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Madai
[People]Madai, the third son of Noah's son Japheth, appears in the genealogies of Genesis 10 and 1 Chronicles 1. He is traditionally regarded as the ancestor of the Medes, a people of the ancient Iranian region.
Chilion
[People]Chilion is a figure in the Book of Ruth, the son of Elimelech and Naomi and the brother of Mahlon. During a famine he moved with his family to Moab, where he died.
Tola
[People]Tola was a judge from the tribe of Issachar who succeeded Abimelech and judged Israel for twenty-three years during the period of the judges. He is briefly recorded in Judges 10:1–2.
Seraiah
[People]Seraiah was a high priest in the final years of the Kingdom of Judah who was executed by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, after the fall of Jerusalem. He is recorded as the father of Jehozadak (Jozadak) and as an ancestor of Ezra.
Ram
[People]Ram was an Old Testament figure of the tribe of Judah, the son of Hezron and the father of Amminadab. His name appears in the genealogies of David in Ruth and 1 Chronicles and in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew.
Meshelemiah
[People]Meshelemiah was a Levitical temple gatekeeper of the Korahite line in the time of David, the son of Kore and the father of Zechariah. He appears in 1 Chronicles 26, where verse 14 records his name as "Shelemiah."
Ahban
[People]Ahban is a figure in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 2. He was the son of Abishur, a descendant of Jerahmeel, and Abishur's wife Abihail, and he was the brother of Molid.
John
[People]John was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, the son of Zebedee and the brother of James. He has traditionally been regarded as the author of the Gospel of John, the Epistles of John, and the Book of Revelation.
Gideon
[People]Gideon is a judge of Israel whose story is told in Judges 6–8. Also called Jerubbaal, he is best known for defeating Midian with three hundred men.
Nehemiah (person)
[People]Nehemiah was an Old Testament figure who served as cupbearer to the Persian king Artaxerxes and later became governor of Judah. Together with the community that had returned from exile, he rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem and restored order within the community.
Judas Iscariot
[People]Judas Iscariot was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ who handed Jesus over to the chief priests for thirty pieces of silver. His actions and death are recorded in the Gospels and the Book of Acts.
Darius the Mede
[People]Darius the Mede is the king who, according to the book of Daniel, received the kingdom after the death of the Babylonian king Belshazzar. He is known as the king who had Daniel cast into the lions' den. Because he is not attested in sources outside the Bible, his identity is the subject of several competing views.
Jehonadab
[People]Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, joined Jehu, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, in his campaign to eradicate Baal worship. In the Book of Jeremiah he appears as "Jonadab," who left his descendants a command to drink no wine and to dwell in tents.
Ephron
[People]Ephron, the son of Zohar, was a Hittite who appears in Genesis 23. He owned the field and cave of Machpelah near Hebron and sold them to Abraham for four hundred shekels of silver, and the cave became Sarah's burial place.
Perez
[People]Perez was one of the twin sons born to Judah and Tamar. He is recorded in the genealogies of Ruth and Matthew 1 as an ancestor of David and of Jesus Christ.
Ethan
[People]Ethan is the name of several Israelites in the Old Testament. It refers to "Ethan the Ezrahite," the wise man to whom Solomon is compared in 1 Kings; to the figure named as author in the superscription of Psalm 89; and to Ethan the Levite musician of 1 Chronicles.
Ichabod
[People]Ichabod is a figure in 1 Samuel, the grandson of the priest Eli and the son of Phinehas. He was born on the day the Philistines captured the ark of the covenant, and his name is explained as meaning "the glory is departed from Israel."
Hananiah (False Prophet)
[People]Hananiah, son of Azur of Gibeon, is a prophet who appears in Jeremiah 28. During the reign of Zedekiah he prophesied that the yoke of Babylon would be broken within two years, and he broke the yoke Jeremiah was wearing. He died that same year, as Jeremiah had declared.
Hadadezer
[People]Hadadezer, son of Rehob, was king of the Aramean kingdom of Zobah in the time of David. David defeated him in two campaigns, and as a result the Aramean region came under Israelite influence.
Pashur
[People]Pashur was a priest who served as chief officer of the Temple in Jerusalem during the last years of the Kingdom of Judah. He struck the prophet Jeremiah and put him in the stocks, and he then received the new name "Magor-missabib" along with a word of judgment concerning the Babylonian captivity.