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• Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery

  [History]

  The Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery is a foreign cemetery on the hill above Yanghwa Ferry in Hapjeong-dong, Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea. It began in 1890 with the burial of the medical missionary John Heron. It holds the graves of missionaries who worked in Korea and their families, as well as diplomats, journalists, and others.

• Jeremiah 3:23

  [Bible Verses]

  Jeremiah 3:23 is a verse in which the people confess that pagan worship on the hills is in vain and that the salvation of Israel is in the LORD alone. It is cited both as the confession of a repentant people and as a confession of faith expressing reliance on God alone.

• 1 Samuel 9

  [Bible]

  1 Samuel 9 tells how Saul, the son of Kish the Benjamite, meets the seer Samuel while searching for lost donkeys and is designated, at the LORD's direction, as the leader of Israel.

• Isaiah 8:8–10

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage in which Isaiah likens the Assyrian invasion to a flood and foretells the crisis coming upon Judah. He then declares that the plans of the nations seeking to attack Judah will fail, because "God is with us" (Immanuel).

• Nineveh

  [Bible]

  Nineveh was an Assyrian city on the east bank of the Tigris River and for a time the capital of the empire. It is the setting of the books of Jonah and Nahum, and in the New Testament it is cited as an example of repentance.

• Arpad

  [Bible]

  Arpad was an Aramean city in ancient northern Syria, north of Hamath. The Old Testament frequently mentions it alongside Hamath as an example of a city conquered by Assyria.

• Peace

  [Bible]

  Peace is a biblical term translating the Hebrew shalom and the Greek eirene. Beyond the absence of conflict, it denotes wholeness, well-being, and a right relationship between God and humanity.

• Idolatry

  [Bible]

  Idolatry is the worship of gods other than God or of images made by human hands. Scripture forbids it in the Ten Commandments and treats it as a fundamental sin that breaks the covenant.

• Amos 6

  [Bible]

  Amos 6 pronounces woe on the leaders in Zion and Samaria who live at ease and are not grieved by the nation's ruin. It announces that they will be the first to go into captivity and that Israel will be trampled by a foreign nation.

• Micah 1

  [Bible]

  Micah 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Micah. It identifies the prophet Micah's era and hometown, proclaims the coming of the LORD and the judgment to fall on Samaria and Jerusalem, and closes with a lament over the towns of southwestern Judah.

• Admah and Zeboim

  [Bible]

  Admah and Zeboim were cities in the plain of the Jordan, near the Dead Sea, that Scripture associates with Sodom and Gomorrah. They are recorded as having been destroyed together by God's judgment, and the Book of Hosea mentions them in a passage about God's compassion.

• Psalm 100

  [Bible]

  Psalm 100 is a short, five-verse hymn of praise that calls all the earth to serve the LORD with gladness and to come before him with thanksgiving and praise. Its superscription is "A Psalm of Thanksgiving."

• Ezra 7:10

  [Bible Verses]

  This verse records that Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of the LORD, to do it, and to teach it in Israel. Because it presents the sequence of study, practice, and teaching, it is frequently cited in discussions of the proper disposition of ministers of the Word and of teachers.

• Isaiah 9:1–7

  [Bible Verses]

  Isaiah 9:1–7 is a prophecy proclaiming that light will shine on the land of Galilee, darkened by the Assyrian invasion, and that a child will be born who will reign on the throne of David with judgment and with justice. Christians read it as a prophecy of the birth of Jesus Christ and of his ministry in Galilee, and it is widely read at Christmas.

• 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.

• Isaiah 30:15

  [Bible Verses]

  Isaiah 30:15 is addressed to Judah, which was seeking an alliance with Egypt in the face of the Assyrian threat. It declares that salvation and strength lie not in military calculation but in returning to God and trusting Him in quietness. The verse is frequently cited in discussions of trust and waiting amid anxiety.

• Teman

  [Bible]

  Teman is an Old Testament place name and clan name associated with the region of Edom. Tradition derives the name from Teman, the grandson of Esau. It was the home of Eliphaz, the friend of Job, and in the prophetic books it serves as a name representing Edom.

• Rosetta Sherwood Hall

  [People]

  Rosetta Sherwood Hall (1865–1951) was an American Methodist medical missionary. She arrived in Korea (Joseon) in 1890 and for more than forty years devoted herself to medical care for women, the training of women physicians, and the education of the blind.

• Darius

  [People]

  Darius is the name of several kings of the Persian period mentioned in the Bible. The best known are Darius king of Persia, who permitted the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem, and Darius the Mede, who had Daniel cast into the lions' den.

• 2 Kings 21

  [Bible]

  2 Kings 21 recounts the fifty-five-year reign of Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, who revived idolatry in Judah, and the judgment announced against Jerusalem and Judah. It also recounts the reign of his son Amon, who was killed by his servants after two years.