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Ahimaaz
[People]Ahimaaz was the son of Zadok, the priest during the reign of King David. During Absalom's rebellion he served as a messenger, carrying news from Jerusalem to David.
Jonadab
[People]Jonadab (Jehonadab), the son of Rechab, accompanied Jehu, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, in his purge of Baal worship and commanded his descendants to abstain from wine and to dwell in tents.
Shallum
[People]Shallum was the fifteenth king of the northern kingdom of Israel. He killed King Zechariah, seized the throne, and reigned in Samaria for one month before Menahem killed him (2 Kings 15).
Gad
[People]Gad was the son born to Jacob by Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, and the ancestor of the tribe of Gad, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. He and Asher were full brothers, born of the same mother.
Ahitub
[People]Ahitub is the name of several members of priestly families in the Old Testament. It most often refers to the grandson of Eli and father of Ahimelech, the priest of Nob, though other priests bore the same name.
Hezron
[People]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.
Magog
[People]Magog was a grandson of Noah and a son of Japheth, named in the genealogies of Genesis and 1 Chronicles. In Ezekiel and Revelation, his name is used for a northern land and for forces opposed to God.
Elah
[People]Elah was the fourth king of the northern kingdom of Israel and the son of Baasha. He reigned two years in Tirzah and was killed while drunk in a revolt led by his servant Zimri.
Eliam
[People]Eliam is a name that appears twice in 2 Samuel: once for the father of Bathsheba, and once for the son of Ahithophel, one of David's mighty men. The text does not state directly whether the two are the same person.
Tubal
[People]Tubal was the fifth son of Japheth, the son of Noah, and appears by name only in the genealogies of Genesis 10 and 1 Chronicles 1. In the prophetic books, Tubal is paired with Meshech as the name of a northern people or region.
Genubath
[People]Genubath was the son of Hadad, a member of the Edomite royal house, and the sister of Tahpenes, queen of Egypt. He is mentioned only once, in 1 Kings 11:20, which records that he was raised in Pharaoh's household among Pharaoh's sons.
Nethaniah
[People]Nethaniah was the son of Elishama, a member of the royal family in the final years of the kingdom of Judah. He was the father of Ishmael, who assassinated Gedaliah, the governor appointed by Babylon. Scripture mentions him only in connection with his son's name.
Bela
[People]Bela, the son of Beor, is the first of the Edomite kings named in the Bible. His city was Dinhabah, and he appears in the lists of Edomite kings in Genesis 36 and 1 Chronicles 1.
Shimron
[People]Shimron was the fourth son of Issachar, the son of Jacob, and the ancestor of the Shimronite family (clan) within the tribe of Issachar. In the Bible his name appears only in genealogies.
Armoni
[People]Armoni was the son of King Saul by his concubine Rizpah. During a famine in the reign of David, he was handed over to the Gibeonites and executed along with six other descendants of Saul, including his brother Mephibosheth (2 Samuel 21:8–9).
Tobias
[People]Tobias is the protagonist of the Book of Tobit, one of the deuterocanonical books (the Apocrypha) of the Old Testament, and the son of Tobit. Guided on a journey by the angel Raphael, he married Sarah and cured his blind father.
Jehu
[People]Jehu was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel in the late ninth century BC. Anointed by one of the sons of the prophets sent by Elisha, he wiped out the house of Ahab and the worship of Baal. The dynasty he founded lasted four generations.
Barak
[People]Barak was an Israelite military leader in the period of the judges who, at the summons of the prophetess Deborah, defeated Sisera, the commander of the army of the Canaanite king Jabin. He appears in Judges 4–5 and is named among the people of faith in Hebrews 11.
Amasa
[People]Amasa was a military commander in the time of David. He commanded Absalom's army during Absalom's rebellion and was later appointed commander by David, but he was killed by his cousin Joab.
Baasha
[People]Baasha was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel who appears in the Old Testament book of 1 Kings. He killed Nadab the son of Jeroboam, seized the throne, destroyed the house of Jeroboam, and reigned for twenty-four years in Tirzah.