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Zedekiah
[People]Zedekiah was the last king of the Kingdom of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, placed him on the throne, but Zedekiah rebelled against him. When Jerusalem fell, he was blinded and carried off to Babylon.
Romans 1:18–25
[Bible Verses]Paul's argument that human beings, though able to know God through the created world, worshiped idols and therefore stand under God's wrath. The passage is frequently cited as a key text in discussions of general revelation and natural theology.
Megiddo
[Bible]Megiddo was an ancient city on the edge of the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel. The Old Testament presents it as the site of several battles, and the name "Armageddon" in Revelation 16:16 is commonly understood to derive from it.
Babylon
[Bible]Babylon was an ancient city and empire on the Euphrates River in southern Mesopotamia. In the Bible it is the nation that destroyed Judah and carried its people into captivity, and in the Book of Revelation it is a symbol of the powers opposed to God.
Matthew 12:41
[Bible Verses]Matthew 12:41 records Jesus' warning to those who demanded a sign: the men of Nineveh, who repented at Jonah's preaching, will condemn "this generation" at the judgment. The verse is often cited as a call to repentance and as a revelation of who Jesus is.
Ephesus
[Bible]Ephesus was a Roman-era port city on the western coast of Asia Minor. Paul stayed there for about three years preaching the gospel, and the city was the destination of the Epistle to the Ephesians and the home of the first of the seven churches of Revelation.
Hallelujah
[Bible]Hallelujah is a Hebrew exclamation meaning "Praise the LORD." In the Old Testament it appears only in the Psalms, and in the New Testament only in Revelation 19. Today it is widely used in churches as an expression of praise and as a greeting.
Names of God
[Bible]The names of God are the proper name and the various titles by which God is called in the Bible. In Scripture a name is regarded not merely as a form of address but as a revelation of the character and authority of the one who bears it.
Apocalyptic Literature
[Bible]Apocalyptic literature is a genre of biblical writing that uses visions and symbols to reveal the end of history and God's final victory. Its leading examples are the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament and the Book of Revelation in the New Testament.
Michael
[Bible]Michael is an angel named in the Bible. In the book of Daniel he appears as the "great prince" who protects the people of Israel, in Jude as "the archangel," and in Revelation as the angel who fights the dragon.
Tree of Life
[Bible]The tree of life stood in the midst of the Garden of Eden in Genesis and symbolizes the life that God gives. Proverbs uses the phrase figuratively, and the tree reappears in the New Jerusalem in Revelation.
Book of Life
[Bible]The Book of Life is the heavenly register in which, according to Scripture, God records the names of those who will be saved. The concept begins with "thy book" in the Old Testament and culminates in "the Lamb's book of life" in Revelation.
Amasa
[People]Amasa was a military commander in the time of David. He commanded Absalom's army during Absalom's rebellion and was later appointed commander by David, but he was killed by his cousin Joab.
Sons of Korah
[Bible]The sons of Korah were the descendants of Korah, a member of the Kohathite family of the tribe of Levi. Although their ancestor Korah was judged for rebelling in the wilderness, his descendants survived and later served as singers and gatekeepers in the temple, and their name appears in the titles of eleven psalms.
Ziba
[People]Ziba was a servant of the house of Saul who appears in 2 Samuel. He told David about Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, and managed Mephibosheth's land. During Absalom's rebellion, he told David that his master Mephibosheth had betrayed the king.
Shimei
[People]Shimei was an Old Testament figure from the tribe of Benjamin and a member of Saul's house. He cursed David as the king fled during Absalom's rebellion, later sought his forgiveness, and was executed under Solomon for breaking his oath.
Censer
[Bible]A censer was a portable vessel used in the tabernacle and the Temple to hold live coals from the altar, either for burning incense or for carrying fire. In the Book of Revelation, it appears as a golden censer offered before God together with the prayers of the saints.
Thyatira
[Bible]Thyatira was a city in the region of Lydia in western Asia Minor. In the Acts of the Apostles it appears as the hometown of Lydia, and in the Book of Revelation it is the site of the fourth of the seven churches.
Masada
[History]Masada is an ancient fortress on a rocky plateau in the Judean Desert west of the Dead Sea. Near the end of the First Jewish–Roman War, Jewish rebels held out there against the Roman army until the fortress fell.
Food Sacrificed to Idols
[Bible]Food sacrificed to idols is a New Testament term for meat and other food that had been offered to pagan gods and was then eaten or sold in the marketplace. Acts, 1 Corinthians, and Revelation address whether believers may eat it.