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• Nebuzaradan

  [People]

  Nebuzaradan was the captain of the guard under Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. At the fall of Judah he burned the temple and the city of Jerusalem and carried the people into captivity, and he released the prophet Jeremiah.

• Hiel

  [People]

  Hiel was a man of Bethel who rebuilt Jericho during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. He appears only once, in 1 Kings 16:34, which records that he lost his firstborn and youngest sons in the course of building the city.

• Carob Pods

  [Bible]

  Carob pods are the swine fodder, rendered "husks" in the King James Version, with which the younger son in the Parable of the Prodigal Son longed to fill his stomach after squandering his inheritance. The term refers to the pods of the carob tree, which grows along the Mediterranean coast.

• Cupbearer

  [Bible]

  A cupbearer was a court official in ancient royal palaces who poured wine and served it to the king. In the Bible, the best-known examples are Pharaoh's chief butler in the story of Joseph and Nehemiah, who served the Persian king Artaxerxes.

• Shenazar

  [People]

  Shenazar was a son of Jeconiah (Jehoiachin), the king of Judah who was carried captive to Babylon. He is mentioned by name only, in the genealogy of the house of David in 1 Chronicles 3:18. Some scholars identify him with Sheshbazzar.

• Nehushta

  [People]

  Nehushta was the mother of Jehoiachin (Jeconiah), king of Judah, and the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. In the early sixth century BC she was carried off to Babylon with her son in the first Babylonian deportation.

• Zephaniah (Prophet)

  [People]

  Zephaniah was an Old Testament prophet who ministered during the reign of King Josiah of Judah. The Old Testament Book of Zephaniah preserves his prophecies, in which he proclaimed judgment on "the day of the LORD" and the restoration of the remnant.

• Pedaiah

  [People]

  Pedaiah was a son of Jeconiah (Jehoiachin), king of Judah, and appears in the genealogy of 1 Chronicles 3. First Chronicles 3:19 records him as the father of Zerubbabel. Other passages name Zerubbabel as the son of Shealtiel, and this discrepancy has been the subject of discussion.

• Chief Baker

  [People]

  The chief baker was an official of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appears in Genesis 40. While in prison he had a dream, and three days later he was executed, just as Joseph had interpreted it. His name is not given in the Bible.

• 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.

• Hegai

  [People]

  Hegai was a eunuch of Ahasuerus, king of Persia, in the Book of Esther. He had charge of the young women gathered as candidates to become queen. He showed favor to Esther, and she followed his instructions when she went in to the king.

• 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."

• Husham

  [People]

  Husham was one of the kings who reigned over Edom before any king ruled over Israel. He came from the land of the Temanites, succeeded Jobab, and was succeeded by Hadad the son of Bedad.

• Pashur (son of Malchiah)

  [People]

  Pashur son of Malchiah was a high official of Judah during the reign of King Zedekiah. At the king's request he asked Jeremiah to pray for the city, and he later took part in having Jeremiah confined in a cistern.

• Walk to Canossa

  [History]

  The Walk to Canossa was the event of January 1077 in which the excommunicated German king Henry IV sought forgiveness from Pope Gregory VII at the castle of Canossa in northern Italy and received absolution. It is regarded as an emblematic episode of the Investiture Controversy, the medieval conflict between the papacy and secular rulers.

• Exodus 1

  [Bible]

  In Exodus 1, a new king who did not know Joseph oppresses the children of Israel, who have multiplied greatly in Egypt, subjecting them to forced labor and ordering that Hebrew baby boys be killed. The midwives fear God and refuse to carry out the order.

• Numbers 22

  [Bible]

  Numbers 22 is the chapter in which Balak, king of Moab, summons Balaam the son of Beor to curse Israel. It contains the account of the angel of the LORD who blocks Balaam's way and of the speaking donkey.

• Joshua 11

  [Bible]

  Joshua 11 recounts Israel's defeat of the northern Canaanite coalition led by Jabin king of Hazor at the waters of Merom and the burning of Hazor, and it summarizes Joshua's entire conquest of Canaan.

• 1 Samuel 12

  [Bible]

  First Samuel 12 records Samuel's farewell address before all Israel after Saul became king. Samuel has his integrity publicly affirmed, reviews Israel's history, reminds the people of their sin in asking for a king, and urges king and people alike to serve the LORD.