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• Jezreel

  [Bible]

  Jezreel is a Hebrew place name meaning "God sows." It refers to a city in the northern kingdom of Israel and to the broad valley around it. The city held a royal palace of the house of Ahab and was the setting of the revolt led by Jehu. Jezreel is also the name of a son of the prophet Hosea.

• 2 Chronicles 29

  [Bible]

  2 Chronicles 29 recounts how Hezekiah, king of Judah, reopened the house of the LORD in the first year of his reign after it had been shut under Ahaz. He directed the priests and Levites to cleanse the temple and then restored worship through sin offerings, burnt offerings, and songs of praise.

• Amos 5:21–23

  [Bible Verses]

  In this oracle addressed by Amos to the northern kingdom of Israel, God declares that he rejects the feasts, sacrifices, and songs of a people who have abandoned justice. The passage teaches that worship and life must be consistent, and it is frequently cited together with verse 24, which immediately follows.

• Gabriel

  [Bible]

  Gabriel is an angel of God named in the Book of Daniel and the Gospel of Luke. He explained the meaning of visions to Daniel and announced the births of sons to Zacharias and to Mary.

• Zipporah

  [People]

  Zipporah, a figure in the Book of Exodus, was the daughter of Jethro, the priest of Midian, and the wife of Moses. She is known for circumcising her son on the way back to Egypt.

• 2 Samuel 13

  [Bible]

  2 Samuel 13 recounts how Amnon, David's firstborn son, violates his half-sister Tamar, and how Tamar's brother Absalom kills Amnon two years later and flees to Geshur.

• Luke 1:37

  [Bible Verses]

  Spoken by the angel Gabriel to Mary in the Annunciation scene, this verse declares that nothing is impossible with God. It is often cited as a key verse on God's omnipotence and the fulfillment of His word. Its wording differs slightly among manuscripts.

• 1 Timothy 1

  [Bible]

  The first chapter of 1 Timothy. Paul urges Timothy, whom he has left in Ephesus, to stop the teaching of other doctrines. He then explains the proper use of the law, testifies to the mercy he himself received, and charges Timothy to fight the good fight.

• Psalm 67:1

  [Bible Verses]

  Psalm 67:1 is the opening verse of Psalm 67. It asks for God's mercy and blessing and for His face to shine upon His people. The verse echoes the priestly blessing in Numbers and begins the psalm's movement toward seeking that blessing for all peoples. For this reason it is frequently cited in discussions of blessing and mission.

• 2 Kings 8

  [Bible]

  2 Kings 8 records how a woman who heeded Elisha's word escaped a seven-year famine and recovered her land on her return, how Elisha told Hazael that he would become king of Aram, and the reigns of Jehoram and Ahaziah, kings of Judah.

• Psalm 25

  [Bible]

  Psalm 25 is a prayer psalm of twenty-two verses whose superscription attributes it to David. It asks God for protection from enemies and from shame, for instruction in his ways, and for the forgiveness of sins. The Hebrew original is known as an acrostic poem that follows the order of the alphabet.

• Shelomith

  [People]

  Shelomith is a Hebrew name in the Old Testament borne by several different people recorded in Leviticus, Chronicles, and Ezra. The name was used for both men and women.

• Psalm 77

  [Bible]

  Psalm 77 is a lament and a psalm of Asaph. In a time of trouble, the psalmist asks whether God has cast him off, then takes heart again by remembering God's works of old, especially His leading of the people through the sea at the Exodus.

• Psalm 93

  [Bible]

  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.

• Psalm 30

  [Bible]

  Psalm 30 is a psalm of thanksgiving whose superscription attributes it to David. Delivered from the brink of death, the psalmist confesses that God's anger endures but a moment while His favor lasts a lifetime, and he praises God for turning his mourning into dancing.

• Isaiah 54

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 54 is a prophecy promising restoration to Zion, who has become like a forsaken woman. Drawing on God's oath after Noah's flood, it proclaims an unchanging covenant of peace.

• Ananias the High Priest

  [People]

  High priest in Jerusalem in the mid-first century. In Acts 23–24 he orders that Paul be struck on the mouth as Paul stands before the Sanhedrin, and he later brings charges against Paul before the governor at Caesarea.

• Zechariah son of Jehoiada

  [People]

  Zechariah son of Jehoiada was a member of a priestly family during the reign of King Joash of Judah. After rebuking the people for idolatry, he was stoned to death in the temple court at the king's command (2 Chronicles 24).

• Philip the Tetrarch

  [People]

  Philip the Tetrarch was a son of Herod the Great who ruled the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis northeast of the Sea of Galilee. He is named in Luke 3:1 and is known as the founder of Caesarea Philippi.

• Philip the Tetrarch

  [People]

  Philip the Tetrarch was a son of Herod the Great who ruled as tetrarch over Ituraea and Trachonitis, the region northeast of the Sea of Galilee. In the New Testament, his name appears in Luke 3:1.