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Gaal
[People]Gaal, the son of Ebed, appears in Judges 9. He incited the men of Shechem to rise against Abimelech but was defeated in battle and driven out of Shechem.
Malchiah (Son of Rechab)
[People]Malchiah, the son of Rechab, was the ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem in the time of Nehemiah. During the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem, he repaired the Dung Gate.
Meremoth
[People]Meremoth was a priest who served in Jerusalem after the return from exile. The son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz, he received the temple silver and gold that Ezra brought, and in Nehemiah's time he repaired two sections of the city wall.
Mattaniah (Son of Micah)
[People]Mattaniah was a Levite descended from Asaph who lived in Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian exile. He was the leader who began the thanksgiving in prayer (Nehemiah 11:17).
Mushi
[People]Mushi was the second son of Merari, the son of Levi. He was the ancestor of the Levitical "family of the Mushites," and his name appears in the genealogies of Exodus, Numbers, and 1 Chronicles.
Zabdiel
[People]Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim, is named in Nehemiah 11:14 as the overseer of 128 "mighty men of valour" from the priestly families who settled in Jerusalem after the return from exile.
Pelatiah
[People]Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, appears in the Book of Ezekiel as one of the princes, or high officials, of the people of Jerusalem. Scripture records that he died while Ezekiel was prophesying against them (Ezekiel 11:1, 13).
Zebadiah (son of Ishmael)
[People]Zebadiah, the son of Ishmael and ruler of the house of Judah, lived during the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah. When the king established a judicial system in Jerusalem, Zebadiah was placed over "all the king's matters" (2 Chronicles 19:11).
Josiah (son of Zephaniah)
[People]Josiah, the son of Zephaniah, owned the house where a group of returned exiles gathered. He appears in Zechariah 6:10 and is called "Hen" in Zechariah 6:14.
Table of Nations
[Bible]The Table of Nations is the genealogy in Genesis 10 of the peoples descended from Noah's three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. In a single list, it shows how humanity divided into many nations and languages and spread abroad after the Flood.
Song of Songs 3
[Bible]Song of Songs 3 is the chapter in which a woman searches by night for the one she loves and finds him. It then describes Solomon's palanquin procession coming up from the wilderness and celebrates his wedding day.
Song of Songs 5
[Bible]Song of Songs 5 opens with the bridegroom's song upon entering his garden. It then tells how the bride, failing to receive her beloved when he comes to her at night, loses him, searches for him, and sings of his beauty to the daughters of Jerusalem.
Haman
[People]Haman was a high official of the Persian king Ahasuerus in the Old Testament book of Esther. Driven by a grudge against Mordecai, he sought to destroy all the Jews in the empire, but his plot was exposed and he was executed.
Hobab
[People]Hobab is a Midianite who appears in Numbers 10 and Judges 4. When Israel set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, Moses asked him to come along as a guide. Interpreters disagree on whether he was Moses' brother-in-law or his father-in-law.
Ahimelech
[People]Ahimelech was the priest of Nob during the reign of King Saul. He was put to death at Saul's command for giving the fleeing David the holy bread and the sword of Goliath.
Abiathar
[People]Abiathar was a priest in the days of Saul and David. The sole survivor of the massacre at Nob, he served David, but when Solomon came to the throne he was removed from the priesthood for having sided with Adonijah.
Jahaziel
[People]Jahaziel was a Levite in the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah. When a coalition of Moabites and Ammonites invaded, he was moved by the Spirit and prophesied that "the battle is not yours, but God's" (2 Chronicles 20).
Elihu
[People]Elihu is a young man in Job 32–37 who steps forward after the debate between Job and his three friends has ended and delivers a lengthy discourse. He is introduced as the son of Barachel the Buzite.
Asaph
[People]Asaph was a Levite musician in the time of David and a leader of the singers who led praise in the temple. Psalm 50 and Psalms 73–83 have come down as "Psalms of Asaph," and his descendants continued the ministry of praise after the return from exile.
Ephron
[People]Ephron, the son of Zohar, was a Hittite who appears in Genesis 23. He owned the field and cave of Machpelah near Hebron and sold them to Abraham for four hundred shekels of silver, and the cave became Sarah's burial place.