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Ezekiel 24
[Bible]Ezekiel 24 records the word that came to Ezekiel on the day the king of Babylon began the siege of Jerusalem. Through the parable of the rusted pot and the sign of the prophet's refusal to mourn openly at his wife's death, it announces the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple.
Hebrews 7
[Bible]Hebrews 7 describes Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest, and teaches that the priesthood of Jesus after the order of Melchizedek is superior to the Levitical priesthood and is eternal.
Pharaoh's Daughter
[People]Pharaoh's daughter is the Egyptian princess in Exodus 2 who drew the infant Moses out from among the reeds of the Nile and raised him as her own son. Scripture does not give her name.
Phichol
[People]Phichol was the chief captain of the army of Abimelech, king of Gerar, in the Book of Genesis. He was present with Abimelech at Beersheba when covenants were made with Abraham and with Isaac.
Shobach
[People]Shobach was the commander of the army of Hadarezer (Hadadezer), an Aramean king, in the time of David. He led the Aramean coalition forces fighting against Israel and was killed when David's army defeated them.
Deuteronomy 3
[Bible]Deuteronomy 3 recounts Moses' recollection of the defeat of Og king of Bashan and the distribution of the land east of the Jordan among the tribes, and it relates how his prayer to enter the Promised Land was refused.
1 Kings 22
[Bible]1 Kings 22 recounts how King Ahab disregarded the warning of the prophet Micaiah, went to battle at Ramoth-gilead with King Jehoshaphat of Judah, and was killed. The chapter then summarizes the reign of Jehoshaphat and the accession of Ahaziah.
2 Chronicles 14
[Bible]2 Chronicles 14 records how Asa, king of Judah, came to the throne, removed idols, and fortified cities so that the land enjoyed peace, and how he met and defeated the vast army of Zerah the Ethiopian (Cushite) through prayer.
Ezekiel 28
[Bible]Ezekiel 28 contains a prophecy rebuking the pride of the king of Tyre, a lament over him, a prophecy of judgment against Sidon, and a promise to regather scattered Israel.
Nethaniah
[People]Nethaniah was the son of Elishama, a member of the royal family in the final years of the kingdom of Judah. He was the father of Ishmael, who assassinated Gedaliah, the governor appointed by Babylon. Scripture mentions him only in connection with his son's name.
Naaman
[People]Naaman was the commander of the army of Aram described in 2 Kings 5. Afflicted with leprosy, he was healed after washing seven times in the Jordan River as the prophet Elisha instructed. Jesus refers to him in Luke 4:27.
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.
Salem
[Bible]Salem is the name of the city ruled by Melchizedek in Genesis 14. The Hebrew name shares a root with the word for "peace," and Jewish and Christian tradition generally regards it as an ancient name for Jerusalem.
Rehoboth
[Bible]Rehoboth is the name of a well that Isaac dug without strife after leaving the Valley of Gerar, as recorded in Genesis 26. The Hebrew name means "broad place," and Isaac gave it this name as a confession that God had made room for them.
Numbers 23
[Bible]Numbers 23 is the chapter in which Balaam, summoned by Balak king of Moab to curse Israel, instead pronounces oracles of blessing on Israel after two rounds of sacrifices.
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.
Judges 4
[Bible]Judges 4 recounts how, under the oppression of the Canaanite king Jabin and his army commander Sisera, the prophetess and judge Deborah commissions Barak to deliver Israel, and how Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, kills Sisera.
1 Kings 5
[Bible]1 Kings 5 recounts how Solomon made a league with Hiram king of Tyre to obtain cedars from Lebanon and raised a levy of laborers from Israel to prepare for building the temple in Jerusalem.
2 Kings 20
[Bible]This chapter records how Hezekiah, king of Judah, fell ill and through prayer received fifteen more years of life; how he saw the sign of the sun's shadow going backward; how he showed his treasures to envoys from Babylon and then heard the prediction of captivity; and how he died.
1 Chronicles 14
[Bible]1 Chronicles 14 records how Hiram king of Tyre helped build David's palace, lists the sons born to David in Jerusalem, and recounts David's two victories over the Philistines in the Valley of Rephaim.