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• 1 Chronicles 12

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  1 Chronicles 12 records the warriors and troops from each tribe who gathered to David, from the time he was hiding at Ziklag until he was made king over all Israel at Hebron.

• Psalm 22

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  Psalm 22 is a psalm of David that moves from lament over suffering, as though forsaken by God, to praise for deliverance. In the New Testament it is one of the psalms most closely associated with the suffering of Jesus on the cross.

• Palestine

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  Palestine is a geographical name for the land extending from the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea to the region of the Jordan River. Derived from the name of the land of the Philistines, it is used in biblical geography as a general term for the land of Canaan and Israel.

• Proverbs 20

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  Proverbs 20 is a chapter within the "Proverbs of Solomon" collection (10:1–22:16). Its thirty short sayings address wine, laziness, honest scales, guarded speech, the rule of kings, and the prohibition of personal revenge.

• Ezra 7:10

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  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.

• Isaiah 30:15

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  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.

• Oreb and Zeeb

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  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.

• Psalm 102

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  Psalm 102 is a prayer that joins the lament of a sufferer broken in body and spirit with a confession concerning Zion's restoration and the eternal, unchanging God.

• Psalm 110

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  Psalm 110 is a seven-verse royal psalm bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." In it the LORD seats "my Lord" at His right hand and establishes him as a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. It is one of the psalms most frequently quoted in the New Testament.

• Malchijah

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  Malchijah is a Hebrew name borne by several different people in the Old Testament books of 1 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Jeremiah. Nehemiah 3 names three men called Malchijah who took part in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem.

• 1 Samuel 7

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  1 Samuel 7 recounts how, while the ark of the covenant remains at Kiriath-jearim, Samuel gathers Israel at Mizpah and leads the people in repentance, and how, after the Philistines are defeated, he sets up the Ebenezer stone. The chapter closes with a summary of Samuel's lifelong service as judge over Israel.

• Shadrach

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  Shadrach, originally named Hananiah, is a man of Judah in the Book of Daniel. One of Daniel's three friends, he refused with Meshach and Abednego to bow down to a golden image. The three were cast into a fiery furnace and came out alive.

• Pithom

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  Pithom is an Egyptian city mentioned alongside Raamses in Exodus 1:11 as one of the treasure cities that the children of Israel built for Pharaoh under forced labor.

• Messiah

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  Messiah, from the Hebrew for "anointed one," is a title applied in the Old Testament to kings, priests, and others; it later came to designate the deliverer whom God would send. The New Testament confesses Jesus as the Messiah, that is, the Christ.

• Kerygma

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  Kerygma is a Greek word meaning "proclamation" or "that which is proclaimed." In the New Testament it refers to the apostles' proclamation of the gospel, centered on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

• Jehovah-shammah

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  Jehovah-shammah is a Hebrew name meaning "the LORD is there," given to the restored city in Ezekiel 48:35.

• 1 Samuel 16:13–14

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  In this passage, after Samuel anoints David, the Spirit of the LORD comes upon David and departs from Saul. The passage marks the turning point in the transfer of kingship and is frequently discussed with regard to the departure of the Spirit and the meaning of "an evil spirit from the LORD."

• Jonah 4:2

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  In this verse Jonah, angered that Nineveh has been spared, tells God why he had fled. The verse is frequently discussed for its irony, since Jonah turns the confession of God's grace from Exodus 34 into grounds for complaint, and for its statement that God "repentest thee of the evil."

• Stephen Langton

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  Stephen Langton (c. 1150–1228) was an English theologian and Archbishop of Canterbury who is widely known for establishing the chapter divisions used in Bibles today.

• Desmond Tutu

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  Desmond Tutu (1931–2021) was a South African Anglican archbishop. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his opposition to apartheid, the system of racial segregation, and served as chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.