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Tahpenes
[People]Tahpenes was the queen of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, around the time of David and Solomon. She is mentioned twice in 1 Kings 11 as the sister-in-law of Hadad the Edomite.
Ahuzzath
[People]Ahuzzath was a "friend" of Abimelech, king of Gerar. According to Genesis 26:26, he accompanied Abimelech, together with Phichol, the chief captain of his army, when the king went to Isaac, and he was present when the two sides made a covenant.
Remaliah
[People]Remaliah was the father of Pekah, king of the northern kingdom of Israel. His name appears in Scripture only within the phrase "Pekah the son of Remaliah."
Bishlam
[People]Bishlam is a figure mentioned only once, in Ezra 4:7, who in the reign of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, joined Mithredath, Tabeel, and others in sending the king a letter written in Aramaic.
Ark of Bulrushes
[Bible]The ark of bulrushes is the basket in which, according to Exodus 2, the mother of Moses placed her infant son and set him among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. Pharaoh's daughter discovered the basket, and Moses' life was spared.
Ezekiel 17
[Bible]Ezekiel 17 uses the parable of two eagles and a vine to rebuke the king of Judah for breaking his covenant with Babylon and relying on Egypt. The chapter closes with God's promise of restoration: He will plant a tender twig from the top of a cedar on a high mountain.
Rehob
[People]Rehob was the father of Hadadezer, the Aramean king of Zobah who fought against David. He appears only by name, twice, in 2 Samuel 8.
Maoch
[People]Maoch is a figure named only once in Scripture, in 1 Samuel 27:2, as the father of Achish, the king of Gath with whom David took refuge while fleeing from Saul.
Zibiah
[People]Zibiah is a woman from Beersheba mentioned in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles in the Old Testament. She was the mother of King Joash of Judah.
Ehud
[People]Ehud was a judge of Israel whose story appears in Judges 3. The son of Gera of the tribe of Benjamin, he killed Eglon, king of Moab, and delivered Israel from eighteen years of Moabite rule.
Othniel
[People]Othniel is the first judge in the Old Testament Book of Judges. The son of Kenaz and a member of Caleb's family, he delivered Israel from Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia.
Valley of Hinnom
[Bible]The Valley of Hinnom is a valley to the south and west of Jerusalem. In the Old Testament it appears as a site of idolatrous worship in which children were burned as offerings. Its Greek name, Gehenna, became the New Testament term for "hell."
Athaliah
[People]Athaliah was a queen of Judah from the house of Ahab, king of northern Israel. She became the wife of Jehoram, king of Judah, and after the death of her son Ahaziah she killed the royal family and ruled Judah for about six years.
Micaiah
[People]Micaiah, the son of Imlah, was a prophet in the time of Ahab, king of Israel. When four hundred prophets predicted victory, he alone prophesied Ahab's defeat (1 Kings 22; 2 Chronicles 18).
Plains of Moab
[Bible]The plains of Moab were Israel's final encampment before entering Canaan, after the nation had passed through the wilderness following the Exodus. They lie in the valley east of the Jordan River, opposite Jericho.
Sheshbazzar
[People]Sheshbazzar was a leader of Judah who, during the reign of the Persian king Cyrus, received the vessels of the Jerusalem temple and led the first return of the Babylonian exiles. He appears in Ezra 1 and 5.
Naamah
[People]Naamah was a wife of Solomon and the mother of Rehoboam, king of Judah. First Kings and Second Chronicles identify her as an Ammonite. A different woman with the same name appears in Genesis.
Valley of Siddim
[Bible]The Valley of Siddim is the valley in Genesis 14 where a coalition of four kings fought a coalition of five kings, including the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah. Scripture identifies it as "the salt sea."
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.
Rezon
[People]Rezon was an Aramean who, in the time of David, fled from Hadadezer king of Zobah, gathered a band of men, became king in Damascus, and was an adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon (1 Kings 11:23-25).