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• Hagia Sophia

  [History]

  Hagia Sophia is a building in Istanbul, Türkiye (formerly Constantinople). Dedicated in 537 as the cathedral of the Eastern Roman Empire, it became a mosque in 1453 and a museum in 1934, and was converted back into a mosque in 2020.

• Abel Beth Maacah

  [Bible]

  Abel Beth Maacah was a city near Dan at the far northern edge of Israel. It is known as the place where Sheba, who rebelled against David, took refuge and met his end through the intervention of a wise woman of the city.

• Desmond Tutu

  [People]

  Desmond Tutu (1931–2021) was a South African Anglican archbishop. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his opposition to apartheid, the system of racial segregation, and served as chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

• Second Great Awakening

  [History]

  The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant revival movement that spread across the United States from the late 1790s to about the 1830s, shortly after American independence. During this period the Methodists and Baptists grew dramatically, and a number of social reform movements arose.

• 1 Samuel 17

  [Bible]

  1 Samuel 17 is the chapter in which Goliath, a Philistine champion, challenges Israel to single combat in the Valley of Elah, and the shepherd boy David strikes him down with a sling and a stone.

• Psalm 41

  [Bible]

  Psalm 41 is a psalm of David that closes Book One of the Psalter. Lying on a sickbed, the psalmist seeks God's mercy amid the hostility of enemies and the betrayal of a close friend, and the doxology in the final verse concludes all of Book One.

• Psalm 58

  [Bible]

  Psalm 58 is a Michtam of David, an eleven-verse psalm of lament that rebukes those who judge unjustly, asks God to break the power of the wicked, and confesses that there is a God who judges in the earth.

• Psalm 69

  [Bible]

  Psalm 69 is a lament in which the psalmist cries out to God for deliverance from suffering, as though sinking in deep waters and mire. It moves through imprecations against his enemies to a vow of praise, and the New Testament frequently cites it when speaking of the sufferings of Christ.

• Proverbs 3

  [Bible]

  Proverbs 3 is a chapter of fatherly instruction addressed to a son. It urges trust in the LORD and a firm hold on wisdom, describes the blessings of gaining wisdom, and teaches right conduct toward one's neighbor.

• Proverbs 15

  [Bible]

  Proverbs 15 is a chapter of thirty-three short sayings within the collection of the proverbs of Solomon. Through contrasts between the two halves of each verse, it teaches about gentle and timely speech, a teachable response to instruction, and a life lived in the fear of the LORD.

• 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."

• Isaiah 14

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 14 follows a promise of Israel's restoration with a taunt song over the fall of the king of Babylon, a declaration of judgment on Assyria, and a warning to Philistia.

• Nahum 1:7

  [Bible Verses]

  Nahum 1:7 is a verse in which the prophet Nahum, while foretelling the fall of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, confesses that the LORD is good and a stronghold in the day of trouble. It is often quoted as a word of comfort set within a prophecy of judgment.

• 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.

• Isaiah 33

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 33 is the final chapter in the series of "woe" pronouncements that begins in Isaiah 28. It announces judgment on the destroyer and also presents a prayer to the LORD for salvation and a song celebrating the restoration of Zion.

• Isaiah 65

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 65 is a prophecy that contrasts judgment on a rebellious people who have forsaken God with the blessings promised to his remaining "servants," and that promises the creation of new heavens and a new earth.

• Ezekiel 19

  [Bible]

  Ezekiel 19 is a lament, or funeral song, composed for the kings of Judah, whom it calls "the princes of Israel." Through two images, a lioness with her cubs and a vine planted by the waters, it mourns the downfall of the royal house.

• 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.

• Zechariah 3

  [Bible]

  Zechariah 3 records one of Zechariah's visions, in which Joshua the high priest, accused by Satan, has his filthy garments removed and receives clean garments and a mitre. The chapter then presents promises concerning "my servant the BRANCH" and a stone with seven eyes.

• John 8

  [Bible]

  John 8 opens with the account of Jesus declining to condemn the woman caught in adultery. It also contains his declaration "I am the light of the world" and a long dispute with the Jews over his identity.