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Amaziah
[People]Amaziah was the ninth king of the southern kingdom of Judah, the son of Joash and the father of Uzziah. After defeating Edom, he worshiped the gods of Edom; he later challenged the northern kingdom of Israel to battle and suffered a crushing defeat.
Zebulun
[People]Zebulun was the sixth son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Zebulun, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The tribe's territory is connected with the region of Galilee, where Jesus later carried out his ministry.
Lot's Daughters
[People]Lot's daughters are the two daughters of Lot who appear in Genesis 19. They escaped with their father when Sodom was destroyed and later bore sons by him, becoming the ancestors of the Moabites and the Ammonites.
Abner
[People]Abner was the commander of King Saul's army. After Saul's death he made Ish-bosheth king, later went over to David, and was killed by Joab at Hebron.
Sarah
[People]Sarah is the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac in the Book of Genesis. Originally named Sarai, she remained childless into old age and, according to the biblical account, bore Isaac at the age of ninety in fulfillment of God's promise.
Asa
[People]Asa was the third king of the southern kingdom of Judah during the period of the divided monarchy. Scripture evaluates him favorably for reforms that removed idols, but in his later years he was rebuked for allying with Aram and imprisoning a seer.
Zion
[Bible]Zion was originally the name of the Jerusalem stronghold that David captured. The name later came to refer to the mountain on which the temple stood, to Jerusalem as a whole, and ultimately to the people of God and the heavenly city.
Rome
[Bible]Rome was the capital of the Roman Empire in the New Testament era and appears in Acts, Romans, and other books. Paul wrote a letter to the believers there and later went to the city as a prisoner, where he preached the gospel.
Shinar
[Bible]Shinar is an Old Testament place name for southern Mesopotamia, the region where Babylon later stood. It is best known as the setting of the Tower of Babel narrative.
Lost Ten Tribes
[History]The Lost Ten Tribes are the ten northern tribes of Israel that disappeared from the historical record after being carried into exile when the northern Kingdom of Israel fell to Assyria in the eighth century BC. Various traditions and claims about their whereabouts arose in later centuries.
Council of Arles
[History]The Council of Arles was a meeting of bishops of the Western church, convened by Emperor Constantine in 314 at Arles in Gaul. It examined the Donatist controversy, upheld Caecilian as bishop of Carthage, and issued regulations concerning baptism, the laying on of hands, and Easter.
Jeroboam II
[People]Jeroboam II was the fourth king of the Jehu dynasty in the northern kingdom of Israel and the son of Joash. He recovered much lost territory and presided over a period of prosperity, but the contemporary prophets Amos and Hosea condemned the injustice and false worship that lay beneath that prosperity.
Kislev
[Bible]Kislev is the ninth month of the calendar used by the Jews after the Babylonian exile, corresponding roughly to November–December. Scripture names it in Nehemiah 1:1 and Zechariah 7:1.
Latter Prophets
[Bible]The Latter Prophets (Hebrew *Nevi'im Aharonim*) are the second half of the Prophets (Nevi'im), the second division of the Hebrew Bible. The term refers to Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve Minor Prophets, books compiled chiefly from the messages delivered by the prophets.
Wise Woman of Tekoa
[People]The wise woman of Tekoa is an unnamed woman described as "wise" in 2 Samuel 14 who, at Joab's request, used a fabricated story to persuade King David to allow the exiled Absalom to return to Jerusalem.
Chief Baker
[People]The chief baker was an official of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appears in Genesis 40. While in prison he had a dream, and three days later he was executed, just as Joseph had interpreted it. His name is not given in the Bible.
Jehudi
[People]Jehudi was an official in the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah. Sent by the princes, he summoned Baruch, and he later read aloud before the king the scroll containing Jeremiah's prophecies. He appears only in Jeremiah 36.
Tobiah
[People]Tobiah is an Ammonite official in the Book of Nehemiah. Together with Sanballat and Geshem, he opposed the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. He later occupied a chamber in the temple and was expelled by Nehemiah.
Clement of Alexandria
[People]Clement of Alexandria (c. 150–c. 215) was an early church father and theologian active in Alexandria. He is regarded as a leading figure of the Alexandrian school, which sought to connect Greek philosophy with the Christian faith.
Arnon
[Bible]The Arnon is a river that flows through a deep valley into the Dead Sea from the east. In the Old Testament it frequently appears as the boundary between Moab and the Amorites, and later between Moab and Israel (the tribe of Reuben).