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Ner
[People]Ner was a Benjamite of the house of King Saul and the father of Abner, the commander of Saul's army. First Samuel identifies him as Saul's uncle, while 1 Chronicles records him as the father of Kish.
Urartu
[History]Urartu was an ancient kingdom on the Armenian Highlands, centered on Lake Van, that existed from the ninth century to the early sixth century BC. The Old Testament name "Ararat" is understood to refer to this kingdom and its land.
Nathan (Prophet)
[People]Nathan was a prophet of Israel during the reigns of King David and King Solomon. He delivered the promise that David's dynasty would endure forever, used a parable to confront David with his sin after the Bathsheba affair, and played a part in Solomon's accession to the throne.
Sennacherib
[People]Sennacherib was a king of Assyria in the late eighth and early seventh centuries BC. During the reign of Hezekiah king of Judah, he invaded Judah and besieged and threatened Jerusalem, but he withdrew without taking the city.
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.
Lemuel
[People]Lemuel is a king named in Proverbs 31 who passed on the instruction he received from his mother. He appears nowhere else in the Bible, and neither the nation he ruled nor the period in which he lived is known.
Mount of Corruption
[Bible]The Mount of Corruption is a mountain east of Jerusalem mentioned in 2 Kings 23:13. Solomon built high places for foreign gods there, and Josiah later defiled and removed them. It is commonly identified with the southern part of the Mount of Olives.
Sibbechai
[People]Sibbechai was a warrior in the time of King David. The Bible records that he killed a descendant of the giants in battle against the Philistines and that he commanded the division of David's army that served in the eighth month.
Iddo (Prophet)
[People]Iddo was a prophet of the early divided kingdom who is called both a "seer" and a "prophet" in 2 Chronicles. He is said to have left writings recording the events of the reigns of Solomon, Rehoboam, and Abijah. Several other people in the Bible bear the same name.
Zadok
[People]Zadok was a priest in the time of David and Solomon. He anointed Solomon as king, and Scripture records his descendants as the family that carried on the priesthood of the Jerusalem temple.
Elhanan
[People]Elhanan was an Israelite warrior who killed a Philistine giant during the wars of King David's reign. He appears briefly in 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles and is often discussed in connection with a textual question about who killed Goliath.
Threefold Office of Christ
[Doctrine & Theology]The threefold office of Christ is the doctrine that Jesus Christ accomplishes salvation by holding together the three offices of prophet, priest, and king. It was systematized in the Reformed confessions.
Star of Bethlehem
[Bible]The Star of Bethlehem is the star in Matthew 2 that the wise men from the east saw and that led them to seek the child born King of the Jews. Scripture calls it "his star."
Gibbethon
[Bible]Gibbethon was an Old Testament town in the territory of the tribe of Dan and a Levitical city, but by the period recounted in the books of Kings it belonged to the Philistines. King Nadab of Israel was assassinated while besieging it, and Omri was proclaimed king in the camp there.
Jabin
[People]Jabin was king of Hazor, a city in northern Canaan. A king of Hazor by this name appears in both Joshua 11 and Judges 4; in Judges, Deborah and Barak defeat Sisera, the commander of his army.
Joah (Recorder under Hezekiah)
[People]Joah, the son of Asaph, was the recorder under King Hezekiah of Judah. When the Assyrian army threatened Jerusalem, he went out with Eliakim and Shebna to meet the Rabshakeh.
1 Samuel 16:7
[Bible Verses]1 Samuel 16:7 records the words God spoke to Samuel before David was anointed king: "For the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart." The verse is widely cited as a lesson against judging people by their appearance or circumstances.
James (Son of Zebedee)
[People]James, the son of Zebedee, was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus and the brother of the apostle John. According to the Book of Acts, he was killed with the sword by King Herod, and he is the only one of the Twelve whose martyrdom is recorded in Scripture.
Bashan
[Bible]Bashan is a fertile plateau east of the Jordan River and northeast of the Sea of Galilee. After the Exodus, Israel defeated its king, Og, and the land was allotted to the half-tribe of Manasseh. In Scripture, Bashan frequently serves as a symbol of abundance and strength.
Obed-edom
[People]Obed-edom was the owner of the house where the Ark of the Covenant remained for three months during the reign of King David. Scripture records that God blessed him and his entire household during that time. Chronicles also presents him as a Levite gatekeeper.