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1 Samuel 7
[Bible]1 Samuel 7 recounts how, while the ark of the covenant remains at Kiriath-jearim, Samuel gathers Israel at Mizpah and leads the people in repentance, and how, after the Philistines are defeated, he sets up the Ebenezer stone. The chapter closes with a summary of Samuel's lifelong service as judge over Israel.
1 Samuel 10
[Bible]1 Samuel 10 recounts how Samuel privately anoints Saul and foretells three signs, after which Saul is publicly chosen as king before all the people at Mizpeh.
1 Samuel 1
[Bible]The first chapter of 1 Samuel tells how Hannah, who was childless, prayed and made a vow at Shiloh, gave birth to Samuel, and, after weaning the child, dedicated him to the LORD.
1 Samuel 11
[Bible]1 Samuel 11 recounts how Saul, recently chosen as king, wins his first victory by rescuing Jabesh-gilead from Nahash the Ammonite and is then made king again before all the people at Gilgal.
2 Samuel 6
[Bible]This chapter recounts how David brings the ark of God (the Ark of the Covenant) to the City of David. The procession halts when Uzzah dies, and the ark rests at the house of Obed-edom before being brought up with rejoicing. Michal despises David for dancing.
Taxes
[Bible]Taxes are money or goods collected from the people by a state or by the temple. Scripture mentions taxes under Egypt, the Israelite monarchy, Persia, and Rome, as well as the temple tax. The subject is best known through the saying "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's."
1 Samuel 13
[Bible]1 Samuel 13 is the chapter in which war with the Philistines begins early in Saul's reign. Failing to wait for Samuel at Gilgal, Saul offers the burnt offering himself, and Samuel declares that his kingdom will not continue.
King's Highway
[Bible]The King's Highway was an ancient trade route running north and south across the plateau east of the Jordan River. In the Book of Numbers, it is the road Moses named when he asked Edom and Sihon king of the Amorites for permission to pass through, promising to travel only along that way.
Darius, King of Persia
[People]Darius was a king of Persia who appears in Ezra, Haggai, and Zechariah. During his reign the halted rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem resumed and was completed. He is regarded as a different person from "Darius the Median" in the book of Daniel.
Baalis
[People]Baalis was king of the children of Ammon shortly after the fall of Jerusalem. He appears only once, in Jeremiah 40:14, in a report that he had sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to kill Gedaliah, the governor of Judah.
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.
Belshazzar
[People]Belshazzar is the king of Babylon who appears in Daniel 5. He is remembered for the banquet at which the fingers of a man's hand wrote on the wall of the royal palace, and for losing his kingdom and his life that same night.
Gregory the Illuminator
[People]Gregory the Illuminator converted the king of Armenia in the early fourth century, leading Armenia to adopt Christianity as its state religion. He is venerated as the first head of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Gedaliah (son of Pashur)
[People]Gedaliah was an official of Judah during the reign of King Zedekiah. In Jeremiah 38, he and other officials asked the king to put the prophet Jeremiah to death, and Jeremiah was then lowered into a muddy pit.
Waters of Merom
[Bible]The waters of Merom are the site where, according to Joshua 11, a northern Canaanite coalition led by Jabin king of Hazor encamped and was defeated in a surprise attack by Joshua. This battle opened the way for the conquest of northern Canaan.
Zechariah (Son of Jehoiada)
[People]Zechariah, son of the priest Jehoiada, lived during the reign of Joash, king of Judah. He rebuked the people for idolatry and, at the king's command, was stoned to death in the court of the temple (2 Chronicles 24).
Zephaniah (son of Maaseiah)
[People]Zephaniah son of Maaseiah was a priest who served as the second priest, ranking next to the high priest, during the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. He was sent by the king as an envoy to Jeremiah and was executed at Riblah after the fall of Jerusalem.
Jotham
[People]Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was a king of Judah who reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem in the mid-eighth century BC. Scripture assesses him as a king who did what was right in the sight of the LORD.
Tidal
[People]Tidal was the king of Goiim mentioned in Genesis 14. Allied with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, he was one of the four kings who fought against five kings, including the king of Sodom.
Shemeber
[People]Shemeber was the king of Zeboiim mentioned in Genesis 14. In the time of Abraham, he was one of five kings of the region of Canaan who fought against a coalition of four kings led by Chedorlaomer.