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• Branch (Messianic Title)

  [Bible]

  "Branch" translates the Hebrew word tsemach, which the Old Testament prophets used as a title for a righteous ruler who would arise from the line of David. Christianity has read it as a messianic prophecy of Jesus Christ.

• Judgment Seat of Christ

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The judgment seat of Christ is a New Testament expression for the place where people, and Christians in particular, have their lives evaluated before Christ. It is commonly discussed in connection with rewards.

• Holy Convocation

  [Bible]

  A holy convocation was a sacred assembly in which the people of Israel were called together on days appointed by God to rest from work and to worship. Leviticus 23 sets out the holy convocations of the Sabbath and of the annual feasts.

• Collection for the Church in Jerusalem

  [Bible]

  The collection for the church in Jerusalem was a relief effort in which the apostle Paul gathered offerings from Gentile churches in Macedonia, Achaia, and elsewhere to deliver to the poor saints of the Jerusalem church.

• Sackcloth

  [Bible]

  Sackcloth is a coarse fabric, or a garment made from it, that people in the Bible wrapped around their bodies or wore to express grief, repentance, and humility. It frequently appears together with putting ashes on the head and fasting.

• Eliezer (Servant of Abraham)

  [People]

  Eliezer is the man of Damascus whom Abraham, while still childless, names as his heir in Genesis 15. He is commonly identified with Abraham's eldest servant, who in Genesis 24 goes to find a wife for Isaac.

• Pharaoh Necho

  [People]

  Pharaoh Necho was a king of Egypt who pressed hard upon Judah in the late seventh century BC. He killed King Josiah of Judah at Megiddo, deposed and installed kings of Judah, and was defeated by Babylon at Carchemish.

• Shalmaneser III

  [People]

  Shalmaneser III was a king of Assyria in the ninth century BC. Because his inscriptions name the Israelite kings Ahab and Jehu, they serve as an important extrabiblical source for the study of the period covered by the books of Kings.

• Mareshah

  [Bible]

  Mareshah was a city in the lowland (Shephelah) of Judah. Rehoboam fortified it, Asa defeated the army of Zerah the Ethiopian there, and it appears among the cities against which Micah pronounced judgment.

• Measuring Line

  [Bible]

  A measuring line is a cord used to measure length and area. In the Bible it appears chiefly in visions that anticipate the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the temple, and it also expresses the standard of divine judgment.

• Oholiab

  [People]

  Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan, appears in the Book of Exodus. With Bezalel, he was one of the craftsmen who made the tabernacle and its furnishings in the wilderness.

• Amminadab

  [People]

  Amminadab was a man of the tribe of Judah, the son of Ram and the father of Nahshon and Elisheba. He was the father-in-law of Aaron, and his name appears in the genealogies of David and of Jesus Christ.

• Toi

  [People]

  Toi was a king of Hamath in the time of David. When he heard that David had defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah, he sent his son to greet David and present him with gifts. In 1 Chronicles his name is spelled "Tou."

• Johanan (son of Kareah)

  [People]

  Johanan the son of Kareah was one of the military captains who remained in the land of Judah after Babylon destroyed Jerusalem. He warned Governor Gedaliah of a plot against his life and, contrary to the word of Jeremiah, led the remnant of the people down to Egypt.

• Ishmael (son of Nethaniah)

  [People]

  Ishmael son of Nethaniah was a military commander of the royal line of Judah who, after the fall of Jerusalem, killed Gedaliah, the Babylonian-appointed governor of Judah, at Mizpah.

• Herod Agrippa I

  [People]

  Herod Agrippa I was a grandson of Herod the Great and a king who ruled Judea in the first half of the first century. In Acts 12 he is called "Herod the king" and appears as the ruler who killed James the son of Zebedee and imprisoned Peter.

• Hadadezer

  [People]

  Hadadezer, son of Rehob, was king of the Aramean kingdom of Zobah in the time of David. David defeated him in two campaigns, and as a result the Aramean region came under Israelite influence.

• Hezron

  [People]

  Hezron, the son of Perez and grandson of Judah, is an Old Testament figure whose name appears in the genealogies of David and of Jesus Christ. The clan of the Hezronites within the tribe of Judah descended from him.

• Magog

  [People]

  Magog was a grandson of Noah and a son of Japheth, named in the genealogies of Genesis and 1 Chronicles. In Ezekiel and Revelation, his name is used for a northern land and for forces opposed to God.

• Jehoahaz (King of Judah)

  [People]

  Jehoahaz was a son of King Josiah of Judah. He came to the throne after his father's death and reigned for three months. Pharaoh Necho of Egypt deposed him and carried him off to Egypt, where he died. The Book of Jeremiah refers to him as Shallum.