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Boaz
[People]Boaz is a man of Bethlehem who appears in the Book of Ruth. He married Ruth, a Moabite woman, and fathered Obed. He was the great-grandfather of David and is listed in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew.
Song of Songs 2
[Bible]Song of Songs 2 is a seventeen-verse chapter in which two lovers sing of each other through images of flowers and trees, and in which the man calls the woman to come away with him now that spring has arrived.
Song of Songs 5:2
[Bible Verses]A scene in the Song of Songs in which the beloved, drenched with the night dew, asks the sleeping woman to open the door to him. The verse is read as a poem celebrating love between a man and a woman, and also as a picture of Christ knocking at the door of the church and of the believer's heart, a reading frequently cited in preaching.
Song of Songs 6
[Bible]Song of Songs 6 contains a question about where the departed beloved has gone, the woman's declaration of their mutual belonging, the man's song praising the woman as his one and only love, and a passage that calls to the "Shulamite."
Matthew 19:16–26
[Bible Verses]In this passage a rich young man asks how to obtain eternal life, and Jesus answers that he should sell his possessions, give to the poor, and follow him. It is frequently cited in discussions of wealth and salvation and of the relationship between law and grace.
Alexander (Son of Simon)
[People]Alexander was a son of Simon of Cyrene, the man who carried Jesus' cross, and the brother of Rufus. He is mentioned by name only once, in Mark 15:21.
Sheba (Son of Bichri)
[People]Sheba son of Bichri was a Benjamite who appears in 2 Samuel 20. Shortly after Absalom's rebellion, he rose up against David but was killed by the inhabitants of the city of Abel-beth-maachah.
Daniel (Prophet)
[People]Daniel was a man of Judah who, according to the Bible, served in the royal court during the Babylonian exile. He is the central figure of the Book of Daniel and is widely known for interpreting dreams and for his deliverance from the lions' den.
Gedaliah
[People]Gedaliah was the man Babylon appointed to govern the people left in the land of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem. He ruled from Mizpah until he was assassinated by Ishmael.
Ahio
[People]Ahio was a man of David's time who, together with Uzzah, drove the new cart carrying the Ark of the Covenant; 2 Samuel records him as a son of Abinadab.
Abinadab
[People]Abinadab was a man of Kiriath-jearim in the Old Testament. Scripture records that he received the ark of the covenant into his house after the Philistines returned it, and that it remained there for a long time. Several other people of the same name also appear in the Bible.
Aristobulus
[People]Aristobulus was a man in Rome whom the apostle Paul mentions in the greetings of Romans 16 in the phrase "Aristobulus' household." Nothing is recorded about the man himself; the greeting is addressed to the members of his household.
Rufus
[People]Rufus appears in the Gospel of Mark as a son of Simon of Cyrene, the man compelled to carry the cross of Jesus. Scholars differ on whether he is the same Rufus whom Paul greets in Romans 16.
Pyrrhus
[People]Pyrrhus was a man of Berea who is named in Acts 20:4 only as the father of Sopater, one of Paul's traveling companions. He appears once in Scripture, and nothing else about his life is recorded.
Ziba
[People]Ziba was a servant of the house of Saul who appears in 2 Samuel. He told David about Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, and managed Mephibosheth's land. During Absalom's rebellion, he told David that his master Mephibosheth had betrayed the king.
Arioch
[People]Arioch appears in Daniel 2 as the captain of the guard (the chief of the officials responsible for the king's protection and for carrying out executions) under Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. During the episode of the king's dream, he brought Daniel before the king.
Passion Predictions
[Bible]The passion predictions are the occasions on which Jesus told his disciples in advance that he would suffer and be put to death in Jerusalem and would rise again after three days (on the third day). They are recorded three times in the Synoptic Gospels.
Jakeh
[People]Jakeh was the father of Agur, whose words are recorded in Proverbs 30 of the Old Testament. His name appears only once in the Bible, in Proverbs 30:1.
Song of Songs 4
[Bible]Song of Songs 4 is a love song in which the bridegroom praises the bride's eyes, hair, lips, neck, and other features by comparing them to scenes from nature and to spices, and likens her to a garden enclosed and a fountain sealed. In the final verse the bride invites her beloved into her garden.
Jonathan (Son of Shimeah)
[People]Jonathan was the son of Shimeah (Shammah), David's older brother, and thus David's nephew. He is recorded as having killed a giant with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot during a battle against the Philistines at Gath.