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5 articles found for “Bedad”

• Hadad (Son of Bedad)

  [People]

  Hadad, the son of Bedad, was a king who reigned over Edom before any king ruled over Israel. He succeeded Husham, defeated the Midianites in the field of Moab, and his royal city was Avith.

• Husham

  [People]

  Husham was one of the kings who reigned over Edom before any king ruled over Israel. He came from the land of the Temanites, succeeded Jobab, and was succeeded by Hadad the son of Bedad.

• Bedan

  [People]

  Bedan is a figure named by Samuel in 1 Samuel 12:11 as one of those who delivered Israel. Because Scripture records nothing else about him, interpreters have proposed several identifications.

• Bede

  [People]

  Bede (672/673–735) was a monk, priest, and scholar of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria in England. He wrote the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, which records how the Anglo-Saxons came to accept Christianity, and for this work he is called the "Father of English History."

• Crown

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  In the Bible, a crown is placed on the head of one who has won a victory or endured faithfully. In Protestantism it is used chiefly as a symbol of the honor and reward God has promised to the saints.