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Domitian
[People]Domitian (51–96) was a Roman emperor of the first century. In Christian tradition he is known as the emperor who exiled the apostle John to the island of Patmos and persecuted Christians.
Samuel
[People]Samuel was the last judge of Israel and a prophet whose life is recounted in 1 Samuel. Born in answer to Hannah's prayer and raised under the priest Eli, he anointed Saul and David and ushered in the era of the monarchy.
Bezalel and Oholiab
[People]Bezalel and Oholiab are two craftsmen in the Book of Exodus who received wisdom and skill through the Spirit of God and made the wilderness tabernacle and its furnishings. Bezalel was of the tribe of Judah, and Oholiab was of the tribe of Dan.
Isaiah 1:16–17
[Bible Verses]In this passage the prophet Isaiah commands the people of Judah to forsake their evil deeds, learn to do good, and defend the vulnerable, such as orphans and widows. Because it criticizes worship devoid of justice, it is frequently cited in discussions of repentance and social responsibility.
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."
Psalm 73
[Bible]Psalm 73 is a psalm of Asaph that opens Book III of the Psalter. The psalmist, shaken by the prosperity of the wicked, comes to understand their end in the sanctuary of God and confesses that it is good to draw near to God.
Jeremiah 42
[Bible]Jeremiah 42 is the chapter in which the people left in Judah after the assassination of Gedaliah ask Jeremiah to seek the LORD's direction for them. God promises to protect them if they remain in the land of Judah, and He warns that if they go to Egypt, they will die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
Cain and Abel
[People]Cain and Abel are the two sons of Adam and Eve who appear in Genesis 4. Cain's killing of his younger brother Abel in a dispute over offerings is known as the first murder recorded in the Bible.
Ecclesiastes 3:1–8
[Bible Verses]Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 is a poem that uses fourteen pairs of contrasting lines to declare that God has appointed a time for everything. Because it sets the transience of human life alongside God's providence, it is frequently cited in funeral and New Year sermons.
Ecclesiastes 5:15
[Bible Verses]A verse stating that just as a person came forth naked from the womb, so at death he takes away nothing of what he has labored to gain. It is frequently cited alongside Job 1:21 and 1 Timothy 6:7 in discussions of the transience of wealth and the finitude of human life.
Hosanna
[Bible]"Hosanna" is a transliteration of a Hebrew expression meaning "save now." It derives from Psalm 118, and the Gospels record it as the acclamation the crowds shouted when Jesus entered Jerusalem.
Blasphemy
[Bible]Blasphemy is the dishonoring of God's name and majesty by word or deed. The Old Testament law punished it with death, and in the Gospels Jesus is accused of this offense.
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
[People]Antiochus IV Epiphanes was king of the Seleucid Empire from 175 to 164 BC. He defiled the Jerusalem temple and persecuted Judaism, provoking the Maccabean Revolt, and he is frequently discussed in the interpretation of the Book of Daniel.
Dedan
[Bible]Dedan is the name of a people and a place in northwestern Arabia mentioned in the Old Testament. It first appears as a personal name in the genealogies of Genesis, and in the prophetic books it appears as a place known for its caravan trade.
Geerhardus Vos
[People]Geerhardus Vos (1862–1949) was a Dutch-born American Reformed theologian who taught biblical theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is regarded as having laid the foundation for a "redemptive-historical" reading of Scripture, which views revelation as unfolding progressively in history.
2 Chronicles 22
[Bible]2 Chronicles 22 recounts the one-year reign of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and his death at the hands of Jehu. It then tells how the young Joash was hidden in the temple while Ahaziah's mother, Athaliah, killed the royal family and seized the throne.
Isaiah 13
[Bible]Isaiah 13 opens the oracles against the nations (chapters 13–23), proclaiming that on the Day of the LORD, Babylon will be destroyed by the Medes and left desolate like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 20
[Bible]Jeremiah 20 recounts how Pashur, the official in charge of the temple, struck Jeremiah and put him in the stocks. It also records the complaint and confession of trust that Jeremiah poured out to God amid his suffering, followed by his lament cursing the day of his birth.
Jeremiah 21
[Bible]A chapter set during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, in which King Zedekiah asks Jeremiah to entreat the LORD for deliverance and Jeremiah instead announces the city's fall, declaring that those who surrender will live.
Jeremiah 35
[Bible]Jeremiah 35 recounts how, in the days of King Jehoiakim, Jeremiah offered wine to the Rechabites, who refused it in obedience to the command of their ancestor Jonadab. Their faithfulness becomes the basis for rebuking Judah for not listening to the word of God.