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• Jehudijah

  Jehudijah was the wife of Mered in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 4:18 and the mother of Jered, Heber, and Jekuthiel.

• 1 Corinthians 16:22

  A verse that Paul wrote in his own hand in the closing greetings of 1 Corinthians. It contains an "anathema" (curse) on anyone who does not love the Lord, along with the Aramaic expression "Maranatha." The verse is often cited as evidence of the early church's hope in the Second Coming and of its worship language.

• Artaxerxes

  Artaxerxes was a king of Persia who sent Ezra and Nehemiah to Jerusalem, authorizing the restoration of the Law and the rebuilding of the city walls. He appears in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah.

• Huldah

  Huldah was a prophetess who lived in Jerusalem during the reign of Josiah, king of Judah. She delivered the word of God to the officials the king sent to inquire about the Book of the Law discovered in the temple.

• Bithiah

  Bithiah is a woman mentioned once, as "the daughter of Pharaoh," in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 4. She was the wife of Mered. Jewish tradition sometimes identifies her with the daughter of Pharaoh who rescued the infant Moses.

• Osnappar

  Osnappar is a figure mentioned only once, in Ezra 4:10, where he is described as the "great and noble" one who resettled various peoples in Samaria and in the land west of the Euphrates River. He is commonly identified with the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal.

• Mered

  Mered is a man named in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 4, where he is identified as a son of Ezrah. He is recorded as having married Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh.

• Nehemiah 8:10

  Nehemiah 8:10 is an exhortation to the people, who had returned from exile and were weeping as they heard the Law read, not to grieve on the holy day but to eat together and share with others. It is widely quoted for the phrase "the joy of the LORD is your strength."

• Joah (Recorder under Hezekiah)

  Joah was the recorder under King Hezekiah of Judah and the son of Asaph. When the Assyrian army threatened Jerusalem, he went out with Eliakim and Shebna to meet the Rabshakeh.