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Sabbath
[Bible]The Sabbath is the seventh day, appointed by Old Testament law as a day on which people were to cease from work, rest, and keep the day holy to God. It is grounded in both creation and the Exodus, and in Jewish tradition it is observed from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.
Jehoiachin
[People]Jehoiachin was a king of Judah who reigned for about three months before surrendering to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and being carried off to Babylon. Scripture also calls him Jeconiah and Coniah.
Rechabites
[Bible]The Rechabites were the descendants of Jehonadab (Jonadab) the son of Rechab. In obedience to their ancestor's command, they drank no wine, built no houses, and lived in tents. They appear in Jeremiah 35 as an example of obedience.
Crete
[Bible]Crete is a large island in the eastern Mediterranean, south of the Aegean Sea, and is the island of Crete in modern Greece. In the New Testament it appears as a place Paul sailed past while being taken to Rome and as the place where Titus ministered by appointing elders.
Hezekiah's Tunnel
[Bible]Hezekiah's Tunnel is a rock-cut tunnel that Hezekiah, king of Judah, is believed to have dug to bring the waters of the Gihon Spring into Jerusalem in preparation for an Assyrian invasion. Today it is also called the Siloam Tunnel.
Living Water
[Bible]Living water is a biblical expression for "water that is alive," that is, water that springs up and flows from a source. It represents the life and salvation God bestows, as well as the eternal life and the Holy Spirit that Jesus gives.
Gog and Magog
[Bible]Gog and Magog are names that appear in Ezekiel 38–39 and Revelation 20 for hostile forces that come against the people of God in the last days. Magog also appears in Genesis 10 as a son of Japheth.
Euphrates River
[Bible]The Euphrates is a great river of Western Asia that flows across Mesopotamia and still bears that name today. In the Bible it appears as one of the four rivers of Eden, as a boundary of the land promised to Abraham, and in scenes of judgment in the Book of Revelation.
Spirit and Flesh
[Bible]Spirit and flesh are a pair of terms the Bible uses to describe human beings as they stand before God. They may refer to the constitution of the human person (spirit, soul, and body), and in the Pauline epistles they can also denote the opposition between a life that follows the Holy Spirit and a life inclined toward sin.
Amos 3
[Bible]Amos 3 is a prophecy declaring that Israel will be punished for its sins precisely because it was chosen by God. It warns that the violence of Samaria, the altars of Bethel, and the splendid palaces will be brought to ruin.
Galatians 3
[Bible]Galatians 3 is the chapter in which Paul uses the example of Abraham and quotations from the Old Testament to argue that a person is justified not by the works of the law but by faith, and that all who believe are Abraham's seed in Christ.
Boaz
[People]Boaz is a man of Bethlehem who appears in the Book of Ruth. He married Ruth, a Moabite woman, and fathered Obed. He was the great-grandfather of David and is listed in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew.
1 Corinthians 11:5
[Bible Verses]In this verse Paul states that a woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head. The verse is frequently discussed in debates over whether head coverings in worship should still be observed today, and in discussions of women's public speech and the ordination of women.
Mordecai
[People]Mordecai was a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin who appears in the Old Testament Book of Esther. He raised his cousin Esther, thwarted Haman's plot to massacre the Jews, and rose to become second only to the king in the Persian Empire.
Eating of the Forbidden Fruit
[Bible]The eating of the forbidden fruit is the event recorded in Genesis 3 in which Adam and Eve ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which God had forbidden, and were driven out of the Garden of Eden. Christianity understands it as the beginning of the fall of humanity.
Samaritans
[Bible]The Samaritans were a people who lived in the region of Samaria in central Palestine, regarded Mount Gerizim as their place of worship, and accepted only the Five Books of Moses as Scripture. In the New Testament period they were bitterly at odds with the Jews.
Amasa
[People]Amasa was a military commander in the time of David. He commanded Absalom's army during Absalom's rebellion and was later appointed commander by David, but he was killed by his cousin Joab.
Euphrates
[Bible]The Euphrates is a great river of western Asia. In the Bible it appears as one of the four rivers into which the river flowing out of the Garden of Eden divided, and as the northeastern boundary of the land promised to Abraham's descendants.
Jehonadab
[People]Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, joined Jehu, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, in his campaign to eradicate Baal worship. In the Book of Jeremiah he appears as "Jonadab," who left his descendants a command to drink no wine and to dwell in tents.
Amon
[People]Amon was a king of Judah, the son of Manasseh and the father of Josiah. He reigned in Jerusalem for two years before his servants conspired against him and killed him in his palace.