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• 2 Samuel 3

  [Bible]

  2 Samuel 3 recounts how Abner, the power behind the house of Saul, attempts to go over to David but is murdered by Joab, and how David mourns him and publicly declares his own innocence.

• Proverbs 26

  [Bible]

  Proverbs 26 is a collection of wisdom sayings that uses figurative comparisons to portray, and warn against, the fool, the sluggard, the one who stirs up strife, and the one who conceals his true intentions and speaks deceitfully.

• 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.

• Greece

  [Bible]

  Greece is a biblical place name referring to the land of present-day Greece and its people. The Old Testament, in books such as Daniel, uses it for a kingdom yet to arise. The New Testament uses it for a region where Paul preached the gospel and as a name representing the Gentiles.

• Genesis 15:1-6

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage in which God promises the childless Abram descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven, and Abram's belief in that promise is counted to him for righteousness. Because Paul cites it in arguing for justification by faith, it is regarded as a key text for the doctrine of justification.

• Immanuel

  [Bible]

  Immanuel is a Hebrew name meaning "God is with us." It first appears as the name of a child given as a sign in Isaiah 7:14, and Matthew 1:23 applies it to the birth of Jesus.

• 2 Kings 6:16

  [Bible Verses]

  2 Kings 6:16 records the words Elisha spoke to his frightened servant in the city of Dothan, which the Aramean army had surrounded: "Fear not." Because the verse speaks of God's unseen protection, it is often quoted in sermons on fear and crisis.

• Eunuch

  [Bible]

  A eunuch was an official who served the king and the royal household closely in ancient palaces; in many cases he was a castrated man. The Hebrew and Greek terms appear across both Testaments, and the Korean Revised Version renders the same original term with several different words depending on context.

• Numbers 25

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  Numbers 25 records how Israel, while at Shittim, committed whoredom with the women of Moab and worshiped Baal-peor, bringing a plague upon the people. Phinehas stopped the plague and received the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, and God commanded Israel to strike Midian.

• Proverbs 28:13

  [Bible Verses]

  Proverbs 28:13 is a proverb teaching that whoever covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. Because it joins the confession of sin with actually turning from it, the verse is frequently cited in sermons and prayers on repentance.

• Jeremiah 1:6-10

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage in which the prophet Jeremiah hesitates at his call, protesting "I am a child," and God promises to be with him and puts His words in his mouth. It is frequently cited in sermons on calling and mission.

• Colonialism and Missions

  [History]

  Colonialism and missions refers to the historical relationship in which European overseas expansion and Christian missionary work became intertwined from the fifteenth century onward. The term also covers the criticism and reassessment surrounding that relationship.

• 1 Kings 3

  [Bible]

  1 Kings 3 recounts how Solomon offers a thousand burnt offerings at Gibeon, asks God for wisdom in a dream and receives it, and then wisely settles a dispute between two women over a single child.

• Period of the Judges

  [Bible]

  The period of the Judges is the era from the death of Joshua until Saul became king, when Israel lived as a confederation of tribes without a king. During this time God repeatedly delivered His people through judges whom He raised up. The period is recorded chiefly in the Book of Judges.

• Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

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  A parable that Jesus tells in Matthew 18 in answer to Peter's question about forgiveness. A king forgives a servant a debt of ten thousand talents, but the servant refuses to forgive a fellow servant's debt of a hundred denarii and is punished. The parable teaches the relationship between the forgiveness received from God and the forgiveness extended to one's neighbor.

• Kingship of Christ

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The kingship of Christ is the doctrine that Jesus Christ, as King, rules over the church and the whole world. Protestant theology describes it as one of the three offices of Christ, alongside the prophetic and priestly offices.

• Coretta Scott King

  [People]

  Coretta Scott King (1927–2006) was an American civil rights activist and singer and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. After her husband's assassination in 1968, she carried on his nonviolent movement for nearly forty years.

• Fruit of the Spirit

  [Bible]

  The fruit of the Spirit refers to the nine virtues—love, joy, peace, and others—that Paul lists in Galatians 5:22–23 as the character displayed by those who live by the Spirit.

• 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.

• Zechariah son of Jehoiada

  [People]

  Zechariah son of Jehoiada was a member of a priestly family during the reign of King Joash of Judah. After rebuking the people for idolatry, he was stoned to death in the temple court at the king's command (2 Chronicles 24).