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• Sheba (son of Bichri)

  [People]

  Sheba, a Benjaminite and the son of Bichri, lived in the time of King David. Shortly after Absalom's rebellion ended, he incited the tribes of Israel to revolt against David and was put to death in the city of Abel (2 Samuel 20).

• Jehu son of Hanani

  [People]

  Jehu son of Hanani was a prophet during the period of the divided kingdom. He pronounced judgment on Baasha, king of northern Israel, and rebuked Jehoshaphat, king of Judah. He is distinct from Jehu, the king of northern Israel who bore the same name.

• Jehu (son of Hanani)

  [People]

  Jehu, the son of Hanani, was a prophet of the divided monarchy who announced the destruction of the house of Baasha, king of northern Israel, and rebuked Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, for helping Ahab.

• Nahash

  [People]

  Nahash was king of the Ammonites in the time of Saul and David. He besieged Jabesh-gilead and was defeated by Saul. After his death, David sent envoys to his son Hanun to offer condolences.

• Hiel

  [People]

  Hiel was a man of Bethel who rebuilt Jericho during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. He appears only once, in 1 Kings 16:34, which records that he lost his firstborn and youngest sons in the course of building the city.

• Naboth's Vineyard

  [Bible]

  Naboth's vineyard is the episode in which King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel and his queen, Jezebel, had Naboth the Jezreelite put to death through a false trial in order to seize his vineyard. The account appears in 1 Kings 21.

• Oded

  [People]

  Oded was a prophet active in Samaria, the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, during the reign of King Ahaz of Judah. He rebuked the army of Israel and urged it to send back the captives taken from Judah (2 Chronicles 28:9-15).

• Segub

  [People]

  Segub was the youngest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who rebuilt Jericho during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. He died when his father set up the city's gates, and Scripture records his death as the fulfillment of the word spoken by Joshua (1 Kings 16:34).

• Contest on Mount Carmel

  [Bible]

  The contest on Mount Carmel was an event during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel in which the prophet Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel and demonstrated that the God who answers by fire is the true God. It is recorded in 1 Kings 18.

• 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).

• Nathan (Prophet)

  [People]

  Nathan was a prophet of Israel during the reigns of King David and King Solomon. He delivered the promise that David's dynasty would endure forever, used a parable to confront David with his sin after the Bathsheba affair, and played a part in Solomon's accession to the throne.

• Sharon

  [Bible]

  Sharon is a plain along the Mediterranean coast of Israel, extending south of Mount Carmel. In Scripture it serves as a symbol of fertility and beauty.

• Nisan

  [Bible]

  Nisan is the first month of Israel's religious calendar, designated at the time of the Exodus as "the first month of the year." Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread fall in this month, and the Pentateuch calls the same month "Abib."

• Jezreel

  [Bible]

  Jezreel is a Hebrew place name meaning "God sows." It refers to a city in the northern kingdom of Israel and to the broad valley around it. The city held a royal palace of the house of Ahab and was the setting of the revolt led by Jehu. Jezreel is also the name of a son of the prophet Hosea.

• 2 Kings 1

  [Bible]

  Second Kings 1 tells how Ahaziah, king of northern Israel, falls ill and inquires of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, and then dies just as Elijah has foretold.

• Gomer

  [People]

  Gomer was the wife of the prophet Hosea and appears in Hosea 1 as the daughter of Diblaim. The marriage of Hosea and Gomer serves as a symbol of the relationship between God and Israel.

• Arad

  [Bible]

  Arad was a Canaanite city in the Negev, the arid region south of Judah, mentioned in the Old Testament. The Book of Numbers records that its king attacked Israel during the wilderness journey.

• 2 Chronicles 19

  [Bible]

  2 Chronicles 19 recounts how Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, who had allied himself with Ahab, is rebuked by the seer Jehu, then brings the people back to the LORD and reorganizes the judicial system by appointing judges in the provincial cities and in Jerusalem.

• Jeremiah 3:23

  [Bible Verses]

  Jeremiah 3:23 is a verse in which the people confess that pagan worship on the hills is in vain and that the salvation of Israel is in the LORD alone. It is cited both as the confession of a repentant people and as a confession of faith expressing reliance on God alone.

• Zarephath

  [Bible]

  Zarephath was a Phoenician town on the Mediterranean coast between Tyre and Sidon. The prophet Elijah stayed there during a drought and was provided for by a widow. In the New Testament the name appears as "Sarepta."