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• Elah (King of Israel)

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  Elah was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel and the son of Baasha. According to 1 Kings 16, he reigned for two years and was killed by his servant Zimri while drunk. His death brought the dynasty of Baasha to an end.

• Mahlon

  [People]

  Mahlon is a figure from the period of the judges who appears in the Book of Ruth. He was the son of Elimelech and Naomi of Bethlehem and the first husband of Ruth the Moabitess. He died childless in the land of Moab.

• Sheba (son of Bichri)

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  Sheba, a Benjaminite and the son of Bichri, lived in the time of King David. Shortly after Absalom's rebellion ended, he incited the tribes of Israel to revolt against David and was put to death in the city of Abel (2 Samuel 20).

• Ahithophel

  [People]

  Ahithophel the Gilonite was a counselor to King David, an official who devised plans and gave advice to the king. He joined Absalom's rebellion, and when his counsel was not followed, he took his own life in his hometown.

• Tabrimmon

  [People]

  Tabrimmon is a biblical figure named once, in 1 Kings 15:18, as the son of Hezion and the father of Ben-hadad, king of Aram. He belonged to the Aramean royal house centered at Damascus.

• Adrammelech

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  Adrammelech was a son of the Assyrian king Sennacherib. Together with his brother Sharezer, he killed his father with the sword while the king was worshiping in a temple, and then fled to the land of Ararat.

• Chilion

  [People]

  Chilion is a figure in the Book of Ruth, the son of Elimelech and Naomi and the brother of Mahlon. During a famine he moved with his family to Moab, where he died.

• Gad (Prophet)

  [People]

  Gad was a prophet active during the reign of King David and is called "David's seer" in Scripture. After David's census, he delivered God's judgment and instructed David to build an altar on the threshing floor of Araunah.

• Wise Woman of Tekoa

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  The wise woman of Tekoa is an unnamed woman described as "wise" in 2 Samuel 14 who, at Joab's request, used a fabricated story to persuade King David to allow the exiled Absalom to return to Jerusalem.

• Sharezer

  [People]

  Sharezer is a son of the Assyrian king Sennacherib mentioned in the Old Testament. With his brother Adrammelech, he killed his father with the sword in a temple and then fled to the land of Ararat.

• Hezion

  [People]

  Hezion is a king of Aram named only in 1 Kings 15:18, where he appears as the father of Tabrimon and the grandfather of Ben-hadad, king of Syria.

• Captain of the Guard

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  "Captain of the guard" is a biblical title for the head of a unit responsible for guarding an ancient king and carrying out executions. Nebuzaradan of Babylon and Potiphar of Egypt held related titles.

• Perez-uzzah

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  Perez-uzzah is the name David gave to the place where Uzzah died after taking hold of the Ark of the Covenant while it was being moved. The name is understood to mean "the breaking forth upon Uzzah," and it appears in 2 Samuel 6 and 1 Chronicles 13.

• Genesis 45

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  Genesis 45 is the chapter in which Joseph reveals himself to his brothers, forgives them, and, with Pharaoh's approval, summons his father Jacob and the whole family to Egypt.

• Joshua 16

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  Joshua 16 records the boundaries of the land allotted by lot to the descendants of Joseph and, within that territory, the boundaries of the inheritance that the tribe of Ephraim received according to its families. The chapter closes by noting that the Canaanites of Gezer were not driven out.

• Joshua 18

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  In this chapter the congregation of Israel sets up the tabernacle of the congregation at Shiloh. Joshua then has the land surveyed for the seven tribes that have not yet received an inheritance and begins dividing it by lot. The first lot falls to the tribe of Benjamin, and the chapter records its boundaries and twenty-six cities.

• 2 Samuel 3

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  2 Samuel 3 recounts how Abner, the power behind the house of Saul, attempts to go over to David but is murdered by Joab, and how David mourns him and publicly declares his own innocence.

• 2 Samuel 20

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  2 Samuel 20 recounts the revolt of Sheba, a Benjamite, and its suppression. Joab kills Amasa and takes command of the army, and a wise woman of Abel of Beth-maacah saves her city. The chapter closes with a list of David's officials.

• 2 Kings 13

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  2 Kings 13 records the reigns of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, and his son Jehoash over the northern kingdom of Israel, together with the final prophecy and death of the prophet Elisha.

• 2 Kings 17

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  2 Kings 17 records the fall of Samaria to Assyria and the end of the northern kingdom of Israel under its last king, Hoshea. It explains the reasons for the kingdom's destruction and describes how the foreign peoples resettled in Samaria worshiped the LORD alongside their own gods.