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• Daniel in the Lions' Den

  [Bible]

  Daniel in the lions' den is an event recorded in Daniel 6. Although a decree forbade praying to anyone but the king, Daniel continued to pray to God. He was thrown into a den of lions for doing so, but he came out alive and unharmed.

• Mattathias

  [People]

  Mattathias was a Jewish priest who lived in Modein in the second century BC. He launched the Maccabean Revolt against the religious persecution of the Seleucid king Antiochus IV, and he was the father of Judas Maccabeus.

• Shaashgaz

  [People]

  Shaashgaz was a eunuch of the Persian king Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther. He had charge of the "second house of the women," where the women who had spent a night with the king resided.

• Esther 6

  [Bible]

  Esther 6 recounts how King Ahasuerus, unable to sleep, has the court records read to him and learns of Mordecai's service, and how Haman, who had intended to have Mordecai put to death, is instead assigned to honor him in a dramatic reversal.

• Acts 12

  [Bible]

  Acts 12 is the chapter in which King Herod kills James and imprisons Peter, an angel leads Peter out of prison, and Herod is struck down and dies.

• Psalm 2:12

  [Bible Verses]

  The final verse of Psalm 2, which warns the kings of the earth to submit to the king whom the LORD has installed ("the Son") and pronounces a blessing on those who take refuge in the LORD. It is widely read as a prophecy of Christ and is frequently discussed because of the difficulty of translating the Hebrew word rendered "Son."

• Elimelech

  [People]

  Elimelech is a man of Bethlehem in Judah who appears in the Book of Ruth. The husband of Naomi, he moved with his family to Moab to escape a famine and died there.

• Nathan's Parable

  [Bible]

  Nathan's parable is the story of a poor man's ewe lamb, told by the prophet Nathan to convict David of his sin after David lay with Bathsheba and caused the death of her husband Uriah (2 Samuel 12:1-4).

• Memucan

  [People]

  Memucan is one of the seven princes of the Persian king Ahasuerus who appear in Esther 1. He advised the king to depose Queen Vashti and to issue a royal decree.

• Rhoda

  [People]

  Rhoda was a young girl in Jerusalem who appears in Acts 12. When Peter, newly released from prison, knocked at the gate of the house of Mary the mother of Mark, Rhoda recognized his voice and told those gathered inside.

• Esther 3

  [Bible]

  Esther 3 is the chapter in which King Ahasuerus promotes Haman, Mordecai refuses to bow to him, and the enraged Haman casts Pur (the lot) to fix a date and secures a decree ordering the destruction of all the Jews in the Persian Empire.

• Nehemiah 2

  [Bible]

  In this chapter Nehemiah receives permission and letters from the Persian king Artaxerxes, travels to Jerusalem, inspects the ruined walls by night, proposes to the people of Judah that the wall be rebuilt, and answers the mockery of his opponents.

• Judas Maccabeus

  [People]

  Judas Maccabeus was the leader of the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid king Antiochus IV in the second century BC. He recaptured the Temple in Jerusalem and rededicated it.

• Shethar-boznai

  [People]

  Shethar-boznai was an official during the reign of the Persian king Darius who investigated the authority for rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem. In Ezra 5–6 his name always appears together with that of Tatnai, governor of the province Beyond the River.

• Westminster Assembly

  [History]

  The Westminster Assembly was a council of theologians convened by the Long Parliament of England to reform the national church. It met from 1643 until about 1653 and produced the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Larger and Shorter Catechisms, and the Directory for Public Worship.

• Psalm 72

  [Bible]

  Psalm 72 is a prayer for the king, asking God to grant that he rule with righteousness and justice. Its closing doxology and the colophon "The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended" conclude Book II of the Psalms (Psalms 42–72).

• Psalm 99

  [Bible]

  Psalm 99 is a hymn of praise celebrating the reign of the LORD as King. A refrain declaring his holiness occurs three times, and the psalm exalts the God who answered the prayers of Moses, Aaron, and Samuel and who forgave sin.

• Acts 26

  [Bible]

  Acts 26 records the defense Paul made before King Agrippa and the governor Festus while imprisoned in Caesarea, recounting his life and his encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus. Those who hear him conclude that he has done nothing deserving of death.

• Nob

  [Bible]

  Nob was a town in the territory of Benjamin where priests lived during the reign of Saul. There David received the showbread and the sword of Goliath, and there the priests were massacred at Saul's command.

• Adar

  [Bible]

  Adar is the twelfth month of the calendar the Jews used after the Babylonian exile and is mentioned in the books of Ezra and Esther. The Feast of Purim is observed on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of this month.