the daughter of Caleb and the wife of Othniel, the first judge. She is known for asking her father for springs of water at the time of her marriage and receiving the upper and nether springs.
Jephthah's Daughter
[People]Jephthah's daughter was the only child of the judge Jephthah, whose story appears in Judges 11. She was given up because of a vow her father made before going to war. Scripture does not record her name.
Nadab (King of Israel)
[People]Nadab was the son of Jeroboam, the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel. He succeeded his father and reigned for two years before being assassinated in a revolt led by Baasha. His death brought the dynasty of Jeroboam to an end.
Abijah
[People]Abijah was the second king of the southern kingdom of Judah during the divided monarchy, the son of Rehoboam and the father of Asa. The books of Kings call him "Abijam," and he reigned for about three years.
Abijam
[People]Abijam was the second king of the southern kingdom of Judah during the period of the divided kingdom. The son of Rehoboam and the father of Asa, he reigned for three years. In 2 Chronicles and the Gospel of Matthew he is called "Abijah."
Hanani
[People]Hanani was a seer (prophet) in the reign of King Asa of Judah. He was imprisoned after rebuking the king for relying on the king of Aram instead of on God. He appears in 2 Chronicles 16 and is also recorded as the father of the prophet Jehu.
Nabonidus
[People]Nabonidus was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire (reigned 556–539 BC). Although he is not named in the Bible, he is known as the father of Belshazzar, who appears in the Book of Daniel.
Eber
[People]Eber is a descendant of Noah named in the genealogy of Shem in Genesis. He is the son of Salah and the father of Peleg and Joktan, and his name is commonly associated with the origin of the word "Hebrew."
Machir
[People]Machir was the firstborn son of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, and the father of Gilead. His name also designates a branch of the tribe of Manasseh (the Machirites) that took possession of the land of Gilead east of the Jordan River.
Reuben
[People]Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Reuben, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Scripture records that he lost his position as firstborn because he lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine.
Shealtiel
[People]Shealtiel is a biblical figure recorded as the son of Jehoiachin (Jeconiah), the king of Judah who was carried captive to Babylon, and as the father of Zerubbabel, who led the rebuilding of the temple. His name also appears in the genealogies of Jesus in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
Shear-jashub
[People]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.
Kenan
[People]Kenan was the son of Enosh, Adam's grandson, and the father of Mahalalel. He appears in the antediluvian genealogy of Genesis 5. In Luke's genealogy of Jesus, his name is given as Cainan.
Clement of Alexandria
[People]Clement of Alexandria (c. 150–c. 215) was an early church father and theologian active in Alexandria. He is regarded as a leading figure of the Alexandrian school, which sought to connect Greek philosophy with the Christian faith.
Division of Abijah
[Bible]The division of Abijah was the eighth of the twenty-four priestly divisions established in the time of David for rotating temple service. In the Gospel of Luke, Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, is introduced as a priest belonging to this division.
Polycarp
[People]Polycarp (c. 69–c. 155) was a second-century bishop of the church at Smyrna in Asia Minor and a martyr. He was an Apostolic Father, traditionally regarded as a disciple of the apostle John.
Stem of Jesse
[Bible]The "stem of Jesse" is an image from Isaiah 11:1 in which a shoot springs from the stump of Jesse, the father of David. The expression prophesies an ideal king who will arise from the house of David. Christians generally read it as a messianic prophecy concerning Jesus Christ.