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Elhanan
[People]Elhanan was an Israelite warrior who killed a Philistine giant during the wars of King David's reign. He appears briefly in 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles and is often discussed in connection with a textual question about who killed Goliath.
Jahaziel
[People]Jahaziel was a Levite in the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah. When a coalition of Moabites and Ammonites invaded, he was moved by the Spirit and prophesied that "the battle is not yours, but God's" (2 Chronicles 20).
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.
Wise Woman of Tekoa
[People]The wise woman of Tekoa is an unnamed woman who appears in 2 Samuel 14. At Joab's request, she told King David a fabricated story to persuade him, helping to bring the exiled Absalom back to Jerusalem.
Medium of Endor
[People]The medium of Endor is a woman in 1 Samuel 28 who was said to call up the spirits of the dead. According to the biblical account, she called up the deceased Samuel at the request of King Saul on the eve of his battle with the Philistines.
Ark of Bulrushes
[Bible]The ark of bulrushes is the basket in which, according to Exodus 2, the mother of Moses placed her infant son and set him among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. Pharaoh's daughter discovered the basket, and Moses' life was spared.
Valley of Hinnom
[Bible]The Valley of Hinnom is a valley to the south and west of Jerusalem. In the Old Testament it appears as a site of idolatrous worship in which children were burned as offerings. Its Greek name, Gehenna, became the New Testament term for "hell."
Contest on Mount Carmel
[Bible]The contest on Mount Carmel was an event during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel in which the prophet Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel and demonstrated that the God who answers by fire is the true God. It is recorded in 1 Kings 18.
Hiel
[People]Hiel was a man of Bethel who rebuilt Jericho during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. He appears only once, in 1 Kings 16:34, which records that he lost his firstborn and youngest sons in the course of building the city.
Jeduthun
[People]Jeduthun was a Levite musician in the time of David who was responsible for praise in temple worship. With Asaph and Heman, he was one of three leaders who directed the singing and instrumental music.
Census of Quirinius
[Bible]The census in Luke 2 was a registration of inhabitants carried out by order of the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus. Because of this census, Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born.
Segub
[People]Segub was the youngest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who rebuilt Jericho during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. He died when his father set up the city's gates, and Scripture records his death as the fulfillment of the word spoken by Joshua (1 Kings 16:34).
Zadok
[People]Zadok was a priest in the time of David and Solomon. He anointed Solomon as king, and Scripture records his descendants as the family that carried on the priesthood of the Jerusalem temple.
Eglon
[People]Eglon was a king of Moab who ruled over Israel for eighteen years during the period of the judges. He was killed by Ehud the Benjamite, as recorded in Judges 3.
Naamah
[People]Naamah was a wife of Solomon and the mother of Rehoboam, king of Judah. First Kings and Second Chronicles identify her as an Ammonite. A different woman with the same name appears in Genesis.
Hiram
[People]Hiram was king of Tyre, a Phoenician port city, during the reigns of David and Solomon. He supplied timber and craftsmen for the building of the Temple and the royal palace in Jerusalem, and he joined Solomon in maritime trade.
Eliakim
[People]Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, was the official over the royal household under Hezekiah, king of Judah. He led the delegation that met the Assyrian Rabshakeh, and Isaiah 22 calls him God's "servant," who would replace Shebna.
Tahpenes
[People]Tahpenes was the queen of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, around the time of David and Solomon. She is mentioned twice in 1 Kings 11 as the sister-in-law of Hadad the Edomite.
Gog
[People]Gog is the figure prophesied in Ezekiel 38–39 as the leader of an army that comes from the north against Israel in the last days. In Revelation 20, "Gog and Magog" serves as a name for the nations that oppose God.
Puritan Revolution
[History]The Puritan Revolution refers to the civil wars fought in England from 1642 to 1651 between the Royalist supporters of Charles I and the Parliamentarians, whose core was made up of Puritans, together with the political upheaval that followed. The king was executed, a republic was established, and the Westminster Confession of Faith was produced during this period.