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Jair (Son of Manasseh)
[People]Jair was an Old Testament figure, a descendant of Manasseh, who took villages in the regions of Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan River and named them Havoth-jair after himself.
Armoni
[People]Armoni was the son of King Saul by his concubine Rizpah. During a famine in the reign of David, he was handed over to the Gibeonites and executed along with six other descendants of Saul, including his brother Mephibosheth (2 Samuel 21:8–9).
Uzzi
[People]Uzzi was the overseer of the Levites living in Jerusalem after the return from exile. He was the son of Bani and belonged to the descendants of Asaph, the family responsible for singing in the temple (Nehemiah 11:22).
Moab
[Bible]Moab is the name of a people who lived on the plateau east of the Dead Sea and of the land they inhabited. The Bible presents the Moabites as descendants of Lot, and Ruth, the central figure of the Book of Ruth, was a Moabite woman.
Circumcision
[Bible]Circumcision is the rite of cutting away the foreskin of the male genital organ. In the Old Testament it was the sign of the covenant between God and the descendants of Abraham; in the New Testament it is interpreted in connection with circumcision of the heart and with baptism.
Mahli (Son of Merari)
[People]Mahli was a grandson of Levi and a son of Merari, and the ancestor of the Levitical clan of the Mahlites. His name appears in the genealogies and lists of Levites in Exodus, Numbers, 1 Chronicles, and Ezra.
Zerah (Son of Reuel)
[People]Zerah, a grandson of Esau and son of Reuel, was an Edomite chief listed in the Edomite genealogies of Genesis 36 and 1 Chronicles 1.
Genesis 6:1–4
[Bible Verses]A brief and enigmatic passage stating that "the sons of God" took "the daughters of men" as wives and that the Nephilim were on the earth in those days. Since antiquity, interpreters have disagreed over whether the sons of God were angels, descendants of Seth, or kings.
Jebusites
[Bible]The Jebusites were one of the peoples who lived in the land of Canaan before Israel entered it. They held Jerusalem, formerly called Jebus, until David conquered it.
Mered
[People]Mered is a man named in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 4, where he is identified as a son of Ezrah. He is recorded as having married Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh.
Genesis 25
[Bible]Genesis 25 records the death of Abraham and the descendants of Keturah and Ishmael. It then recounts the birth of the twins Esau and Jacob to Isaac and Rebekah and tells how Esau sold his birthright for a bowl of pottage.
Korah's Rebellion
[Bible]Korah's rebellion is an event recorded in Numbers 16 in which Korah the Levite and Dathan and Abiram of the tribe of Reuben, together with 250 leaders, challenged the authority of Moses and Aaron and were judged.
Molid
[People]Molid is a figure in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 2. He was the son of Abishur, a descendant of Jerahmeel, and Abishur's wife Abihail, and the brother of Ahban.
Sheerah
[People]Sheerah is a woman named in the genealogy of Ephraim in 1 Chronicles 7. She is recorded as the builder of Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah, and she appears in only this one verse of the Bible.
Gath
[Bible]Gath was one of the five principal cities of the Philistines in the Old Testament. It was the hometown of Goliath and the place where David sought refuge while fleeing from Saul.
Kittim
[Bible]Kittim is a place name and an ethnic name found in the Old Testament. It is thought to have originally referred to the island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean, or to a port city there. It later came to be used more broadly for the coastlands and islands lying across the sea to the west.
Talmai
[People]Talmai is the name of two men in the Old Testament. One was a descendant of Anak who lived in Hebron; the other was the king of Geshur, who was David's father-in-law and the maternal grandfather of Absalom.
Jabez
[People]Jabez is a figure in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 4. He is known for a brief prayer in which he asked God for blessing and protection.
Canaanites
[Bible]The Canaanites were the inhabitants of the land of Canaan before Israel entered it. The Bible presents them as descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham, and the name can refer either to the entire population of the land or to one group among several peoples.
Hezron
[People]Hezron, the son of Perez and grandson of Judah, is an Old Testament figure whose name appears in the genealogies of David and of Jesus Christ. The clan of the Hezronites within the tribe of Judah descended from him.