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Obed
[People]Obed is the son of Boaz and Ruth in the Book of Ruth. He was the father of Jesse and the grandfather of David, and his name also appears in the genealogies of Jesus Christ in Matthew and Luke.
Elah
[People]Elah was the fourth king of the northern kingdom of Israel and the son of Baasha. He reigned two years in Tirzah and was killed while drunk in a revolt led by his servant Zimri.
Balak
[People]Balak was the king of Moab shortly before Israel entered Canaan. According to Numbers 22–24, he summoned the prophet Balaam to curse Israel, but Balaam blessed Israel instead.
Ishvi
[People]Ishvi was a son of Asher, the son of Jacob. He is recorded among those who went down into Egypt with Jacob's family, and he became the ancestor of the Ishvite clan within the tribe of Asher.
Jehoahaz
[People]Jehoahaz was the eleventh king of the northern kingdom of Israel and the son of Jehu. According to 2 Kings 13, he suffered long oppression at the hands of Hazael king of Aram and then sought the LORD. A king of Judah also bore the same name.
Elizaphan
[People]Elizaphan was appointed chief of the Kohathite families of the tribe of Levi during the wilderness period after the Exodus. He was the son of Uzziel. His descendants later formed a Levitical family that is named as a distinct group in the times of David and Hezekiah.
Passion Predictions
[Bible]The passion predictions are the occasions on which Jesus told his disciples in advance that he would suffer and be put to death in Jerusalem and would rise again after three days (on the third day). They are recorded three times in the Synoptic Gospels.
Valley of Salt
[Bible]The Valley of Salt was a valley in the south of Judah, on the border with Edom. In the Bible it appears as the battlefield where Israel won major victories over Edom in the time of David and in the reign of Amaziah king of Judah.
Transfiguration Sunday
[Feasts & Seasons]Transfiguration Sunday commemorates the event in which Jesus was transfigured in glory on a mountain (the Transfiguration). In the Protestant church calendar, it is commonly observed on the last Sunday of the Epiphany season, the Sunday immediately before Ash Wednesday.
1 Kings 14
[Bible]When Jeroboam's son falls ill, the prophet Ahijah pronounces judgment on the house of Jeroboam. The chapter then records the sins of Rehoboam of Judah and the invasion of Jerusalem by Shishak, king of Egypt.
Revelation 1:16
[Bible Verses]A verse describing the figure "like unto the Son of man" (the risen Christ) in the vision John saw on Patmos. Interpretations differ on the meaning of the seven stars, the sharp two-edged sword proceeding from his mouth, and the face shining like the sun.
Caesarea Philippi
[Bible]Caesarea Philippi was a city on the southern slopes of Mount Hermon, near the sources of the Jordan River. The Gospels present it as the place where Jesus asked His disciples, "But whom say ye that I am?" and where Peter made his confession of faith.
John 6:63
[Bible Verses]John 6:63 is the verse in which Jesus tells disciples who found his teaching on the bread of life hard to accept that "it is the spirit that quickeneth" and that his words "are spirit, and they are life." It is often cited in discussions of the power of the Word, and it was one of the key texts in the Eucharistic controversies of the Reformation.
Matthew 25
[Bible]Matthew 25 concludes Jesus' teaching on the end times. It presents, in succession, the parable of the ten virgins, the parable of the talents, and the judgment scene in which the Son of Man separates all nations as sheep from goats.
Revelation 1
[Bible]The first chapter of the Book of Revelation, containing the book's prologue, the greeting to the seven churches, and John's first vision on Patmos of "one like unto the Son of man" standing among seven golden candlesticks.
John 5:25–29
[Bible Verses]A saying of Jesus declaring that the hour when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and live "is coming, and now is," and announcing a resurrection of life and a resurrection of damnation (judgment). The passage is frequently cited in discussions of eschatology, the timing of the resurrection, and the relationship between works and judgment.
Mark 13
[Bible]Mark 13 is the chapter in which Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem and, on the Mount of Olives, teaches four disciples about the signs of the last days, the coming of the Son of Man, and the need to watch.
Luke 17
[Bible]Luke 17 is a chapter of the Gospel of Luke in which Jesus, on the way to Jerusalem, teaches about forgiveness, faith, and the attitude of a servant; heals ten lepers; and speaks about the kingdom of God and the day of the Son of Man.
Matthew 24
[Bible]Matthew 24 is the chapter in which Jesus, after foretelling the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, teaches his disciples on the Mount of Olives about the signs of the end, the great tribulation, and the coming of the Son of Man, and urges them to keep watch.
Lemuel
[People]Lemuel is a king named in Proverbs 31 who passed on the instruction he received from his mother. He appears nowhere else in the Bible, and neither the nation he ruled nor the period in which he lived is known.