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• Midrash

  [Bible]

  Midrash, from a Hebrew verb meaning "to seek" or "to inquire," refers both to the method by which Jewish rabbis interpreted the biblical text and to the body of literature that collects those interpretations.

• Righteousness

  [Bible]

  Righteousness is a central biblical concept referring to the character and acts of God and to a right relationship between God and human beings. In the New Testament, especially in the Pauline epistles, it develops into the teaching of righteousness received by faith, that is, justification.

• Obadiah 1

  [Bible]

  Obadiah 1 constitutes the entire single-chapter Book of Obadiah. It prophesies judgment on Edom, which stood by and plundered when its brother Jacob (Judah) suffered calamity, and foretells the restoration of Zion on the day of the LORD.

• Symbolic Actions of the Prophets

  [Bible]

  The symbolic actions of the prophets are acts by which Old Testament prophets conveyed God's message visibly, not only in words but through gestures, objects, and their own lives.

• Jeremiah (Prophet)

  [People]

  Jeremiah was an Old Testament prophet who ministered from the final years of the Kingdom of Judah into the early period of the Babylonian exile. He warned of the destruction of Jerusalem, prophesied the "new covenant," and is known as "the weeping prophet."

• Former Prophets

  [Bible]

  The Former Prophets are the first four books of the Prophets, the second division of the Hebrew Bible: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings. In the Christian Old Testament, the same books are classified as historical books.

• Malachi

  [Bible]

  Malachi is the last of the thirty-nine books of the Protestant Old Testament and one of the twelve Minor Prophets, a group of shorter prophetic books. It rebukes the formalism of Israel's worship and conduct after the rebuilding of the Temple.

• Tanakh

  [Bible]

  Tanakh is the name Judaism uses for the Hebrew Bible. The word is an acronym formed from the Law (Torah), the Prophets (Nevi'im), and the Writings (Ketuvim). Its contents are the same as the thirty-nine books of the Protestant Old Testament, but it counts them as twenty-four books and arranges them in a different order.

• Faith Chapter

  [Bible]

  The "Faith Chapter" is a common name for Hebrews 11. After defining faith, the chapter recounts in turn what Old Testament figures, from Abel to the prophets, did "by faith."

• 2 Kings 22

  [Bible]

  2 Kings 22 recounts the accession of Josiah, king of Judah, and his repair of the temple. When the book of the law is found in the temple, the king repents, and the prophetess Huldah announces both the judgment coming upon Judah and the mercy Josiah will receive.

• 2 Chronicles 34

  [Bible]

  2 Chronicles 34 recounts how Josiah, king of Judah, removes idols and repairs the temple. When the Book of the Law found during the work is read to him, the king repents, receives the word of the prophetess Huldah, and renews the covenant together with the people.

• Hebrews 11:33–38

  [Bible Verses]

  The concluding section of Hebrews 11, which lists both the victories won by people of faith and the sufferings and martyrdoms they endured. It is frequently cited in discussions of whether faith guarantees only prosperity and in the commemoration of martyrs.

• 2 Peter 2

  [Bible]

  2 Peter 2 warns against false teachers who will arise within the church. Citing God's judgment of the angels who sinned, the Flood in Noah's day, and Sodom and Gomorrah, it declares their destruction and likens their greed and licentiousness to the way of Balaam.

• Ezekiel (Prophet)

  [People]

  Ezekiel was an Old Testament priest and prophet who ministered during the Babylonian exile. He proclaimed to the exiles of Judah both the judgment of Jerusalem and the restoration of Israel, and his prophecies are preserved in the Book of Ezekiel.

• 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.

• Land Flowing with Milk and Honey

  [Bible]

  An Old Testament idiom describing the abundance of the land of Canaan, which God promised to give to Israel. It first appears in Exodus 3:8 and recurs throughout the Pentateuch and the Prophets.

• Buzi

  [People]

  Buzi was the father of the prophet Ezekiel, an Old Testament figure named only once, in Ezekiel 1:3. He is understood to have belonged to a priestly family.

• Gilead

  [Bible]

  Gilead is an Old Testament place name for the highland region east of the Jordan River. It was known for livestock raising and spices, and Scripture names it as the home of the judge Jephthah and the prophet Elijah.

• Lapidoth

  [People]

  Lapidoth is an Old Testament figure in the book of Judges, the husband of Deborah, the prophetess and judge. The Bible mentions him by name only once, in Judges 4:4.

• Davidic Covenant

  [Bible]

  The Davidic covenant is God's promise, delivered to David through the prophet Nathan, to establish his house (dynasty) and throne forever. It forms an important foundation for Old Testament messianic expectation and for the New Testament understanding of Jesus.