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• Adar

  [Bible]

  Adar is the twelfth month of the calendar the Jews used after the Babylonian exile and is mentioned in the books of Ezra and Esther. The Feast of Purim is observed on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of this month.

• Erastus

  [People]

  Erastus was a coworker of Paul mentioned in the New Testament. His name appears in Acts, Romans, and 2 Timothy, and in Romans he is described as a financial officer of Corinth, rendered in the KJV as "chamberlain of the city."

• New Creation

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  New creation is the biblical teaching that God, through Christ, makes people new and will renew the whole of heaven and earth at the last day.

• Jehoram (King of Judah)

  [People]

  Jehoram was an Old Testament king of the southern kingdom of Judah, the son of Jehoshaphat and the husband of Athaliah, daughter of Ahab. His reign is recorded in 2 Kings 8 and 2 Chronicles 21.

• Donatist Controversy

  [History]

  A schism and controversy in the North African church of the early fourth century over whether sacraments administered by clergy who had renounced the faith during persecution were valid, and over how pure the church must be.

• Ichabod

  [People]

  Ichabod is a figure in 1 Samuel, the grandson of the priest Eli and the son of Phinehas. He was born on the day the Philistines captured the ark of the covenant, and his name is explained as meaning "the glory is departed from Israel."

• Proverbs 11:26

  [Bible Verses]

  A proverb teaching that whoever hoards grain in a time of famine and refuses to release it will be cursed by the people, while whoever sells it will be blessed. The verse rebukes the hoarding of goods for profit and is cited in discussions of sharing and the social responsibility of wealth.

• Jehoash (King of Israel)

  [People]

  Jehoash (also Joash) was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel and a member of the dynasty of Jehu. The son of Jehoahaz, he received from the dying Elisha the prophecy of "the arrow of the LORD's deliverance," which foretold victory over Aram, and he defeated Amaziah king of Judah in battle.

• Adrammelech

  [People]

  Adrammelech was a son of the Assyrian king Sennacherib. Together with his brother Sharezer, he killed his father with the sword while the king was worshiping in a temple, and then fled to the land of Ararat.

• 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.

• Baal-hazor

  [Bible]

  Baal-hazor is the place where Absalom, son of David, held a sheep-shearing feast and had his half-brother Amnon killed. It is described in 2 Samuel 13:23 as "beside Ephraim."

• Genesis 49

  [Bible]

  Genesis 49 is the chapter in which Jacob, shortly before his death, calls his twelve sons together, speaks in poetic form about the future of each, asks to be buried in the cave of Machpelah, and then dies.

• Deuteronomy 26

  [Bible]

  Deuteronomy 26 concludes the legal provisions of Deuteronomy with a confession of faith recited when offering the firstfruits of the land, a prayer offered after distributing the third-year tithe, and a covenant affirmation in which the LORD and Israel acknowledge each other.

• 2 Samuel 13

  [Bible]

  2 Samuel 13 recounts how Amnon, David's firstborn son, violates his half-sister Tamar, and how Tamar's brother Absalom kills Amnon two years later and flees to Geshur.

• 2 Kings 13

  [Bible]

  2 Kings 13 records the reigns of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, and his son Jehoash over the northern kingdom of Israel, together with the final prophecy and death of the prophet Elisha.

• 2 Chronicles 11

  [Bible]

  2 Chronicles 11 recounts how, immediately after the division of the kingdom, Rehoboam heeded the prophet Shemaiah and called off war with northern Israel. He then fortified cities and received the priests and Levites who came from the north, strengthening his kingdom. The chapter also records his family.

• Intelligent Design

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Intelligent design is the claim that certain features of living things and the universe are better explained by an "intelligent cause" than by undirected natural processes. It took shape as a movement in the United States in the 1990s.

• Proverbs 17

  [Bible]

  Proverbs 17 is a chapter in the collection of Solomon's proverbs (10:1–22:16). In brief sayings, it addresses peace in the household, restraint in speech, the duties of friends and brothers, bribery and perverted justice, and the conduct of the fool.

• Proverbs 21

  [Bible]

  Proverbs 21 is a chapter in the collection of the proverbs of Solomon. In thirty-one short sayings, it teaches the sovereignty of the LORD, who directs even the heart of the king; the priority of righteousness and justice over sacrifice; diligence and generosity; and guarded speech.

• Proverbs 10

  [Bible]

  Proverbs 10 opens the collection titled "The proverbs of Solomon" (10:1–22:16). Its 32 verses are brief sayings that contrast the righteous and the wicked, the wise and the foolish, diligence and laziness, and restraint in speech.