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• 2 Kings 14

  2 Kings 14 records the reign of Amaziah king of Judah and his defeat at Beth-shemesh, along with the reigns of Jehoash and Jeroboam II, kings of Israel. It reports that Jeroboam II restored Israel's territory in accordance with the word of the prophet Jonah.

• Elam

  Elam was an ancient nation and territory east of Mesopotamia, in what is now southwestern Iran. It first appears in Genesis as the name of a son of Shem; in the prophetic books it is an object of both judgment and restoration; and in Acts it is named as the homeland of some of those present at Pentecost.

• Table of Nations

  The Table of Nations is the genealogy in Genesis 10 of the peoples descended from Noah's three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. In a single list, it shows how humanity divided into many nations and languages and spread abroad after the Flood.

• Genesis 10

  Genesis 10 is a genealogical chapter recording how the nations branched out after the Flood from Noah's three sons, Japheth, Ham, and Shem. It is commonly called the "Table of Nations."

• Genesis 11

  Genesis 11 contains the account of Babel, in which the languages were divided and people were scattered over all the earth, followed by the genealogy from Shem to Terah. It relates how Terah took Abram, Lot, and Sarai, left Ur of the Chaldees, and settled in Haran.

• Deuteronomy 6:6–9

  A passage in which Moses commands Israel to keep God's words in their hearts and to teach them continually to their children. It forms part of the Jewish prayer known as the Shema. Korean churches frequently cite it as a basis for faith formation in the home and for the education of the next generation.

• Deuteronomy 6

  Deuteronomy 6 is the chapter in which Moses delivers the confession of faith in the one God that begins "Hear, O Israel" (the Shema), together with the command to love God. He urges Israel to teach these words to their children and not to forget the LORD even in times of plenty.

• 1 Samuel 6

  This chapter recounts how the Philistines, after holding the ark of the LORD for seven months, send it back on a cart to Beth-shemesh in Israel together with a trespass offering, and how the men of Beth-shemesh who looked into the ark are struck down.

• 2 Chronicles 11

  2 Chronicles 11 recounts how, immediately after the division of the kingdom, Rehoboam heeded the prophet Shemaiah and called off war with northern Israel. He then fortified cities and received the priests and Levites who came from the north, strengthening his kingdom. The chapter also records his family.

• Terah

  Terah was the father of Abraham. He led his family out of Ur of the Chaldees toward Canaan but settled in Haran, where he died (Genesis 11).

• Genesis 10:6

  Genesis 10:6 lists the four sons of Ham, the son of Noah: Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan. The verse is frequently discussed both for the question of which regions and peoples these names designate and because the so-called "curse of Ham" was misused in the past to justify racial discrimination.

• The Nations

  *Yeolbang* (列邦), meaning "many nations," is the Korean biblical term for the nations: the peoples and countries outside Israel, referred to collectively. It is closely tied to the biblical theme that God's salvation extends to all peoples.

• Aram

  In the Old Testament, Aram is the name of a Semitic people who lived in what is now Syria and northern Mesopotamia, and of the states they established. In the New Testament the region is usually called Syria.

• Assyria

  Assyria was an ancient empire centered on the Tigris River valley in northern Mesopotamia. In the Bible it is the nation that destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel and invaded Judah. It is portrayed both as an instrument of God's judgment and as a proud power that itself comes under judgment.

• Nimrod

  Nimrod, who appears in Genesis 10, is the son of Cush and the grandson of Ham. The Bible describes him as one who "began to be a mighty one in the earth" and "a mighty hunter before the LORD," and it associates him with cities such as Babel and Nineveh.

• Ophir

  Ophir is an Old Testament place name known as a source of fine gold. It appears as the destination of maritime trade in the time of Solomon, though its exact location is unknown.

• Sheba

  In the Old Testament, Sheba is the name of a nation in Arabia and of its people. It is portrayed as a wealthy, distant land to the south that traded in gold and frankincense, and it is best known as the kingdom of the Queen of Sheba, who visited Solomon.

• Samaria

  Samaria was the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel in the Old Testament; in the New Testament period, the name refers to the region lying between Judea and Galilee.

• Abinadab

  Abinadab was a man of Kiriath-jearim in the Old Testament. Scripture records that he received the ark of the covenant into his house after the Philistines returned it, and that it remained there for a long time. Several other people of the same name also appear in the Bible.

• Eleazar (son of Abinadab)

  Eleazar was the son of Abinadab of Kiriath-jearim. He was consecrated to keep the ark of the covenant after it was returned by the Philistines, and he is mentioned only once in Scripture, in 1 Samuel 7:1.