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• Jeremiah 29:4–14

  [Bible Verses]

  Part of Jeremiah's letter to the exiles in Babylon, containing the exhortation to settle in the land of exile and seek the peace of the city, together with the promise of return after seventy years. Verse 11 is widely quoted as a verse of encouragement, though some caution that it must be read in its context.

• Milcom

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  Milcom is a god of the Ammonites mentioned in the Old Testament. Scripture records that Solomon followed this idol in his later years and that King Josiah defiled its high place during his reforms.

• Jeremiah 38

  [Bible]

  Jeremiah 38 recounts how, near the end of the siege of Jerusalem, the princes cast Jeremiah into a miry cistern, Ebed-melech the Cushite rescues him, and King Zedekiah secretly summons him and hears the word urging him to surrender.

• Ezekiel 12

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  Ezekiel 12 is a chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in which the prophet packs an exile's belongings and digs through a wall. This symbolic act foretells the captivity of Jerusalem's king and people. The chapter also refutes the people's proverb that the fulfillment of prophecy is delayed.

• Zechariah 14

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  Zechariah 14 is the final chapter of the Book of Zechariah. On the Day of the LORD the nations attack Jerusalem, but the LORD stands on the Mount of Olives, fights against them, and becomes king over all the earth. The surviving nations go up year after year to keep the Feast of Tabernacles, and the chapter portrays a time when everything becomes holy.

• Zechariah 9

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  Zechariah 9 opens the second half of the Book of Zechariah (chapters 9–14). It proclaims judgment on the surrounding nations, announces a humble king who comes riding on a colt, the foal of a donkey, and promises the release and restoration of the prisoners.

• Hebron

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  Hebron is an ancient city in the hill country of Judah. Abraham lived there, and it is the site of the cave of Machpelah, where the patriarchs were buried. It is also where David first became king.

• 1 Samuel 15

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  1 Samuel 15 is the chapter in which King Saul, though commanded to utterly destroy the Amalekites, spares King Agag and the best of the livestock. Samuel rebukes him, declaring that "to obey is better than sacrifice," and announces his rejection as king.

• Isaiah 24

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 24 is a prophecy depicting the LORD judging the whole earth and laying it waste, and then reigning as King on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. It is the first chapter of the unit comprising Isaiah 24–27.

• 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.

• Psalm 93

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  A five-verse psalm of praise in Book IV of the Psalms. It proclaims that the LORD reigns as King and that his might is greater than the great waters and the waves of the sea.

• Herod Antipas

  [People]

  Herod Antipas, a son of Herod the Great, was the tetrarch who ruled Galilee and Perea. He executed John the Baptist and, according to the Gospel of Luke, took part in the trial of Jesus.

• Herod

  [People]

  Herod is the name used in the New Testament for Herod the Great and several of his descendants. It refers to multiple figures, including Herod the Great at the time of Jesus' birth, Herod Antipas, who executed John the Baptist, and Agrippa I and Agrippa II in the Book of Acts.

• 1 Samuel 16:11–13

  [Bible Verses]

  This passage recounts how Samuel anointed David, the youngest son of Jesse, and how the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. It marks the turning point at which kingship passes from Saul to David and is frequently cited in discussions of divine election and the presence of the Holy Spirit.

• Isaiah 32

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  Isaiah 32 is a prophecy that foretells a king who will reign in righteousness and the restoration that comes under his rule, warns complacent women of coming desolation, and proclaims a future in which the Spirit is poured out and justice and peace dwell in the land.

• Christian

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  A Christian is "one who belongs to Christ," a person who believes in and follows Jesus as the Christ. The word appears three times in the New Testament, in Acts and 1 Peter.

• Dorothy L. Sayers

  [People]

  Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957) was an English detective novelist, playwright, translator, and Anglican lay Christian writer. She wrote *The Man Born to Be King*, a BBC radio drama on the life of Jesus.

• False Prophet

  [Bible]

  A false prophet, in biblical usage, is a prophet who claims to speak the word of God without having been sent by God, or who leads people away from God.

• 2 Kings 2

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  The chapter of 2 Kings in which Elijah is taken up to heaven by a whirlwind, and Elisha, receiving his mantle and spirit, parts the Jordan, heals the waters of Jericho, and begins his prophetic ministry.

• Ecclesiastes 3:1–8

  [Bible Verses]

  Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 is a poem that uses fourteen pairs of contrasting lines to declare that God has appointed a time for everything. Because it sets the transience of human life alongside God's providence, it is frequently cited in funeral and New Year sermons.