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Bethsaida
[Bible]Bethsaida was a town on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. The Gospels identify it as the hometown of the apostles Philip, Andrew, and Peter, and it is where Jesus healed a blind man and rebuked the town for failing to repent.
Diaspora
[Bible]Diaspora is a Greek word meaning "scattering." It refers to the Jews who lived in various regions outside Palestine and to their communities. In the New Testament the term was also applied to Christians living scattered throughout the world.
Ahijah
[People]Ahijah was a prophet from Shiloh who was active in the last years of Solomon's reign and during the reign of Jeroboam I. He tore his garment into twelve pieces to foretell the division of the kingdom, and he later prophesied the destruction of the house of Jeroboam.
Roman Citizenship
[Bible]Roman citizenship was a legal status that the Roman Empire conferred on its citizens. In the New Testament, Paul invoked this status to avoid scourging and to appeal to Caesar, and the Epistle to the Philippians speaks of the believer's "heavenly citizenship."
Annas
[People]Annas was a former Jewish high priest in the time of Jesus and the father-in-law of Caiaphas. He was the first person before whom Jesus was brought after his arrest, and he also appears at the interrogation of the apostles.
Kidron Brook
[Bible]The Kidron Brook is a stream that runs through the valley east of Jerusalem, between the Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives. It appears in the accounts of David's flight, the removal of idols by the kings of Judah, and the night on which Jesus was arrested.
Shushan
[Bible]Shushan (Susa) was a royal city of the Persian Empire that appears in the Old Testament books of Esther, Nehemiah, and Daniel. It is identified with the area around modern Shush in southwestern Iran.
Olivet Discourse
[Bible]The Olivet Discourse is a lengthy address that Jesus delivered to his disciples on the Mount of Olives during the final week of his public ministry. In it he taught about the destruction of the Jerusalem temple, his second coming, and the signs of the end of the world. It is recorded in Matthew 24–25, Mark 13, and Luke 21.
Hazael
[People]Hazael was a king of Aram, with his capital at Damascus, in the late ninth century BC. He killed Ben-hadad, seized the throne, and attacked Israel and Judah on several occasions.
Casting Lots
[Bible]Casting lots was a customary way of settling matters that people found difficult to decide for themselves by drawing marked objects. In the Bible it was used to divide land, assign duties, and choose an apostle, and its outcome was accepted as the will of God.
Intermediate State
[Doctrine & Theology]The intermediate state is a doctrine of Christian eschatology concerning the condition of a person from death until the resurrection of the body at the Second Coming of Christ.
Anakim
[Bible]The Anakim were a people of great stature who lived in the southern hill country of Canaan, centered on Hebron, before the Israelite conquest. After the report of the twelve spies, they became the adversaries Israel feared.
Ish-bosheth
[People]Ish-bosheth was a son of Saul who, after Saul's death, was made king over Israel by Abner, the commander of Saul's army, and reigned for about two years. In 1 Chronicles he appears under the name Eshbaal.
Hobab
[People]Hobab is a Midianite who appears in Numbers 10 and Judges 4. When Israel set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, Moses asked him to come along as a guide. Interpreters disagree on whether he was Moses' brother-in-law or his father-in-law.
Jehoiachin
[People]Jehoiachin was a king of Judah who reigned for about three months before surrendering to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and being carried off to Babylon. Scripture also calls him Jeconiah and Coniah.
Artaxerxes
[People]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.
Shamgar
[People]Shamgar is a figure from the period of the judges recorded in the Book of Judges. Coming after Ehud, he is said to have delivered Israel by killing six hundred Philistines with an ox goad.
Nathanael
[People]Nathanael was a disciple of Jesus who appears in the Gospel of John. A native of Cana in Galilee, he was introduced to Jesus by Philip and confessed Him as "the Son of God" and "the King of Israel."
Agag
[People]Agag was a king of the Amalekites during the reign of King Saul. First Samuel 15 records that Saul disobeyed God's command by sparing him, an act that led to Saul's rejection as king.
Troas
[Bible]Troas was a port city on the Aegean coast of northwestern Asia Minor. The Book of Acts records it as the place where Paul saw the vision of the man of Macedonia and where Eutychus was restored to life.