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Jozadak
[People]Jozadak was the son of Seraiah, the high priest in Jerusalem just before the Babylonian exile. He was carried into captivity when Judah fell, and Scripture records him as the father of Jeshua (Joshua), who became high priest after the return from exile.
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.
Gopher Wood
[Bible]Gopher wood is the timber God instructed Noah to use in building the ark in Genesis 6:14. Because the word appears only once in the Bible, the kind of tree it refers to is uncertain.
Aloes
[Bible]Aloes is a precious aromatic mentioned in the Bible. In the Old Testament it describes the fragrance of a king and of lovers; in the New Testament it refers to the spices Nicodemus brought for the burial of Jesus.
Ezra 7
[Bible]Ezra 7 recounts how Ezra, a priest and scholar of the Law, went up from Babylon to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes. The chapter includes the king's decree and Ezra's praise to God.
Psalm 24
[Bible]Psalm 24 is a psalm of David that confesses that the whole earth belongs to the LORD, asks and answers who may ascend the hill of the LORD, and calls on the gates to open and receive the King of glory.
Psalm 47
[Bible]Psalm 47 is a psalm of the sons of Korah, a nine-verse hymn that calls all peoples to clap their hands and praise God, the great King over all the earth. It portrays God going up amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet and taking His seat on His throne.
Psalm 45
[Bible]Psalm 45 is a "song of loves" of the sons of Korah. A royal wedding psalm, it praises the king's majesty, victories, and everlasting throne and celebrates the marriage in which the bride is brought into the royal palace. Verses 6–7 are quoted in Hebrews 1.
Psalm 74
[Bible]Psalm 74 is a lament in which, after enemies have burned and defiled the sanctuary, the community asks God why he has cast them off. It pleads with God, the King who has worked salvation from of old, to remember his covenant and arise.
Proverbs 20
[Bible]Proverbs 20 is a chapter within the "Proverbs of Solomon" collection (10:1–22:16). Its thirty short sayings address wine, laziness, honest scales, guarded speech, the rule of kings, and the prohibition of personal revenge.
Ezekiel 30
[Bible]Ezekiel 30 contains a prophecy that "the day of the LORD" is coming upon Egypt and its allies (vv. 1–19) and a prophecy that God will break Pharaoh's arms and strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon (vv. 20–26).
On (Son of Peleth)
[People]On was a son of Peleth of the tribe of Reuben. Numbers 16:1 names him as one of the group that, together with Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, rose up against Moses and Aaron during the wilderness period.
Jeremiah 18:1–10
[Bible Verses]A passage that speaks of God's sovereignty through the image of a potter reshaping a marred vessel and sets out the principle that God "repents" of calamity or blessing depending on how a nation responds. It is frequently cited in discussions of predestination and free will.
Revelation 21:23–24
[Bible Verses]A vision in the Book of Revelation in which the New Jerusalem has no need of the sun or moon, because the glory of God gives it light and the Lamb is its lamp. The passage is often cited as a depiction of the consummation of God's presence. Interpreters differ over the identity of the "nations" and the "kings of the earth" who enter by its light.
Luke 12:29–31
[Bible Verses]A saying of Jesus in which he tells his disciples not to be anxious about what they will eat and drink but to seek the kingdom of God. Together with its parallel in Matthew 6:33, it is frequently cited in discussions of anxiety, material possessions, and priorities in the life of faith.
Shechem
[Bible]Shechem was an ancient Canaanite city in the hill country of Ephraim, situated between Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal. In Scripture it appears as a major setting for covenant and political events from the patriarchal period through the division of the kingdom.
Thomas Aquinas
[People]Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and the leading theologian of medieval Scholasticism. He wrote the Summa Theologiae and is venerated in the Catholic Church as a saint and Doctor of the Church.
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.
Psalm 138
[Bible]Psalm 138 is an eight-verse psalm of thanksgiving bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." It gives wholehearted thanks to God for answering prayer, expresses the hope that the kings of the earth will also praise him, and asks him to care for the psalmist to the end.
Micah 6
[Bible]Micah 6 is the chapter in which the LORD calls the mountains as witnesses and pleads His case against His people. He requires justice, mercy, and a humble walk with God rather than sacrifices, rebukes dishonest commerce and the sin of following the ways of the kings of northern Israel, and pronounces judgment.