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• Psalm 94

  [Bible]

  Psalm 94 is a psalm of lament that appeals to God, the Judge of the earth, for righteous judgment against the oppression of the wicked. It closes with trust in the God who does not forsake His people.

• Ezra 7:10

  [Bible Verses]

  This verse records that Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of the LORD, to do it, and to teach it in Israel. Because it presents the sequence of study, practice, and teaching, it is frequently cited in discussions of the proper disposition of ministers of the Word and of teachers.

• Jeremiah 29

  [Bible]

  Jeremiah 29 contains the letter Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the exiles in Babylon. It urges them to build houses in exile and to pray for the peace of the city, promises their return after seventy years, and rebukes the false prophets.

• Daniel 3

  [Bible]

  Daniel 3 tells how Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow down to the golden image set up by King Nebuchadnezzar, were cast into the burning fiery furnace, and came out unharmed.

• Hosea 3

  [Bible]

  Hosea 3 is the chapter in which God commands Hosea to love an adulterous woman once more. Hosea buys the woman back at a price, and this act leads into a prophecy that Israel will live for many days without king or sacrifice but will at last return to the LORD.

• Amos 7

  [Bible]

  Amos 7 contains three of Amos's visions (locusts, fire, and a plumb line), along with the account of Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, who tries to silence Amos's prophecy and in turn receives a word of judgment.

• Jonah 3

  [Bible]

  Jonah 3 is the chapter in which Jonah, having received God's second call, proclaims Nineveh's destruction; the king and the people fast and repent, and God withholds the calamity.

• Ezra (Scribe)

  [People]

  Ezra was a priest and scribe of Judah in the Persian period who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem and taught the law of Moses. He appears in Ezra 7–10, Nehemiah 8, and elsewhere.

• Simon the Cananaean

  [People]

  Simon the Cananaean was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. In Luke and Acts he is called "Simon called Zelotes" (the Zealot), which distinguishes him from Peter, who bore the same name.

• Jonah 3:10

  [Bible Verses]

  This verse records that when the people of Nineveh turned from their evil way, God did not bring upon them the disaster He had announced. It is frequently cited as a text demonstrating the efficacy of repentance, and interpreters differ over how the statement that God "repented" relates to the immutability of God.

• Isaiah 30:15

  [Bible Verses]

  Isaiah 30:15 is addressed to Judah, which was seeking an alliance with Egypt in the face of the Assyrian threat. It declares that salvation and strength lie not in military calculation but in returning to God and trusting Him in quietness. The verse is frequently cited in discussions of trust and waiting amid anxiety.

• Achmetha

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  Achmetha is a city in the province of Media mentioned in Ezra 6:2. The decree of Cyrus authorizing the rebuilding of the temple was discovered in its palace. It was the ancient capital of Media, commonly known as Ecbatana.

• Eternal Punishment

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Eternal punishment is the Christian doctrine of the penalty that those who have rejected God are held to suffer without end after the Last Judgment. Interpretations differ on its nature and on whether it continues forever.

• Stadion

  [Bible]

  The stadion is a Greek unit of distance found in the New Testament, measuring about 185 meters. In Revelation it is used to give the dimensions of the New Jerusalem.

• Ahithophel

  [People]

  Ahithophel the Gilonite was a counselor to King David, an official who devised plans and gave advice to the king. He joined Absalom's rebellion, and when his counsel was not followed, he took his own life in his hometown.

• Oreb and Zeeb

  [People]

  Oreb and Zeeb were two princes (commanders) of Midian who were captured and killed by the men of Ephraim when Gideon defeated the Midianites during the period of the judges. They appear in Judges 7–8 and Psalm 83.

• Charles Simeon

  [People]

  Charles Simeon (1759–1836) was an evangelical priest of the Church of England. He ministered at Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge, for fifty-four years, trained preachers, and took part in founding the Church Missionary Society (CMS).

• Deuteronomy 18

  [Bible]

  Deuteronomy 18 sets out the portion due to the Levitical priests, forbids the divination and necromancy (calling up the spirits of the dead) practiced by the nations of Canaan, and records God's promise to raise up a prophet like Moses, together with the criteria for distinguishing true prophets from false ones.

• 1 Kings 2

  [Bible]

  The chapter recounting David's final charge to Solomon and his death, followed by Solomon's consolidation of royal power through the execution of Adonijah and Joab, the removal of Abiathar from the priesthood, and the punishment of Shimei.

• 2 Kings 21

  [Bible]

  2 Kings 21 recounts the fifty-five-year reign of Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, who revived idolatry in Judah, and the judgment announced against Jerusalem and Judah. It also recounts the reign of his son Amon, who was killed by his servants after two years.