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Eugene Bell
[People]Eugene Bell (1868–1925), known in Korean as Bae Yu-ji, was an American Southern Presbyterian missionary to Korea. He founded mission stations in Mokpo and Gwangju and opened churches, schools, and a hospital, earning the title "Father of the Honam Mission."
Deuteronomy 23
[Bible]Deuteronomy 23 is a chapter of law that sets out who may enter the congregation of the LORD and gives regulations on keeping the camp clean in time of war, protecting runaway servants, interest, vows, and a neighbor's field.
Psalm 12
[Bible]Psalm 12 is a lament that seeks the LORD's help in a world where the godly have vanished and falsehood and flattery have spread. It continues with the LORD's response and a confession of the purity of His words.
Isaiah 22
[Bible]Isaiah 22 contains the oracle against Jerusalem concerning the "valley of vision" and a prophecy that Shebna, an official of the royal household, will be removed from office and Eliakim installed in his place.
Ezekiel 17
[Bible]Ezekiel 17 uses the parable of two eagles and a vine to rebuke the king of Judah for breaking his covenant with Babylon and relying on Egypt. The chapter closes with God's promise of restoration: He will plant a tender twig from the top of a cedar on a high mountain.
Mishael (son of Uzziel)
[People]Mishael was a son of Uzziel, a Kohathite of the tribe of Levi, and a cousin of Moses and Aaron. When Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu died, he and his brother Elzaphan carried their bodies out of the camp.
Hamul
[People]Hamul was a grandson of Judah, a son of Perez, and a brother of Hezron. He was the ancestor of the Hamulite family within the tribe of Judah, and his name appears only in genealogies.
1 Corinthians 13:4–7
[Bible Verses]First Corinthians 13:4–7 is a passage that begins "Charity suffereth long, and is kind" and uses fifteen verbs to describe what love does and does not do. It is the passage most frequently read at weddings, yet commentators often point out that it was originally addressed to a church quarreling over spiritual gifts.
Joseph of Arimathea
[People]Joseph of Arimathea was a member of the Jewish council who, after Jesus died on the cross, asked Pilate for the body and laid it in his own new tomb. He appears in all four Gospels.
Widow of Zarephath
[People]The widow of Zarephath is a woman from Zarephath in the region of Sidon who appears in 1 Kings 17. During a drought she fed the prophet Elijah, and her son was restored to life after he died. Scripture does not record her name.
Prayer of Manasseh
[Bible]The prayer of repentance offered by Manasseh, king of Judah, during the affliction of his captivity. It is recorded in 2 Chronicles 33, and a short Greek prayer bearing the same name has been transmitted among the Apocrypha (writings outside the canon).
Ramoth-gilead
[Bible]Ramoth-gilead was a city in the region of Gilead, east of the Jordan River. In the Old Testament it was one of the cities of refuge and a battleground repeatedly contested by the northern kingdom of Israel and Aram. King Ahab was killed in battle there.
Talmud
[History]The Talmud is a body of Jewish literature that combines the Mishnah, a compilation of the oral law of Judaism, with its commentary, the Gemara. Compiled between the third and sixth centuries, it continues to serve as a standard for Jewish faith and life today.
Seventy Elders
[Bible]The seventy elders were a group of seventy leaders chosen from among the elders of Israel in the time of Moses. They appear in Exodus 24 and Numbers 11, and a group of seventy elders also appears in Ezekiel 8.
Queen of Heaven
[Bible]The Queen of Heaven is a title used in the Book of Jeremiah for a goddess whom the people of Judah worshiped by burning incense and offering cakes. Jeremiah condemned this worship as idolatry and a departure from God.
Gibbethon
[Bible]Gibbethon was an Old Testament town in the territory of the tribe of Dan and a Levitical city, but by the period recounted in the books of Kings it belonged to the Philistines. King Nadab of Israel was assassinated while besieging it, and Omri was proclaimed king in the camp there.
Ulai River
[Bible]The Ulai is a river near the citadel of Shushan (Susa) in the province of Elam, mentioned in Daniel 8. Beside this river Daniel saw the vision of the ram and the goat, and it is here that Gabriel first appears identified by name.
Siloam Tunnel
[Bible]The Siloam Tunnel is a rock-cut channel that carries water from the Gihon Spring in Jerusalem to the Pool of Siloam inside the city. It is commonly identified as the conduit dug by King Hezekiah of Judah and is therefore also called Hezekiah's Tunnel.
Third Council of Constantinople
[History]The Third Council of Constantinople was a council held from 680 to 681 in Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. It declared that Christ possesses both a divine will and a human will, condemned Monothelitism, and is counted as the sixth ecumenical council.
Azariah (Son of Oded)
[People]Azariah, the son of Oded, was a prophet during the reign of King Asa of Judah. In 2 Chronicles 15 he urged Asa to seek the LORD, prompting the removal of idols and a renewal of the covenant.