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• Korah

  Korah was a Levite who, according to Numbers 16, joined Dathan and Abiram in challenging the authority of Moses and Aaron and was judged for it. His descendants, the "sons of Korah," are named in the superscriptions of several psalms.

• Ezekiel 18:30–32

  Ezekiel's call to repentance addressed to Israel during the Babylonian exile, declaring that each person will be judged according to his ways and that God takes no pleasure in the death of the one who dies, so the people should turn and live. The passage is frequently cited in preaching on repentance and in discussions of predestination and free will.

• Babylon

  Babylon is the name of an ancient city and empire on the Euphrates River in southern Mesopotamia. In the Bible it appears as the nation that destroyed Judah and carried its people into captivity, and in the Book of Revelation it serves as a symbol of the powers opposed to God.

• Fall of the Northern Kingdom of Israel

  The fall of the northern kingdom of Israel was the late eighth-century BC event in which Assyria captured Samaria, the capital of the northern kingdom, and deported its inhabitants. It is recorded in 2 Kings 17.

• Exodus 6:2–3

  A passage in which God tells Moses that he is the LORD (YHWH) and that he appeared to the patriarchs as "God Almighty" but was not known to them by the name LORD. Because the name "LORD" already appears in Genesis, the passage is frequently cited in discussions of the revelation of God's name and the formation of the Pentateuch.

• Acts 15:28–29

  The conclusion of the letter that the Jerusalem Council sent to Gentile believers. It does not impose circumcision or the whole Law, but it directs them to abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from fornication. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of law and freedom, dietary regulations, and blood transfusion.

• Galatians 5:14

  A verse in which Paul states that the whole law is fulfilled in the single commandment, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." It is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship among the freedom obtained through faith, the law, and love.

• Parable of the Prodigal Son

  The Parable of the Prodigal Son is a parable of Jesus recorded in Luke 15:11-32. It tells of a father who welcomes home his younger son after the son has squandered his share of the estate. It is also called the "Returning Prodigal."

• Obed

  Obed is the son of Boaz and Ruth in the Book of Ruth. He was the father of Jesse and the grandfather of David, and his name also appears in the genealogies of Jesus Christ in Matthew and Luke.

• Ben-hadad

  Ben-hadad is the name of a king (or kings) of Aram, whose capital was Damascus, in the Old Testament. Meaning "son of Hadad" (the Aramean storm god), the name appears in accounts from the reigns of Asa, Ahab, and Joash. Scholars disagree on whether it refers to one king or to several.

• Hanani

  Hanani was a seer (prophet) during the reign of King Asa of Judah. He was imprisoned for rebuking the king for relying on the king of Aram instead of on God. He appears in 2 Chronicles 16 and is also recorded as the father of the prophet Jehu.

• Quirinius

  Quirinius (Cyrenius in the KJV) is the Roman official recorded in Luke 2:2 as governor of Syria when the Roman emperor issued his decree of enrollment. He is frequently discussed in efforts to date the birth of Jesus.

• Amen Song

  An Amen song is a short piece in which the word "Amen" is set to a melody and sung after a prayer or the benediction in worship. In Korean churches it is usually sung by the choir or the congregation immediately after the benediction.

• Battle of Qarqar

  The Battle of Qarqar was fought in 853 BC at Qarqar, near the Orontes River in Syria, between the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III and a coalition of twelve kings that included Damascus, Hamath, and Israel. Ahab, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, is recorded as a participant.

• Potiphar

  Potiphar is an Egyptian who appears in the Book of Genesis. An officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, he bought Joseph, who had been sold into Egypt by his brothers, and placed him in charge of his household. After hearing his wife's false accusation, he had Joseph put in prison.

• Pashur

  Pashur was a priest who served as chief officer of the Temple in Jerusalem during the last years of the Kingdom of Judah. He struck the prophet Jeremiah and put him in the stocks, and he was then given the new name "Magor-missabib" along with a word of judgment concerning the Babylonian captivity.

• Hegai

  Hegai was a eunuch of Ahasuerus, king of Persia, in the Book of Esther. He had charge of the young women gathered as candidates to become queen. He showed favor to Esther, and she followed his instructions when she went in to the king.

• Numbers 13

  Numbers 13 recounts how Moses sent twelve men, a leader from each tribe, to spy out the land of Canaan for forty days. Caleb urged the people to take the land, but the other spies brought up an evil report of it.

• Ewha Haktang

  Ewha Haktang was the first modern educational institution for women in Korea, founded in 1886 in Jeongdong, Seoul, by Mary F. Scranton, a missionary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. It is the predecessor of present-day Ewha Womans University and Ewha Girls' High School.

• Esther 4

  Esther 4 is the chapter in which Mordecai, having learned of Haman's decree to destroy the Jews, urges Esther to go before the king and plead for her people. Esther asks for a three-day fast and then resolves to go in, saying, "If I perish, I perish."