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Othniel
[People]Othniel is the first judge in the Old Testament Book of Judges. The son of Kenaz and a member of Caleb's family, he delivered Israel from Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia.
Genesis 34
[Bible]Genesis 34 records how, after Shechem violated Jacob's daughter Dinah, Simeon and Levi used a deceitful demand for circumcision to kill the men of the city of Shechem, after which their brothers plundered the city.
Exodus 2
[Bible]Exodus 2 narrates the birth of Moses, his placement in an ark of bulrushes, and his adoption by Pharaoh's daughter. It then follows the grown Moses as he kills an Egyptian, flees to Midian, and marries Zipporah. At the close of the chapter, God hears the cry of Israel and remembers His covenant.
Bilhah
[People]Bilhah was Rachel's handmaid in the Book of Genesis and a wife (concubine) of Jacob. She bore Dan and Naphtali, the ancestors of the tribes of Dan and Naphtali among the twelve tribes of Israel.
Bahurim
[Bible]Bahurim was a village in the territory of Benjamin east of Jerusalem. In 2 Samuel and 1 Kings it appears as the setting of several events from the time of David.
Amminadab
[People]Amminadab was a man of the tribe of Judah, the son of Ram and the father of Nahshon and Elisheba. He was the father-in-law of Aaron, and his name appears in the genealogies of David and of Jesus Christ.
Ada Cecelia Pfautz
[People]Ada Cecelia Pfautz (1899–1987) was the wife of A. W. Tozer, an American pastor and author in the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA). She married Tozer in 1918 and raised six sons and one daughter. After Tozer's death, she married Leonard Odam.
Moon Joon-kyung
[People]Moon Joon-kyung (1891–1950) was a woman evangelist of the Holiness Church who ministered in the island region of Sinan, South Jeolla Province, Korea. Killed on the island of Jeungdo during the Korean War, she is honored as a martyr and is known as "the mother of island missions."
Bethlehem
[Bible]Bethlehem is a biblical town in the hill country of Judah, south of Jerusalem. It was the hometown of David, and the New Testament records it as the birthplace of Jesus. Its name is commonly interpreted as "house of bread."
Tophet
[Bible]Tophet was a site in the Valley of Hinnom south of Jerusalem. The Old Testament presents it as a place where children were burned as offerings in idolatrous worship, and the prophet Jeremiah made it a symbol of judgment.
Ben-ammi
[People]Ben-ammi was the son born to Lot by his younger daughter. He is named in Genesis 19 and is recorded as the ancestor of the Ammonites, a people neighboring Israel.
Zillah
[People]Zillah is a woman mentioned in Genesis 4. She was one of the two wives of Lamech, a descendant of Cain, and the mother of Tubal-cain and Naamah.
1 Samuel 18
[Bible]1 Samuel 18 recounts how Jonathan comes to love David after his victory over Goliath and makes a covenant with him; how Saul, seeing the people praise David, grows jealous and afraid of him and seeks to harm him; and how Saul ultimately gives his daughter Michal to David as his wife.
The Exodus
[Bible]The Exodus is the event in which the people of Israel, led by Moses, escaped slavery in Egypt, crossed the Red Sea, and journeyed to Mount Sinai. It is regarded as the defining example of God's salvation in the Old Testament.
Numbers 30
[Bible]Numbers 30 is a law concerning vows and oaths. It states the principle that a vow must be kept as spoken. It also provides that a father or husband may annul a vow made by a daughter in his house or by a wife on the day he hears of it.
Luke 9
[Bible]Luke 9 recounts the sending of the Twelve, the feeding of the five thousand, Peter's confession, and the Transfiguration. Beginning at verse 51, Jesus sets out on his journey toward Jerusalem.
Mark 6
[Bible]Mark 6 is the chapter of the Gospel of Mark that recounts Jesus' rejection in his hometown, the sending out of the Twelve, the death of John the Baptist, the feeding of the five thousand, Jesus' walking on the water, and the healing of the sick at Gennesaret.
Jethro
[People]Jethro is a priest of Midian in the Book of Exodus, the father-in-law of Moses and the father of Zipporah. In Exodus 2 he appears under the name Reuel. He is known for advising Moses to appoint leaders over the people and to share the work of judging with them.
Haran
[Bible]Haran was a city in northern Mesopotamia where Abraham's family stayed after leaving Ur of the Chaldees, and where Jacob spent twenty years in the household of his uncle Laban.
Shiphrah
[People]Shiphrah is one of the two Hebrew midwives named in Exodus 1. Together with Puah, she refused to obey the king of Egypt's order to kill Hebrew baby boys and instead let the children live.