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Sinyu Persecution
[History]The Sinyu Persecution was a large-scale suppression of Catholics carried out by the Joseon court in 1801, the first year of King Sunjo's reign, while Queen Dowager Jeongsun governed on behalf of the young king. It also had a political dimension as an effort to drive the Namin faction from power. It is also known as the Sinyu Saok.
1 Kings 1
[Bible]1 Kings 1 recounts how, with the aged David's succession still unsettled, Adonijah attempts to make himself king, and how David, at the urging of Nathan and Bathsheba, has Solomon made king instead.
1 Kings 14
[Bible]When Jeroboam's son falls ill, the prophet Ahijah pronounces judgment on the house of Jeroboam. The chapter then records the sins of Rehoboam of Judah and the invasion of Jerusalem by Shishak, king of Egypt.
History of Methodism in Korea
[History]The history of Methodism in Korea began in 1884, when the American Methodist missionary Robert Maclay received permission from King Gojong to begin mission work. The church then went through the union of its northern and southern Methodist branches, trials under Japanese colonial rule, and division and reunification after liberation before becoming today's Korean Methodist Church.
2 Kings 8
[Bible]2 Kings 8 records how a woman who heeded Elisha's word escaped a seven-year famine and recovered her land on her return, how Elisha told Hazael that he would become king of Aram, and the reigns of Jehoram and Ahaziah, kings of Judah.
2 Kings 9
[Bible]2 Kings 9 is the chapter in which one of the sons of the prophets, sent by Elisha, anoints the army commander Jehu as king of Israel, after which Jehu kills King Joram of Israel, King Ahaziah of Judah, and Jezebel.
2 Kings 11
[Bible]2 Kings 11 recounts how Athaliah destroyed the royal family of Judah and ruled the land for six years, and how she fell when the priest Jehoiada made king the seven-year-old Joash, whom he had kept hidden and raised.
2 Kings 25
[Bible]The final chapter of 2 Kings, recording the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonian siege, the burning of the temple, the carrying away of the people of Judah into captivity, the assassination of the governor Gedaliah, and the release of the captive king Jehoiachin from prison.
1 Chronicles 12
[Bible]1 Chronicles 12 records the warriors and troops from each tribe who gathered to David, from the time he was hiding at Ziklag until he was made king over all Israel at Hebron.
2 Chronicles 2
[Bible]2 Chronicles 2 records Solomon's decision to build the temple and his royal palace, his exchange of letters with Huram king of Tyre, who agrees to supply timber and a skilled craftsman, and his conscription of foreign laborers.
2 Chronicles 23
[Bible]2 Chronicles 23 tells how the priest Jehoiada gathered the captains of hundreds and the Levites, made the hidden prince Joash king in the temple, and put to death Athaliah, who had seized the throne. He then renewed the covenant, and the people abolished the worship of Baal.
Ezra 7
[Bible]Ezra 7 recounts how Ezra, a priest and scholar of the Law, went up from Babylon to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes. The chapter includes the king's decree and Ezra's praise to God.
Ezra 4
[Bible]Ezra 4 records how the returned exiles declined an offer from the surrounding inhabitants to help with the building, how opposition and accusations followed, and how work on the Jerusalem temple was halted until the second year of King Darius.
Esther 7
[Bible]Esther 7 recounts how Esther, at her second banquet, reveals to King Ahasuerus the danger facing her people and names Haman as their enemy, after which Haman is hanged on the gallows he had built for Mordecai.
Esther 4
[Bible]Esther 4 is the chapter in which Mordecai, having learned of Haman's decree to destroy the Jews, urges Esther to go before the king and plead for her people. Esther asks for a three-day fast and then resolves to go in, saying, "If I perish, I perish."
Esther 2
[Bible]Esther 2 recounts how, after the deposition of Queen Vashti, King Ahasuerus seeks a new queen and the Jewish woman Esther is chosen, and how Mordecai exposes a plot against the king, a deed recorded in the royal chronicles.
Esther 8
[Bible]Esther 8 is the chapter in which, after Haman's death, Mordecai receives the king's ring and, at Esther's entreaty, a new decree is issued throughout Persia allowing the Jews to defend themselves.
Esther 5
[Bible]Esther 5 recounts how, on the third day, Esther approaches the king unsummoned, obtains his favor, and invites the king and Haman to a banquet. It also describes how Haman, enraged at Mordecai, has a gallows built on which to hang him.
Esther 10
[Bible]Esther 10 is the final chapter of the Book of Esther, a brief conclusion describing the power of King Ahasuerus and how Mordecai the Jew, who rose to a position second only to the king, worked for the welfare and peace of his people.
Psalm 24
[Bible]Psalm 24 is a psalm of David that confesses that the whole earth belongs to the LORD, asks and answers who may ascend the hill of the LORD, and calls on the gates to open and receive the King of glory.