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• Peninnah

  [People]

  Peninnah is one of the two wives of Elkanah in 1 Samuel 1. Scripture portrays her as the "adversary" who provoked the childless Hannah year after year.

• Joshua 18

  [Bible]

  In this chapter the congregation of Israel sets up the tabernacle of the congregation at Shiloh. Joshua then has the land surveyed for the seven tribes that have not yet received an inheritance and begins dividing it by lot. The first lot falls to the tribe of Benjamin, and the chapter records its boundaries and twenty-six cities.

• Joshua 17

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  Joshua 17 records the land west of the Jordan allotted to the half-tribe of Manasseh. It recounts how the daughters of Zelophehad received an inheritance, how the Canaanites were not fully driven out, and how Joshua answered the descendants of Joseph, who complained that their land was too small, by telling them to clear the forest.

• Isaiah 18

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  Isaiah 18 is a prophecy concerning Cush, the land along the upper Nile. It portrays the LORD quietly watching until the appointed time, when He judges like one who cuts off branches before the harvest. Afterward the people of Cush bring gifts to Mount Zion.

• Isaiah 29

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  Isaiah 29 prophesies that Jerusalem, called "Ariel," will be besieged and then delivered. It rebukes a people who honor God only with their lips and promises a day of restoration when the deaf will hear and the blind will see.

• Hosea 8

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  Hosea 8 is a fourteen-verse prophecy that indicts the northern kingdom of Israel for setting up kings without God, worshiping the calf of Samaria, relying on Assyria, and offering merely formal sacrifices, and it pronounces judgment on the nation.

• Jeroboam

  [People]

  Jeroboam was the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel, made king by the ten northern tribes when the kingdom divided after Solomon's death. Because he set up golden calves at Bethel and Dan, the Books of Kings use him as the standard for evaluating the later kings of northern Israel.

• Isaiah 8:8–10

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage in which Isaiah likens the Assyrian invasion to a flood and foretells the crisis coming upon Judah. He then declares that the plans of the nations seeking to attack Judah will fail, because "God is with us" (Immanuel).

• Deborah

  [People]

  Deborah was a prophetess and judge in the Old Testament Book of Judges, known for defeating the army of Jabin, king of Canaan, together with Barak, and for the Song of Deborah, which commemorates the victory.

• Hosea 8:7

  [Bible Verses]

  A verse that indicts the Northern Kingdom of Israel for idolatry and futile political dependence, pronouncing judgment through the agricultural image of sowing the wind and reaping the whirlwind. It is often quoted to mean that wrong choices bring even greater calamity.

• Ish-bosheth

  [People]

  Ish-bosheth was a son of Saul who, after Saul's death, was made king over Israel by Abner, the commander of Saul's army, and reigned for about two years. In 1 Chronicles he appears under the name Eshbaal.

• Manasseh (son of Joseph)

  [People]

  Manasseh was the firstborn son of Joseph, born in Egypt. Adopted by Jacob as his own son, he became the ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel. He is distinct from Manasseh, king of Judah.

• Tribe of Manasseh

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  The tribe of Manasseh was an Israelite tribe descended from Manasseh, the firstborn son of Joseph. Because it received land both east and west of the Jordan River, the expression "the half tribe of Manasseh" came into use.

• Gezer

  [Bible]

  Gezer was a Canaanite city on the route between the hill country of Judah and the coastal plain. It appears in the account of Joshua's conquest and in the record of Solomon's building projects.

• Tola

  [People]

  Tola was a judge from the tribe of Issachar who succeeded Abimelech and judged Israel for twenty-three years during the period of the judges. He is briefly recorded in Judges 10:1–2.

• On

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  On was an ancient Egyptian city. According to Genesis, Poti-pherah, the father of Joseph's wife Asenath, was a priest there. The city is better known by its Greek name, Heliopolis.

• Judges 8

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  Judges 8 recounts how Gideon relentlessly pursues and captures Zebah and Zalmunna, the two kings of Midian. It goes on to tell how, after he declines the kingship, the golden ephod he makes becomes a snare, and how Israel returns to the worship of Baal after his death.

• Judges 10

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  Judges 10 gives brief accounts of the judges Tola and Jair, then describes how Israel again served idols, was oppressed by the Philistines and the Ammonites, and repented. The chapter provides the background for the story of Jephthah.

• 2 Chronicles 17

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  2 Chronicles 17 covers the early reign of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah. It records his religious reforms, his program of instruction in the Law, the strengthening of the kingdom, and the organization of his army.

• Zechariah 10

  [Bible]

  Zechariah 10 is a prophecy declaring that the LORD, not idols, gives rain. It announces judgment on false shepherds and promises that God will strengthen the house of Judah and the house of Joseph and gather His scattered people once more.