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• The Cushite Woman

  [People]

  The Cushite woman (KJV: "Ethiopian woman") is the wife whom Moses married, according to Numbers 12. She appears in the account in which Miriam and Aaron used this marriage as a pretext for speaking against Moses. Her name is not recorded.

• Scroll

  [Bible]

  A scroll is an ancient form of book made from long strips of papyrus or animal skin joined together, written on, and stored rolled up. In Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Revelation, and elsewhere, it appears as a symbol of God's word and revelation.

• Nard

  [Bible]

  Nard is a precious aromatic ointment made from the roots of a plant that grows in the Himalayan region. In the Bible it appears in the Song of Solomon and the Gospels. It is best known as the "pure nard" (KJV "spikenard") that a woman poured on Jesus.

• 1 Samuel 15

  [Bible]

  1 Samuel 15 is the chapter in which King Saul, though commanded to utterly destroy the Amalekites, spares King Agag and the best of the livestock. Samuel rebukes him, declaring that "to obey is better than sacrifice," and announces his rejection as king.

• 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."

• Bel and the Dragon

  [Bible]

  Bel and the Dragon is a story in which Daniel exposes the true nature of Bel, an idol of Babylon, and of a dragon worshiped there. It has been transmitted as an addition to the Greek Book of Daniel. Catholic and Orthodox Bibles include it as Daniel 14, while Protestants classify it among the Apocrypha.

• Carob Pods

  [Bible]

  Carob pods are the swine fodder, rendered "husks" in the King James Version, with which the younger son in the Parable of the Prodigal Son longed to fill his stomach after squandering his inheritance. The term refers to the pods of the carob tree, which grows along the Mediterranean coast.

• Gopher Wood

  [Bible]

  Gopher wood is the timber God instructed Noah to use in building the ark in Genesis 6:14. Because the word appears only once in the Bible, the kind of tree it refers to is uncertain.

• The Stone the Builders Rejected

  [Bible]

  An expression from Psalm 118:22 declaring that a stone rejected by people has become the head of the corner. The New Testament applies the verse to the rejection and exaltation of Jesus Christ.

• El Olam

  [Bible]

  El Olam is a Hebrew title meaning "the Everlasting God." It is the name by which Abraham called on God at Beersheba in Genesis 21:33, and it expresses the eternity of God.

• Judges 9

  [Bible]

  Judges 9 recounts how Abimelech, son of Gideon, killed his seventy brothers and became king at Shechem, then fell into conflict with Shechem after three years and died at Thebez.

• 2 Samuel 9

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  2 Samuel 9 tells how David, remembering his friendship with Jonathan, seeks out Jonathan's son Mephibosheth, who remains of the house of Saul, restores to him all of Saul's land, and has him eat continually at the king's table.

• 2 Samuel 14

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  2 Samuel 14 is the chapter in which Joab uses a wise woman of Tekoa to persuade David, and Absalom, who had fled to Geshur, returns to Jerusalem and is reconciled with the king after two years.

• Isaiah 41:10

  [Bible Verses]

  God's promise, "Fear thou not; for I am with thee," in which He pledges to strengthen His people and uphold them with the right hand of His righteousness. It is one of the most widely cited verses of comfort for believers facing anxiety and fear.

• Christian

  [Bible]

  A Christian is "one who belongs to Christ," a person who believes in and follows Jesus as the Christ. The word appears three times in the New Testament, in Acts and 1 Peter.

• Dorothy L. Sayers

  [People]

  Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957) was an English detective novelist, playwright, translator, and Anglican lay Christian writer. She wrote *The Man Born to Be King*, a BBC radio drama on the life of Jesus.

• Jeremiah 29:4–14

  [Bible Verses]

  Part of Jeremiah's letter to the exiles in Babylon, containing the exhortation to settle in the land of exile and seek the peace of the city, together with the promise of return after seventy years. Verse 11 is widely quoted as a verse of encouragement, though some caution that it must be read in its context.

• Isaiah 6:8

  [Bible Verses]

  Isaiah 6:8 is the verse in which the prophet Isaiah, during his vision in the temple, hears the voice of the Lord asking whom He shall send and answers, "Here am I; send me." It is frequently cited as a text on calling, dedication, and the sending of missionaries.

• 2 Kings 2

  [Bible]

  The chapter of 2 Kings in which Elijah is taken up to heaven by a whirlwind, and Elisha, receiving his mantle and spirit, parts the Jordan, heals the waters of Jericho, and begins his prophetic ministry.

• Ecclesiastes 3:1–8

  [Bible Verses]

  Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 is a poem that uses fourteen pairs of contrasting lines to declare that God has appointed a time for everything. Because it sets the transience of human life alongside God's providence, it is frequently cited in funeral and New Year sermons.