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• Jonah 3:10

  [Bible Verses]

  This verse records that when the people of Nineveh turned from their evil way, God did not bring upon them the disaster He had announced. It is frequently cited as a text demonstrating the efficacy of repentance, and interpreters differ over how the statement that God "repented" relates to the immutability of God.

• Tel Dan Stele

  [History]

  The Tel Dan Stele consists of fragments of a ninth-century BC Aramaic stone inscription discovered in 1993–1994 at Tel Dan in northern Israel. It is widely accepted as the earliest extrabiblical source containing the phrase "House of David."

• Ezekiel 6

  [Bible]

  Ezekiel 6 is the chapter in which Ezekiel prophesies against the mountains of Israel. Judgment by sword, famine, and pestilence falls on a people who worshiped at high places and served idols, yet the chapter declares that a remnant scattered among the nations will remember God and repent.

• 1 Thessalonians

  [Bible]

  The thirteenth book of the New Testament, a letter from the apostle Paul to the church at Thessalonica in Macedonia. Many hold that it was the earliest of the Pauline Epistles to be written. It addresses the second coming of Christ and holy living.

• Western Wall

  [History]

  The Western Wall is the exposed above-ground portion of the ancient retaining wall that supports the western side of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. A remnant of Herod's Temple, it has become the most important place of prayer in Judaism.

• 2 Chronicles 14

  [Bible]

  2 Chronicles 14 records how Asa, king of Judah, came to the throne, removed idols, and fortified cities so that the land enjoyed peace, and how he met and defeated the vast army of Zerah the Ethiopian (Cushite) through prayer.

• 2 Chronicles 21

  [Bible]

  2 Chronicles 21 recounts the eight-year reign of Jehoram, king of Judah. After Jehoram kills his brothers and follows the way of Ahab, he receives a letter of warning from Elijah. After Edom and Libnah revolt and foreign enemies invade, he dies of a disease of the bowels.

• Esther 2

  [Bible]

  Esther 2 recounts how, after the deposition of Queen Vashti, King Ahasuerus seeks a new queen and the Jewish woman Esther is chosen, and how Mordecai exposes a plot against the king, a deed recorded in the royal chronicles.

• Cilicia

  [Bible]

  Cilicia was a region on the Mediterranean coast of southeastern Asia Minor. Tarsus, the hometown of the apostle Paul, was located there, and the region is mentioned in Acts and Galatians.

• Siloam Inscription

  [History]

  The Siloam Inscription is an ancient Hebrew inscription carved into the wall of the water tunnel that connects the Gihon Spring and the Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem. It records the completion of the tunnel and is commonly dated to the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah.

• Gregory I

  [People]

  Gregory I (c. 540–604) was bishop of Rome (pope) from 590 to 604. He is regarded as one of the leading Fathers of the Western Church and is also known as Gregory the Great.

• Mesopotamia

  [Bible]

  Mesopotamia is the region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and the homeland of Abraham. It is mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments.

• Mesopotamia

  [Bible]

  Mesopotamia is a biblical place name for the region between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers and the homeland of Abraham's family. In the Old Testament it refers mainly to the northern Aramean territory around Haran.

• Crete

  [Bible]

  Crete is a large island in the eastern Mediterranean, south of the Aegean Sea, and is the island of Crete in modern Greece. In the New Testament it appears as a place Paul sailed past while being taken to Rome and as the place where Titus ministered by appointing elders.

• Revelation 2:8–11

  [Bible Verses]

  Revelation 2:8–11 is the letter from the risen Christ to the church in Smyrna. It encourages a suffering church and contains no rebuke. In Korean Protestant churches, its words "be thou faithful unto death" are often cited at ordination services and in sermons.

• Jonah 3

  [Bible]

  Jonah 3 is the chapter in which Jonah, having received God's second call, proclaims Nineveh's destruction; the king and the people fast and repent, and God withholds the calamity.

• Jonah 1

  [Bible]

  Jonah 1 tells how Jonah, fleeing the LORD's command to go to Nineveh, boards a ship bound for Tarshish, is thrown into the sea during a storm, and is swallowed by a great fish.

• 1 Kings 3

  [Bible]

  1 Kings 3 recounts how Solomon offers a thousand burnt offerings at Gibeon, asks God for wisdom in a dream and receives it, and then wisely settles a dispute between two women over a single child.

• Rabbah

  [Bible]

  Rabbah was the capital of the Ammonites, east of the Jordan River. During David's reign, Uriah was killed while Joab was besieging the city. It is generally identified with the site of Amman, the present-day capital of Jordan.

• Gibeon

  [Bible]

  Gibeon was a Canaanite city north of Jerusalem in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. There its inhabitants deceived Joshua into making a treaty, Solomon asked for wisdom in a dream, and the tabernacle and the bronze altar were once located.