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• Ezra 6

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  Ezra 6 is the chapter in which King Darius locates the decree of Cyrus and supports the rebuilding of the temple. The Jerusalem temple is completed in the sixth year of King Darius, and the people celebrate its dedication and keep the Passover.

• Sharon

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  Sharon is a coastal plain along the Mediterranean south of Mount Carmel. In the Old Testament it appears as pastureland and as a symbol of fertility and beauty, and it is best known from the phrase "the rose of Sharon" in Song of Solomon 2:1.

• Bigthan and Teresh

  [People]

  Bigthan and Teresh were two eunuchs of the Persian king Ahasuerus who appear in the Book of Esther. They plotted to kill the king but were executed after Mordecai exposed their conspiracy.

• Jeremiah 35

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  Jeremiah 35 recounts how, in the days of King Jehoiakim, Jeremiah offered wine to the Rechabites, who refused it in obedience to the command of their ancestor Jonadab. Their faithfulness becomes the basis for rebuking Judah for not listening to the word of God.

• Tatnai

  [People]

  Tatnai was the Persian governor of the region west of the Euphrates River during the reign of King Darius. He investigated the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem by the Jews who had returned from exile and reported on it to the king. He appears in Ezra 5–6.

• Wedding Garment

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  The wedding garment is the attire that the king requires of a guest at the feast in Jesus' parable of the wedding feast (Matthew 22:1–14). Interpretations of what the garment signifies vary among denominations and traditions.

• 2 Kings 23

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  2 Kings 23 records the reforms of King Josiah of Judah, who renewed the covenant according to the newly discovered book of the covenant, removed idols and high places, and kept the Passover. The chapter then recounts Josiah's death at Megiddo and the accession of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim.

• 2 Chronicles 32

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  2 Chronicles 32 records the Assyrian king Sennacherib's invasion of Judah and the deliverance of Jerusalem; Hezekiah's illness, pride, and repentance; and his achievements and death.

• Sharon

  [Bible]

  Sharon is a plain along the Mediterranean coast of Israel, extending south of Mount Carmel. In Scripture it serves as a symbol of fertility and beauty.

• Jeremiah 39

  [Bible]

  Jeremiah 39 records the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonian army, the capture of King Zedekiah, the release of Jeremiah, and the promise of deliverance given to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian.

• Proverbs 31:30

  [Bible Verses]

  Proverbs 31:30 declares that favour and beauty are vain but that a woman who fears the LORD shall be praised. It forms the conclusion of the poem of the "virtuous woman" at the end of the Book of Proverbs. The verse is frequently cited as a model of the woman of faith, and interpreters differ on how that portrait should be understood.

• Daniel 3:17–18

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  Daniel 3:17–18 is the reply of Daniel's three friends before the fiery furnace: God was able to deliver them, "but if not," they would still not bow to the king's image. It is a classic passage on faith that holds firm regardless of the outcome and is often cited in discussions of faith under persecution and, in Korea, of the history of resistance to Shinto shrine worship.

• Gomer

  [People]

  Gomer was the wife of the prophet Hosea and appears in Hosea 1 as the daughter of Diblaim. The marriage of Hosea and Gomer serves as a symbol of the relationship between God and Israel.

• Nisan

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  Nisan is the first month of Israel's religious calendar, designated at the time of the Exodus as "the first month of the year." Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread fall in this month, and the Pentateuch calls the same month "Abib."

• Esther 1

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  The first chapter of the Book of Esther, in which King Ahasuerus of Persia holds a great feast in the palace at Shushan and issues a decree deposing Queen Vashti after she refuses his summons.

• Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

  [People]

  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were young men of Judah taken captive to Babylon and the three companions of Daniel. They refused to bow down to King Nebuchadnezzar's golden image, were thrown into a fiery furnace, and came out alive.

• Judges 3

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  Judges 3 introduces the nations the LORD left to test Israel, then recounts the stories of Othniel, the first judge; Ehud, who killed King Eglon of Moab; and Shamgar, who struck down the Philistines.

• Ezra 5

  [Bible]

  Ezra 5 is the chapter in which Zerubbabel and Jeshua, moved by the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah, resume the halted construction of the temple, and Tatnai, governor of the province Beyond the River, writes to King Darius to ask whether the building has been authorized.

• 1 Chronicles

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  1 Chronicles is the thirteenth book of the Old Testament. Its 29 chapters record genealogies beginning with Adam and the reign of King David, with a focus on temple worship.

• Zerubbabel

  [People]

  Zerubbabel was a descendant of the royal house of David who led the people of Judah home from the Babylonian exile. He served as governor of Judah during the Persian period and, together with the high priest Jeshua, led the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.