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Hachaliah
[People]Hachaliah is a figure in the Old Testament Book of Nehemiah who is named only as the father of Nehemiah, governor of Judah. Scripture records nothing about his life or deeds.
Amos (Prophet)
[People]Amos was an Old Testament prophet, a herdsman from Tekoa in Judah, who proclaimed God's judgment and justice to the northern kingdom of Israel during the reigns of Uzziah and Jeroboam II. He is the central figure of the Old Testament Book of Amos.
Luke 12:10
[Bible Verses]Luke 12:10 is the verse in which Jesus says that anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. What this "unforgivable sin" is, and whether believers can commit it, has long been debated.
David and Goliath
[Bible]David and Goliath is an event recorded in 1 Samuel 17, in which the shepherd David struck down the Philistine champion Goliath with a sling in the Valley of Elah.
Teman
[Bible]Teman is an Old Testament place name and clan name associated with the region of Edom. Tradition derives the name from Teman, the grandson of Esau. It was the home of Eliphaz, the friend of Job, and in the prophetic books it serves as a name representing Edom.
Cherethites and Pelethites
[Bible]The Cherethites and Pelethites were the king's personal troops during the reign of King David, commanded by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. They are commonly understood to have been a bodyguard made up of foreign mercenaries.
Abihail
[People]Abihail is a personal name in the Old Testament borne by several individuals, both men and women. The best known are the father of Esther, the daughter of Eliab (David's elder brother), and the father of the Levite Zuriel.
The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved
[People]The disciple whom Jesus loved is an unnamed disciple of Jesus who appears only in the Gospel of John. He is present at the Last Supper, at the foot of the cross, at the empty tomb, and by the Sea of Tiberias. Church tradition identifies him as John the son of Zebedee.
Methodist Movement
[History]The Methodist movement was an eighteenth-century religious revival in England led by the brothers John and Charles Wesley, priests of the Church of England. Today's Methodist churches trace their origins to this movement.
Bithiah
[People]Bithiah is a woman mentioned once, as "the daughter of Pharaoh," in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 4. She was the wife of Mered. Jewish tradition sometimes identifies her with the daughter of Pharaoh who rescued the infant Moses.
Lemuel
[People]Lemuel is a king named in Proverbs 31 who passed on the instruction he received from his mother. He appears nowhere else in the Bible, and neither the nation he ruled nor the period in which he lived is known.
Longinus
[People]Longinus is the name that later tradition gave to the soldier who pierced Jesus' side with a spear at the crucifixion, or to the centurion who confessed, "Truly this man was the Son of God." The name does not appear in the Bible.
Tabrimmon
[People]Tabrimmon is a biblical figure named once, in 1 Kings 15:18, as the son of Hezion and the father of Ben-hadad, king of Aram. He belonged to the Aramean royal house centered at Damascus.
Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain
[People]Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain are the three sons of Lamech, a descendant of Cain, who appear in Genesis 4. They are presented as the originators of herding, music, and the making of metal implements, respectively.
Kim Chi-sun
[People]Kim Chi-sun (1899–1968) was a Korean Presbyterian minister and Old Testament scholar. Shortly after Korea's liberation in 1945, as senior pastor of Namdaemun Church in Seoul, he led the Three Million Revival Movement. He also founded Daehan Theological Seminary (now Anyang University). He is known as "the Jeremiah of Korea."
Job 32
[Bible]Job 32 is the chapter in which the young Elihu first appears, after the debate between Job and his three friends has ended. Elihu is angry with both Job and the three friends, and he declares that, although he is young, he will speak.
Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
[Bible]The Triumphal Entry is the event in which Jesus, shortly before His Passion, rode into Jerusalem on a donkey while the crowds welcomed Him with shouts of "Hosanna." It is recorded in all four Gospels, and the church commemorates it on Palm Sunday.
2 Samuel 7:12–16
[Bible Verses]The passage in which God, speaking through the prophet Nathan, promises David that He will establish the throne and kingdom of his offspring forever. It is the central text of the Davidic covenant, and the New Testament frequently cites it as a basis for confessing Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of David.
Constantine I
[People]Constantine I (c. 272–337) was the Roman emperor who legalized Christianity and convened the Council of Nicaea. During his reign the church changed from a persecuted minority into a religion enjoying imperial protection.
Judas Maccabeus
[People]Judas Maccabeus was the leader of the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid king Antiochus IV in the second century BC. He recaptured the Temple in Jerusalem and rededicated it.