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Segub
[People]Segub was the youngest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who rebuilt Jericho during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. He died when his father set up the city's gates, and Scripture records his death as the fulfillment of the word spoken by Joshua (1 Kings 16:34).
Isaac
[People]Isaac is a patriarch in the Book of Genesis, the son of promise born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age. He is best known for nearly being offered as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah, and he was the father of Jacob and Esau.
Annas
[People]Annas was a former Jewish high priest in the time of Jesus and the father-in-law of Caiaphas. He was the first person before whom Jesus was brought after his arrest, and he also appears at the interrogation of the apostles.
Laban
[People]Laban was an Aramean of Haran who appears in the book of Genesis. The brother of Rebekah, the uncle of Jacob, and the father of Leah and Rachel, he kept Jacob in his household for twenty years.
Alexander (Son of Simon)
[People]Alexander was a son of Simon of Cyrene, the man who carried Jesus' cross, and the brother of Rufus. He is mentioned by name only once, in Mark 15:21.
Ram
[People]Ram was an Old Testament figure of the tribe of Judah, the son of Hezron and the father of Amminadab. His name appears in the genealogies of David in Ruth and 1 Chronicles and in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew.
Jeiel (Father of Gibeon)
[People]Jeiel is a Benjamite recorded in the genealogies of 1 Chronicles as "the father of Gibeon." He is an ancestor of the family that descends through Ner and Kish to King Saul. Several other people with the same name appear in the Bible.
On (Son of Peleth)
[People]On was a son of Peleth of the tribe of Reuben. Numbers 16:1 names him as one of the group that, together with Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, rose up against Moses and Aaron during the wilderness period.
Eber
[People]Eber is a descendant of Noah named in the genealogy of Shem in Genesis. He is the son of Salah and the father of Peleg and Joktan, and his name is commonly associated with the origin of the word "Hebrew."
Manoah
[People]Manoah is a man of the tribe of Dan in the Old Testament Book of Judges and the father of the judge Samson. He and his wife received from the angel of the Lord the announcement of their son's birth.
Meshelemiah
[People]Meshelemiah was a Levitical temple gatekeeper of the Korahite line in the time of David, the son of Kore and the father of Zechariah. He appears in 1 Chronicles 26, where verse 14 records his name as "Shelemiah."
Jesse
[People]Jesse was a man of Bethlehem in the Old Testament, the son of Obed and the father of King David. Because of the prophecy of the "stem of Jesse" in Isaiah 11, his name also serves as a symbol of the messianic line.
Anak
[People]Anak was the ancestor of the "children of Anak" (the Anakim), who lived in the region of Hebron (Kirjath-arba) in Canaan. The Bible identifies him as the son of Arba and the father of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
Mahalalel
[People]Mahalalel is an antediluvian figure in the genealogy of Genesis 5. In the line of Seth, he is the son of Kenan and the father of Jared. Scripture records that he lived 895 years.
Mehujael
[People]Mehujael is a figure in the genealogy of Cain in Genesis 4. He was Cain's great-grandson, the son of Irad, and the father of Methusael. Scripture records only his name, and only once.
Lot's Daughters
[People]Lot's daughters are the two daughters of Lot who appear in Genesis 19. They escaped with their father when Sodom was destroyed and later bore sons by him, becoming the ancestors of the Moabites and the Ammonites.
Eliezer
[People]Eliezer was the second son of Moses and Zipporah. His name is understood to mean "my God is help." Several people in the Bible bear the same name, and Eliezer the servant of Abraham is especially well known.
Abijah
[People]Abijah was the second king of the southern kingdom of Judah during the divided monarchy, the son of Rehoboam and the father of Asa. The books of Kings call him "Abijam," and he reigned for about three years.
Abishai
[People]Abishai was the son of Zeruiah, David's sister, and the brother of Joab and Asahel. One of David's military commanders and mighty men, he took part in the night raid on Saul's camp and in the suppression of rebellions, and he rescued David from a Philistine giant.
Ahijah (Priest)
[People]Ahijah was a priest who wore the ephod and accompanied King Saul during his reign. A great-grandson of Eli, he is named in 1 Samuel 14.