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Sharon
[Bible]Sharon is a coastal plain along the Mediterranean south of Mount Carmel. In the Old Testament it appears as pastureland and as a symbol of fertility and beauty, and it is best known from the phrase "the rose of Sharon" in Song of Solomon 2:1.
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.
Census of Quirinius
[Bible]The census in Luke 2 was a registration of inhabitants carried out by order of the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus. Because of this census, Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born.
Industrial Mission
[History]Industrial Mission was the missionary work that Korean Protestant churches carried out among factory workers beginning in the late 1950s. It began as evangelism in factories, but in the 1970s it became a movement advocating for workers' rights.
John of the Cross
[People]John of the Cross (1542–1591) was a Spanish Carmelite friar, mystic, and poet. With Teresa of Ávila, he founded the Discalced Carmelites, and he wrote spiritual classics including The Dark Night.
1 Samuel 30
[Bible]1 Samuel 30 recounts how the Amalekites burned Ziklag and carried off the families of David and his men, and how David inquired of God, pursued the raiders, and recovered everything. The chapter also records the establishment of the ordinance that those who went into battle and those who stayed behind should share the spoil equally.
Sinyu Persecution
[History]The Sinyu Persecution was a large-scale suppression of Catholics carried out by the Joseon court in 1801, the first year of King Sunjo's reign, while Queen Dowager Jeongsun governed on behalf of the young king. It also had a political dimension as an effort to drive the Namin faction from power. It is also known as the Sinyu Saok.
Psalm 137
[Bible]Psalm 137 is a nine-verse lament in which the people carried captive to Babylon mourn by its rivers as they remember Zion, vow never to forget Jerusalem, and then call for judgment on Edom and Babylon.
Urim and Thummim
[Bible]The Urim and Thummim were objects in the Old Testament that the high priest carried in the breastplate of judgment and used when seeking God's will. Scripture does not describe their appearance or explain how they were used.
Genesis 14
[Bible]Genesis 14 tells how a coalition of four kings attacks Sodom and carries off Lot, and how Abram rescues him with 318 men. On Abram's return, Melchizedek king of Salem blesses him, and Abram gives him a tenth of what he has gained.
Jeremiah 24
[Bible]Jeremiah 24 records the vision Jeremiah saw before the temple after Jeconiah was carried away to Babylon: two baskets of figs, one good and one bad. The chapter contrasts the future of those taken into exile with that of those who remained in the land.
Nebuchadnezzar
[People]Nebuchadnezzar was king of the Babylonian (Neo-Babylonian) Empire. He destroyed Jerusalem and its temple and carried the people of Judah into captivity. In the Book of Daniel, he is a central figure in the accounts of his dreams and the fiery furnace.
2 Peter 1:20–21
[Bible Verses]A passage stating that the prophecy of Scripture did not originate in the will of man but was spoken from God by people carried along by the Holy Spirit. It is frequently cited as a basis for the doctrine of biblical inspiration and in discussions of what "private interpretation" means.
1 Corinthians 2:4–5
[Bible Verses]A passage in which Paul tells the church at Corinth that his preaching of the gospel was carried out not through eloquence but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. It is frequently cited in discussions of preaching, the work of the Holy Spirit, and the relationship between reason and faith.
Remnant
[Bible]The remnant is a biblical concept referring to a small group that survives God's judgment and tribulation and thereby carries on the line of the covenant people. It is prominent in the Old Testament prophetic books and is taken up in the New Testament by Paul.
Abraham's Bosom
[Bible]Abraham's bosom is the expression used for the place to which the beggar Lazarus was carried after his death in Jesus' account of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:22-23). It is commonly understood to denote the rest and comfort the righteous enjoy after death.
Brook Kishon
[Bible]The Brook Kishon is a stream that flows through the Jezreel Valley and along the foot of Mount Carmel into the Mediterranean Sea. In the Bible it appears as the place where Deborah and Barak defeated the army of Sisera and where Elijah executed the prophets of Baal.
Lost Ten Tribes
[History]The Lost Ten Tribes are the ten northern tribes of Israel that disappeared from the historical record after being carried into exile when the northern Kingdom of Israel fell to Assyria in the eighth century BC. Various traditions and claims about their whereabouts arose in later centuries.
Kishon River
[Bible]The Kishon River flows through the Jezreel Valley and empties into the Mediterranean Sea north of Mount Carmel. In the Bible it appears as the place where the judge Deborah and Barak defeated the army of Sisera, and where Elijah put the prophets of Baal to death.
Shenazar
[People]Shenazar was a son of Jeconiah (Jehoiachin), the king of Judah who was carried captive to Babylon. He is mentioned by name only, in the genealogy of the house of David in 1 Chronicles 3:18. Some scholars identify him with Sheshbazzar.