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Jokshan
[People]Jokshan was the second of the six sons born to Abraham by Keturah and the father of Sheba and Dedan. His name appears only in the genealogies of Genesis and 1 Chronicles.
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.
Numbers 30
[Bible]Numbers 30 is a law concerning vows and oaths. It states the principle that a vow must be kept as spoken. It also provides that a father or husband may annul a vow made by a daughter in his house or by a wife on the day he hears of it.
Joash (Father of Gideon)
[People]Joash was a member of the Abiezrite clan of the tribe of Manasseh who appears in the Book of Judges as the father of the judge Gideon. He kept an altar of Baal at Ophrah, yet when Gideon tore that altar down, he protected his son from the men of the town.
Darius the Mede
[People]Darius the Mede is the king who, according to the book of Daniel, received the kingdom after the death of the Babylonian king Belshazzar. He is known as the king who had Daniel cast into the lions' den. Because he is not attested in sources outside the Bible, his identity is the subject of several competing views.
Darius the Mede
[People]Darius the Mede is a king in the Book of Daniel who receives the kingdom after the fall of Babylon. He had Daniel cast into the lions' den and, after seeing Daniel delivered, issued a decree honoring God.
Medes
[Bible]The Medes were an ancient people, and their kingdom, on the plateau of what is today northwestern Iran. The Old Testament prophesies that they would overthrow Babylon, and the books of Daniel and Esther name them together with the Persians as "the Medes and Persians."
Darius, King of Persia
[People]Darius was a king of Persia who appears in Ezra, Haggai, and Zechariah. During his reign the halted rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem resumed and was completed. He is regarded as a different person from "Darius the Median" in the book of Daniel.
George Fox
[People]George Fox (1624–1691) was an English itinerant preacher who founded the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers. He emphasized the "Inner Light" received without the mediation of clergy, silent worship, and pacifism.