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• Diblaim

  [People]

  Diblaim was the father of Gomer, the wife of the prophet Hosea. He is mentioned only once in the Old Testament, in Hosea 1:3.

• Sacred Pillar

  [Bible]

  A sacred pillar (Hebrew matstsebah) was a standing stone erected in ancient Canaan to worship or commemorate a deity. The Old Testament commands Israel not to erect pillars associated with pagan worship and to break them down.

• Mareshah

  [Bible]

  Mareshah was a city in the lowland (Shephelah) of Judah. Rehoboam fortified it, Asa defeated the army of Zerah the Ethiopian there, and it appears among the cities against which Micah pronounced judgment.

• Joshua 5

  [Bible]

  Joshua 5 is the chapter in which Israel, having crossed the Jordan River, performs circumcision and keeps the Passover at Gilgal. The manna then ceases, and near Jericho Joshua meets the captain of the host of the LORD.

• 2 Chronicles 8

  [Bible]

  2 Chronicles 8 records Solomon's city-building projects and labor system after he completed the temple and his palace, the order of temple worship according to the ordinances of Moses and David, and the voyage to Ophir.

• Psalm 90

  [Bible]

  A prayer psalm that opens Book IV of the Psalter, bearing the superscription "A Prayer of Moses the man of God." It contrasts the eternal God with the transience of human life and asks for wisdom and mercy.

• Patmos

  [Bible]

  Patmos is a small island in the Aegean Sea. In Revelation 1:9 it appears as the place where John was staying "for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ" and where he received his revelation.

• Matthew 3

  [Bible]

  Matthew 3 is the chapter in which John the Baptist preaches repentance and baptizes in the wilderness of Judea, and Jesus is baptized by John in the Jordan River.

• Luke 9

  [Bible]

  Luke 9 recounts the sending of the Twelve, the feeding of the five thousand, Peter's confession, and the Transfiguration. Beginning at verse 51, Jesus sets out on his journey toward Jerusalem.

• Jonah 3:10

  [Bible Verses]

  This verse records that when the people of Nineveh turned from their evil way, God did not bring upon them the disaster He had announced. It is frequently cited as a text demonstrating the efficacy of repentance, and interpreters differ over how the statement that God "repented" relates to the immutability of God.

• Lo-debar

  [Bible]

  Lo-debar was a town in the region of Gilead east of the Jordan River, where Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, lived before David summoned him. It appears in 2 Samuel 9 and 17.

• El-paran

  [Bible]

  El-paran is a place name that occurs only once in the Bible, in Genesis 14:6. It is recorded as the southernmost point reached by the coalition of Chedorlaomer as it struck the Horites of Mount Seir, and it lay at the edge of the Wilderness of Paran.

• Genesis 40

  [Bible]

  Genesis 40 tells how Joseph, while in prison, interprets the dreams of Pharaoh's chief butler and chief baker. As Joseph foretold, one is restored to his office and the other is executed, but Joseph himself is forgotten.

• Colonialism and Missions

  [History]

  Colonialism and missions refers to the historical relationship in which European overseas expansion and Christian missionary work became intertwined from the fifteenth century onward. The term also covers the criticism and reassessment surrounding that relationship.

• Psalm 22

  [Bible]

  Psalm 22 is a psalm of David that moves from lament over suffering, as though forsaken by God, to praise for deliverance. In the New Testament it is one of the psalms most closely associated with the suffering of Jesus on the cross.

• Sodom

  [Bible]

  Sodom is a city of the plain of the Jordan mentioned in Genesis. It was the home of Lot, and Scripture records that it was destroyed together with Gomorrah by brimstone and fire sent by God because of its wickedness. Throughout the Bible it serves as an example of God's judgment.

• Gomorrah

  [Bible]

  Gomorrah was a city in the plain of the Jordan mentioned in the Old Testament book of Genesis. It was destroyed by God's judgment together with Sodom, and in Scripture its name serves as a symbol of sin and judgment.

• Amos 7

  [Bible]

  Amos 7 contains three of Amos's visions (locusts, fire, and a plumb line), along with the account of Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, who tries to silence Amos's prophecy and in turn receives a word of judgment.

• 1 Corinthians 6:11

  [Bible Verses]

  A verse in which Paul tells the Corinthian believers that, in contrast to their sinful past, they have already been washed, sanctified, and justified. It is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between justification and sanctification, the verse's connection to baptism, and the transformation of life.

• Ezekiel 34:11–16

  [Bible Verses]

  Ezekiel 34:11–16 is a passage in which God promises that he himself will be the shepherd who seeks out, gathers, and cares for his scattered sheep. It is frequently cited in sermons on Jesus as the "good shepherd" and on the responsibilities of pastors.