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• Micah 3

  Micah 3 indicts the leaders of the house of Jacob, the prophets who prophesy for money, and the priests who teach for hire, and it declares that because of them Zion and Jerusalem will be laid waste.

• Psalm 85

  Psalm 85 is a psalm of the sons of Korah that recalls God's past grace in bringing back the captives, pleads with Him to revive His people again, and portrays a restoration in which mercy and truth, righteousness and peace meet together.

• Isaiah 48

  Isaiah 48 rebukes the stubbornness of Israel, God's people in name only, while declaring that God, for His own name's sake, will not destroy them but will deliver them from Babylon.

• Tribe of Ephraim

  The tribe of Ephraim was an Israelite tribe made up of the descendants of Ephraim, the second son of Joseph. It settled in the central hill country of Canaan, and after the division of the kingdom its name came to stand for the northern kingdom of Israel.

• Luz

  Luz was the earlier name of the city that Jacob renamed Bethel. It appears in Genesis, Joshua, and Judges; Judges also mentions a different city of the same name founded in the land of the Hittites.

• Genesis 46

  Genesis 46 is the chapter in which Jacob leads his entire household down to Egypt and is reunited with Joseph in Goshen. It includes a list of the seventy members of Jacob's house who came into Egypt.

• Bethel

  Bethel, meaning "house of God," is a place in the land of Canaan. Jacob encountered God there in a dream, and after the division of the kingdom it became the site of one of the northern kingdom of Israel's golden calf altars.

• Manasseh (son of Joseph)

  Manasseh was the firstborn son of Joseph, born in Egypt. Adopted by Jacob, he became the ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel. He is not to be confused with [[므낫세|Manasseh]], king of Judah.

• Tribe of Manasseh

  The tribe of Manasseh was an Israelite tribe descended from Manasseh, the firstborn son of Joseph. Because it received land on both the east and west sides of the Jordan River, the expression "the half tribe of Manasseh" came into use.

• Genesis 43

  Genesis 43 is the chapter in which, as the famine continues, Jacob's sons take Benjamin with them on a second journey down to Egypt and are entertained in Joseph's house.

• Succoth

  Succoth is a Hebrew place name meaning "booths." In the Old Testament it refers both to a town east of the Jordan River and to the place in Egypt that Israel first reached after setting out from Rameses at the Exodus.

• Laban

  Laban was an Aramean of Haran who appears in the book of Genesis. The brother of Rebekah, the uncle of Jacob, and the father of Leah and Rachel, he housed Jacob for twenty years.

• Amish

  The Amish are a Protestant community that separated from the Anabaptists of Switzerland and Alsace in the late seventeenth century. They emphasize believer's baptism and separation from the world, and they are known for their plain dress and limited use of technology.

• Josiah (son of Zephaniah)

  Josiah was the owner of the house where a group of returned exiles gathered. The son of Zephaniah, he appears in Zechariah 6:10 and is called "Hen" in Zechariah 6:14.

• Beth-aven

  Beth-aven is a place name meaning "house of vanity (or wickedness)." In Joshua and 1 Samuel it refers to a site near Bethel, while in Hosea it serves as a derisive name for Bethel, where the calf idol was worshiped.

• Calebites

  The Calebites were the descendants of Caleb the son of Jephunneh, or the group belonging to his house. The term is used in 1 Samuel 25 to introduce Nabal, and the Calebites are portrayed as living in the region of Hebron in southern Judah.

• Millo

  Millo was the name of a structure, or of the area around it, in the City of David in Jerusalem. It was the point from which David began building the city, and Solomon and Hezekiah later rebuilt or reinforced it.

• Stem of Jesse

  The "stem of Jesse" is an image from Isaiah 11:1 in which a shoot springs from the stump of Jesse, the father of David. The expression prophesies an ideal king who will arise from the house of David. Christians generally read it as a messianic prophecy concerning Jesus Christ.

• Prayer Retreat Center (Kidowon)

  A kidowon, or prayer retreat center, is a Protestant facility, usually built in the mountains or on the outskirts of a city, where people can devote themselves to prayer and fasting. Equipped with meeting halls and lodging, it is used for individual prayer and group retreats.

• Son of David

  A term meaning a descendant of King David. In the New Testament it is applied to Jesus as a title for the Messiah, the king who, in keeping with the Old Testament promise, was to come from the house of David.