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Ruler of Tens
[Bible]A ruler of tens was a leader placed over a unit of ten Israelites who governed them and judged minor disputes. The office appears in Exodus 18 and Deuteronomy 1.
Dan (Son of Jacob)
[People]Dan was a son of Jacob by Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant, and the ancestor of the tribe of Dan, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. His name is understood to mean "to judge" or "to vindicate."
Korah
[People]Korah was a Levite who, according to Numbers 16, joined Dathan and Abiram in challenging the authority of Moses and Aaron and was judged for it. His descendants, the "sons of Korah," are named in the superscriptions of several psalms.
Jabin
[People]Jabin was king of Hazor, a city in northern Canaan. A king of Hazor by this name appears in both Joshua 11 and Judges 4; in Judges, Deborah and Barak defeat Sisera, the commander of his army.
Numbers 11
[Bible]Numbers 11 recounts how Israel, after departing from Mount Sinai, complained at Taberah and was judged, and then wept for meat, receiving quail but suffering a plague. It also tells of the appointment of seventy elders to share Moses' burden.
Dan
[Bible]Dan was a city at the northern extremity of the land of Israel. The tribe of Dan captured Laish and gave it this name, and it was there that Jeroboam, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, set up one of his golden calves.
Isaiah 35
[Bible]Isaiah 35 is a prophetic poem presenting a vision of restoration in which the parched wilderness blossoms, those with disabilities are healed, and the people ransomed by the LORD return to Zion singing as they travel along "the way of holiness."
Wilderness of Judah
[Bible]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.
Deuteronomistic History
[Doctrine & Theology]The Deuteronomistic History is a theory in Old Testament scholarship that regards Joshua through 2 Kings as a single historical work shaped by the theology of Deuteronomy. It was first systematically formulated in 1943 by the German scholar Martin Noth.
Tribe of Dan
[Bible]The tribe of Dan was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, made up of the descendants of Dan, the son of Jacob. Unable to hold the territory it was first allotted, it migrated north and settled there.
Wilderness of Judea
[Bible]The Wilderness of Judea is the arid land that descends east of Jerusalem and the hill country of Judah toward the Dead Sea and the Jordan Valley. Scripture presents it as the place where David hid from Saul and where John the Baptist preached repentance.
Jezreel Valley
[Bible]The Jezreel Valley is a broad plain in northern Israel between the hill country of Galilee and the hill country of Samaria. It is the setting for the stories of Gideon, Saul, Ahab, and Jehu, and in the Book of Hosea it becomes a symbol of both judgment and restoration.
2 Timothy 4
[Bible]The final chapter of 2 Timothy, in which Paul charges Timothy to preach the word in season and out of season, then closes the letter with his own testimony in the face of death, news of his coworkers, and greetings.
Kenites
[Bible]The Kenites were a nomadic people of the Old Testament. Scripture records that Moses' father-in-law belonged to this people, and through this connection they lived alongside Israel and maintained friendly relations with the Israelites.
Debir
[Bible]Debir was a Canaanite city in the hill country of Judah. Its earlier names were Kirjath-sepher and Kirjath-sannah, and it is known as the city captured by Othniel, a member of Caleb's family.
Latter Prophets
[Bible]The Latter Prophets (Hebrew *Nevi'im Aharonim*) are the second half of the Prophets (Nevi'im), the second division of the Hebrew Bible. The term refers to Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve Minor Prophets, books compiled chiefly from the messages delivered by the prophets.
Exorcism
[Worship & Rites]Exorcism is the prayer and rite performed to drive demons out of a person believed to be possessed by evil spirits. The term refers chiefly to the official rite of the Catholic Church; Protestants more commonly speak of deliverance or casting out demons.
Achaia
[Bible]Achaia was a Roman province in southern Greece in New Testament times, with Corinth as its principal city. Paul preached the gospel in the region during his second missionary journey.
Mount Tabor
[Bible]Mount Tabor is a mountain in the Galilee region of northern Israel, rising northeast of the Jezreel Valley. In the Old Testament it appears as the battleground of Deborah and Barak, and church tradition has long identified it as the Mount of Transfiguration.
Deuteronomy 19
[Bible]Deuteronomy 19, part of the law delivered by Moses, contains the regulations on cities of refuge for those who kill a person unintentionally, the command not to remove a neighbor's landmark, the principle of two or three witnesses, and the punishment of false witnesses.