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Amasai
[People]Amasai is a figure in 1 Chronicles 12, the "chief of the thirty" among the men of Benjamin and Judah who came to David while he was fleeing from Saul. Moved by the Spirit, he declared his loyalty to David.
Jakeh
[People]Jakeh was the father of Agur, whose words are recorded in Proverbs 30 of the Old Testament. His name appears only once in the Bible, in Proverbs 30:1.
Ahiman
[People]Ahiman was a descendant of Anak who lived in Hebron before the conquest of Canaan. He is named in the Bible together with Sheshai and Talmai and was driven out by Caleb and the people of Judah.
Amariah
[People]Amariah was the chief priest during the reign of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah. When Jehoshaphat established a judicial system in Jerusalem, he placed Amariah over "all matters of the LORD" (2 Chronicles 19:11).
Zechariah (son of Jeberechiah)
[People]Zechariah, the son of Jeberechiah, was one of the two "faithful witnesses," together with Uriah the priest, whom Isaiah took when, at God's command, he wrote the name "Maher-shalal-hash-baz" on a tablet (Isaiah 8:2).
Urijah (Priest)
[People]Urijah was a priest of the Jerusalem temple during the reign of King Ahaz of Judah. At the king's command he built a new altar in the temple modeled on an altar in Damascus, and in Isaiah 8 he is named as a "faithful witness" to Isaiah's prophecy.
Oreb
[People]Oreb was one of the two princes (leaders) of Midian who were captured and killed by the men of Ephraim during the judge Gideon's war against Midian. He appears in Judges 7 and 8 and is mentioned again in the Psalms and Isaiah as an example of God's overthrow of His enemies.
Hosah
[People]Hosah was a Levite of the Merarite clan in the time of David. According to 1 Chronicles, he was appointed a gatekeeper before the Ark of the Covenant and was assigned by lot to the west gate of the temple.
Joash (Father of Gideon)
[People]Joash was a member of the Abiezrite clan of the tribe of Manasseh who appears in the Book of Judges as the father of the judge Gideon. He kept an altar of Baal at Ophrah, yet when Gideon tore that altar down, he protected his son from the men of the town.
Azariah (High Priest)
[People]Azariah was high priest during the reign of Uzziah, king of Judah. When Uzziah entered the temple to burn incense himself, Azariah followed him in with eighty priests and withstood him. The account appears in 2 Chronicles 26.
Sermon
[Worship & Rites]A sermon is the proclamation of the Word in worship that expounds a biblical text and applies it to present-day life. It is regarded as a central element of the worship service, and in Korean Protestant churches it is commonly referred to simply as "the Word" (malsseum).
Responsive Reading
[Worship & Rites]A responsive reading is an element of worship, and also the text used for it, in which the leader and the congregation read a passage of Scripture, usually from the Psalms, alternately verse by verse. In Korean Protestant churches it is also known as seongsi gyodok, "the alternate reading of sacred poems."
Church Constitution
[Organization & Polity]A church constitution is the foundational body of rules in which a denomination codifies its principles of confession of faith, church government, offices, worship, and discipline. Depending on the denomination, it may be called a "constitution," *The Doctrines and Discipline*, or another name.
Epiphany
[Feasts & Seasons]Epiphany is a Christian feast, observed on January 6, that commemorates the manifestation of Jesus Christ to the world as the Son of God.
Palm Sunday
[Feasts & Seasons]Palm Sunday is the Sunday immediately before Easter. It commemorates the occasion when crowds carrying palm branches welcomed Jesus Christ as he entered Jerusalem. Holy Week begins on this day.
Resurrection
[Doctrine & Theology]Resurrection refers both to the event in which Jesus Christ, having died on the cross, rose again, and to the Christian belief that on the last day the dead will be raised bodily.
Eschatology
[Doctrine & Theology]Eschatology is the field of Christian doctrine concerned with the last things of the world and of humanity, namely death and judgment, the second coming of Jesus Christ, the resurrection of the dead, and the consummation of the kingdom of God.
1 Kings
[Bible]1 Kings is the eleventh book of the Old Testament. It is a historical book that records the final years of David, the reign of Solomon and his construction of the temple, the division of the kingdom, and the ministry of the prophet Elijah.
Isaiah
[Bible]Isaiah is the first of the prophetic books of the Old Testament and consists of sixty-six chapters. It contains prophecies of judgment, restoration, and the Messiah, and Christians have long read it as a book containing many passages that point to Jesus Christ.
Daniel
[Bible]Daniel is a book of the Old Testament that contains stories of Daniel and his three friends, set during the Babylonian exile, along with visions concerning the end times.