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Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
[People]Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were young men of Judah taken captive to Babylon and the three companions of Daniel. They refused to bow down to King Nebuchadnezzar's golden image, were thrown into a fiery furnace, and came out alive.
Ulai River
[Bible]The Ulai is a river near the citadel of Shushan (Susa) in the province of Elam, mentioned in Daniel 8. Beside this river Daniel saw the vision of the ram and the goat, and it is here that Gabriel first appears identified by name.
Esther 10
[Bible]Esther 10 is the final chapter of the Book of Esther, a brief conclusion describing the power of King Ahasuerus and how Mordecai the Jew, who rose to a position second only to the king, worked for the welfare and peace of his people.
Proverbs 30
[Bible]Proverbs 30 contains the words of Agur the son of Jakeh. It consists of questions about the Creator, a declaration of the purity of God's word, a prayer asking for neither poverty nor riches, and observational sayings grouped in the pattern of "three things, yea, four."
Zechariah 7
[Bible]Zechariah 7 records how, in the fourth year of King Darius, the people of Bethel ask whether they should continue the fast of the fifth month. God answers by questioning the motive behind their fasting and calling for justice and compassion.
Conaniah
[People]Conaniah was the chief Levite who took charge of the offerings, tithes, and dedicated things gathered in the temple storerooms during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah. He appears in 2 Chronicles 31:12–13.
Pur
[Bible]Pur is a word meaning "lot." In the Book of Esther it refers to the lot that Haman cast to fix the day for destroying the Jews, and the Jewish festival of Purim takes its name from it.
Siloam Inscription
[History]The Siloam Inscription is an ancient Hebrew inscription carved into the wall of the water tunnel that connects the Gihon Spring and the Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem. It records the completion of the tunnel and is commonly dated to the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah.
Ezra 4
[Bible]Ezra 4 records how the returned exiles declined an offer from the surrounding inhabitants to help with the building, how opposition and accusations followed, and how work on the Jerusalem temple was halted until the second year of King Darius.
Nehushtan
[Bible]Nehushtan is the name given to the bronze serpent that Moses made in the wilderness, in connection with its destruction by King Hezekiah of Judah. It appears only once, in 2 Kings 18:4, which records that Hezekiah broke the serpent in pieces to put an end to idolatry because the people had been burning incense to it.
Zerah (the Cushite)
[People]Zerah was a Cushite who led a vast army as far as Mareshah in the days of King Asa of Judah and was defeated. He appears only in 2 Chronicles 14.
Hachaliah
[People]Hachaliah is a figure in the Old Testament Book of Nehemiah who is named only as the father of Nehemiah, governor of Judah. Scripture records nothing about his life or deeds.
Cherethites
[Bible]The Cherethites were an Old Testament people living near the Philistine coastal region. They are best known as part of King David's bodyguard, "the Cherethites and the Pelethites," and many scholars associate them with the island of Crete.
Proverbs 31:30
[Bible Verses]Proverbs 31:30 declares that favour and beauty are vain but that a woman who fears the LORD shall be praised. It forms the conclusion of the poem of the "virtuous woman" at the end of the Book of Proverbs. The verse is frequently cited as a model of the woman of faith, and interpreters differ on how that portrait should be understood.
Zechariah 2
[Bible]This chapter contains the vision of the measuring line, the third of Zechariah's night visions. It promises that Jerusalem will flourish without walls, with the LORD dwelling in her midst, and it calls the people remaining in Babylon to return.
Harbona
[People]Harbona was a chamberlain who served the Persian king Ahasuerus. He told the king about the gallows Haman had set up to hang Mordecai, and Haman himself was then hanged on it (Esther 7:9).
2 Samuel 12
[Bible]In this chapter the prophet Nathan exposes David's sin through a parable, and David confesses. The first child Bathsheba bore to David dies, Solomon is born, and David captures Rabbah, the royal city of the Ammonites.
Hwang Sa-yeong
[People]Hwang Sa-yeong (1775–1801) was a Catholic of the late Joseon period. During the Sinyu Persecution of 1801, he wrote the "Silk Letter of Hwang Sa-yeong," an account on white silk of the course of the persecution and of proposed remedies, which he intended to send to the bishop of Beijing. He was executed the same year.
Zephaniah 3:17
[Bible Verses]Zephaniah 3:17 declares that God, present in the midst of restored Jerusalem, rejoices and sings over His people. It is frequently cited as a word of comfort that reveals God's joy and love.
Haggai 2:4–5
[Bible Verses]Haggai 2:4–5 is a word of encouragement to the leaders and people who had returned from exile and had grown discouraged while rebuilding the temple, urging them to "be strong … and work" and to "fear ye not." Because it grounds this encouragement in God's presence and the Exodus covenant, it is frequently cited as a text of encouragement for church building projects and new ministries.