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Wilderness of Judah
[Bible]The Wilderness of Judah is an arid region stretching from the eastern slopes of the Judean hill country down to the Dead Sea. Scripture presents it as the place where David hid from Saul and where John the Baptist proclaimed repentance.
Council of Arles
[History]The Council of Arles was a meeting of bishops of the Western church, convened by Emperor Constantine in 314 at Arles in Gaul. It examined the Donatist controversy, upheld Caecilian as bishop of Carthage, and issued regulations concerning baptism, the laying on of hands, and Easter.
Jezreel Valley
[Bible]The Jezreel Valley is a broad plain in northern Israel between the hill country of Galilee and the hill country of Samaria. It is the setting for the stories of Gideon, Saul, Ahab, and Jehu, and in the Book of Hosea it becomes a symbol of both judgment and restoration.
Diet of Speyer
[History]The Diet of Speyer was an imperial diet of the Holy Roman Empire held in Speyer, Germany, during the Reformation. The name "Protestant" originated in the Protestation lodged by Lutheran princes and cities at the diet of 1529.
Sea of Tiberias
[Bible]The Sea of Tiberias is the name the Gospel of John uses for the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. On its shore the risen Jesus appeared to seven disciples and charged Peter, "Feed my sheep."
Mizpah
[Bible]Mizpah is an Old Testament place name meaning "watchtower" or "lookout." Several places bore this name. The best known is Mizpah in the territory of Benjamin, where Samuel assembled Israel for repentance and prayer.
Beth-aven
[Bible]Beth-aven is a place name meaning "house of vanity (or wickedness)." In Joshua and 1 Samuel it refers to a site near Bethel, while in Hosea it serves as a derisive name for Bethel, where the calf idol was worshiped.
Obadiah (Steward of Ahab's Household)
[People]Obadiah was the official in charge of the royal household of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. When Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD, he hid one hundred prophets in caves and fed them. He appears in 1 Kings 18.
Jehoash (King of Israel)
[People]Jehoash (also Joash) was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel and a member of the dynasty of Jehu. The son of Jehoahaz, he received from the dying Elisha the prophecy of "the arrow of the LORD's deliverance," which foretold victory over Aram, and he defeated Amaziah king of Judah in battle.
Hamutal
[People]Hamutal was the wife of King Josiah of Judah and the mother of Kings Jehoahaz and Zedekiah. She is identified as the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, and her name appears in the Bible only in the accession records of her two sons.
Magdala
[Bible]Magdala was an ancient town believed to have stood on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. In the Bible it is known chiefly through the name "Mary Magdalene."
Aceldama
[Bible]Aceldama is a field near Jerusalem associated with the money for which Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus; its name means "field of blood" in Aramaic. The name appears in Acts 1, and Matthew 27 calls the same field "the field of blood."
Nicopolis
[Bible]Nicopolis is a city mentioned in Titus 3:12, where Paul had decided to spend the winter and to which he summoned Titus. The name means "city of victory" in Greek.
Seraiah
[People]Seraiah was a high priest in the final years of the Kingdom of Judah who was executed by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, after the fall of Jerusalem. He is recorded as the father of Jehozadak (Jozadak) and as an ancestor of Ezra.
Ephrath
[Bible]Ephrath (Ephratah) is an ancient name for Bethlehem of Judah or its surrounding region. Scripture mentions it as the burial place of Rachel and the hometown of David's family, and the Book of Micah names it as the place from which a ruler would come forth.
Mithredath
[People]Mithredath is a Persian personal name found in the Book of Ezra. Two individuals bear this name: the treasurer of King Cyrus, who handed over the temple vessels to Sheshbazzar, and a man who wrote to King Artaxerxes.
Zeresh
[People]Zeresh is the wife of Haman in the Old Testament Book of Esther. She urged her husband to set up a gallows on which to hang Mordecai, but later told him that he would not prevail against Mordecai.
Zebul
[People]Zebul is a figure in Judges 9 who was the ruler of the city of Shechem during Abimelech's reign. He secretly informed Abimelech of Gaal's rebellion and drove Gaal out of the city.
Zibiah
[People]Zibiah is a woman from Beersheba mentioned in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles in the Old Testament. She was the mother of King Joash of Judah.
Hoham
[People]Hoham was the king of Hebron during the conquest of Canaan. Together with Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem, he attacked Gibeon, was defeated by Joshua, and was executed at Makkedah (Joshua 10).