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Golden Rule
[Bible]The Golden Rule is the traditional name for the teaching of Jesus "whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them" (Matthew 7:12; Luke 6:31).
Necho
[People]Necho was a king (pharaoh) of Egypt in the late seventh century BC. After King Josiah of Judah died at Megiddo in an encounter with him, Necho replaced the king of Judah. He was later defeated by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon at the Battle of Carchemish.
Plain of Dura
[Bible]The plain of Dura is the place where Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, set up a golden image and commanded all his officials to bow down to it. It is mentioned only once in the Bible, in Daniel 3:1.
Vashti
[People]Vashti was the queen of Ahasuerus, king of Persia, who was deposed after refusing the king's summons. Her removal opened the way for Esther to become queen. She appears in Esther 1–2 in the Old Testament.
Tirzah
[Bible]Tirzah was a city in the northern hill country of Samaria in ancient Israel. The household of Jeroboam resided there, and it served as the royal capital of the kings of the northern kingdom of Israel until Omri built Samaria.
Milcom
[Bible]Milcom is a god of the Ammonites mentioned in the Old Testament. Scripture records that Solomon followed this idol in his later years and that King Josiah defiled its high place during his reforms.
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.
Sin of Jeroboam
[Bible]The sin of Jeroboam refers to the actions of Jeroboam, the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel, who set up golden calves at Bethel and Dan and altered the system of worship on his own authority. In the books of Kings, the expression became the standard by which the kings of the northern kingdom were evaluated.
New Commandment
[Bible]The new commandment is the command Jesus Christ gave his disciples at the Last Supper: "as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." It appears in John 13:34-35.
Adoni-zedek
[People]Adoni-zedek was a king of Jerusalem during the conquest of Canaan, mentioned in Joshua 10. When Gibeon made peace with Israel, he led a coalition of five Amorite kings against Gibeon, was defeated by Joshua, and was executed at Makkedah.
Memucan
[People]Memucan is one of the seven princes of the Persian king Ahasuerus who appear in Esther 1. He advised the king to depose Queen Vashti and to issue a royal decree.
Eunuch
[Bible]A eunuch was an official who served the king and the royal household closely in ancient palaces; in many cases he was a castrated man. The Hebrew and Greek terms appear across both Testaments, and the Korean Revised Version renders the same original term with several different words depending on context.
Ahikam
[People]Ahikam was an official in the reign of King Josiah of Judah, the son of Shaphan the scribe, and the father of Gedaliah, governor of Judah. He is known for protecting Jeremiah when the prophet's life was in danger.
Adrammelech
[People]Adrammelech was a son of the Assyrian king Sennacherib. Together with his brother Sharezer, he killed his father with the sword while the king was worshiping in a temple, and then fled to the land of Ararat.
Bigthan and Teresh
[People]Bigthan and Teresh were two eunuchs of the Persian king Ahasuerus who appear in the Book of Esther. They plotted to kill the king but were executed after Mordecai exposed their conspiracy.
Chimham
[People]Chimham was the man whom the aged Barzillai sent with King David in his place when David crossed the Jordan to return to Jerusalem after Absalom's rebellion had been put down. He appears only in 2 Samuel 19.
Achbor
[People]Achbor was an official under King Josiah of Judah and a member of the delegation sent to the prophetess Huldah to inquire about the book of the law found in the temple. The same name also belongs to the father of Baal-hanan, a king of Edom.
Kir-hareseth
[Bible]Kir-hareseth was a city in the land of Moab, east of the Dead Sea. In 2 Kings 3 it is where King Mesha of Moab made his last stand against the allied forces of Israel, Judah, and Edom. The city also appears in the prophecies of Isaiah and Jeremiah concerning Moab.
Numbers 21
[Bible]Numbers 21 records Israel's defeat of the king of Arad, the plague of fiery serpents and the bronze serpent, the journey toward the plains of Moab, and the victories over Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan.
Joshua 10
[Bible]Joshua 10 recounts Joshua's victory over the five Amorite kings who attacked Gibeon and the conquest of the cities of southern Canaan. It includes the account of the sun and moon standing still.