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Joseph of Nazareth
[People]In the New Testament, Joseph is the husband of Mary and the legal father of Jesus. He is presented as a descendant of David and is recorded as having worked as a carpenter in Nazareth of Galilee.
Jesse
[People]Jesse was a man of Bethlehem in the Old Testament, the son of Obed and the father of King David. Because of the prophecy of the "stem of Jesse" in Isaiah 11, his name also serves as a symbol of the messianic line.
Goliath
[People]Goliath is a Philistine champion from Gath who appears in 1 Samuel 17. He challenged the army of Israel to single combat and was struck down by a stone slung by the young David.
Mephibosheth
[People]Mephibosheth, the grandson of King Saul and the son of Jonathan, became lame in both feet as a child. He appears in 2 Samuel and is best known for the account in which David, remembering his covenant with Jonathan, received him at the king's table.
Isaiah 9:1–7
[Bible Verses]Isaiah 9:1–7 is a prophecy proclaiming that light will shine on the land of Galilee, darkened by the Assyrian invasion, and that a child will be born who will reign on the throne of David with judgment and with justice. Christians read it as a prophecy of the birth of Jesus Christ and of his ministry in Galilee, and it is widely read at Christmas.
Hebron
[Bible]Hebron is an ancient city in the hill country of Judah. Abraham lived there, and it is the site of the cave of Machpelah, where the patriarchs were buried. It is also where David first became king.
Philistia
[Bible]Philistia is the name of both a people and the land they inhabited on the Mediterranean coastal plain of southwestern Canaan. In the Bible, the Philistines appear as a power that frequently opposed Israel from the period of the judges through the time of David.
2 Chronicles 3:1
[Bible Verses]This verse states that Solomon began building the temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite that David had prepared. It is frequently cited as a key text linking the temple site to Abraham's offering of Isaac on Moriah and to David's altar.
Acts 13:22
[Bible Verses]A verse from Paul's sermon in the synagogue at Pisidian Antioch, in which he recounts that God removed Saul and raised up David as "a man after mine own heart." It is often cited when describing a model of faith, and its meaning has been read in several ways.
Kidron Brook
[Bible]The Kidron Brook is a stream that runs through the valley east of Jerusalem, between the Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives. It appears in the accounts of David's flight, the removal of idols by the kings of Judah, and the night on which Jesus was arrested.
Ahimelech
[People]Ahimelech was the priest of Nob during the reign of King Saul. He was put to death at Saul's command for giving the fleeing David the holy bread and the sword of Goliath.
Gath
[Bible]Gath was one of the five principal cities of the Philistines in the Old Testament. It was the hometown of Goliath and the place where David sought refuge while fleeing from Saul.
Rabbah
[Bible]Rabbah was the capital of the Ammonites, east of the Jordan River. During David's reign, Uriah was killed while Joab was besieging the city. It is generally identified with the site of Amman, the present-day capital of Jordan.
Abner
[People]Abner was the commander of King Saul's army. After Saul's death he made Ish-bosheth king, later went over to David, and was killed by Joab at Hebron.
Ziklag
[Bible]Ziklag was a town in the Negev region of southern Judah. Achish king of Gath gave it to David, who used it as his base while taking refuge in Philistine territory from Saul. It is known as the town raided by the Amalekites.
Valley of Elah
[Bible]The Valley of Elah is a valley in western Judah where Saul's Israelite army faced the Philistine army in 1 Samuel 17. It is known as the place where David struck down Goliath.
Nabal
[People]Nabal was a wealthy man from Maon, described in 1 Samuel 25, who insultingly refused David's request. He escaped David's retaliation through the intercession of his wife Abigail but died about ten days later.
Tyre
[Bible]Tyre was a Phoenician port city on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. In the Old Testament it appears as a neighboring kingdom that dealt with David and Solomon and as a target of the prophets' oracles of judgment. In the New Testament it is a Gentile region visited by Jesus and Paul.
Jebusites
[Bible]The Jebusites were one of the peoples who lived in the land of Canaan before Israel entered it. They held Jerusalem, formerly called Jebus, until David conquered it.
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.