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Gibeon
[Bible]Gibeon was a Canaanite city north of Jerusalem in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. There its inhabitants deceived Joshua into making a treaty, Solomon asked for wisdom in a dream, and the tabernacle and the bronze altar were once located.
Zechariah 12:10
[Bible Verses]Zechariah 12:10 is a prophecy in which God promises to pour out upon the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication, so that they look on the one they pierced and mourn. Because the New Testament cites it in connection with the crucifixion and the second coming of Jesus, it is frequently discussed as a messianic prophecy.
Ezekiel 15
[Bible]Ezekiel 15 is a short prophetic parable declaring that, just as a useless vine branch becomes firewood, the inhabitants of Jerusalem will be given over to the fire of judgment.
Aceldama
[Bible]Aceldama is a field near Jerusalem associated with the money for which Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus; its name means "field of blood" in Aramaic. The name appears in Acts 1, and Matthew 27 calls the same field "the field of blood."
Adoni-zedek
[People]Adoni-zedek was a king of Jerusalem during the conquest of Canaan, mentioned in Joshua 10. When Gibeon made peace with Israel, he led a coalition of five Amorite kings against Gibeon, was defeated by Joshua, and was executed at Makkedah.
Joshua 10
[Bible]Joshua 10 recounts Joshua's victory over the five Amorite kings who attacked Gibeon and the conquest of the cities of southern Canaan. It includes the account of the sun and moon standing still.
Jeremiah 8
[Bible]Jeremiah 8 indicts Judah for its idolatry and refusal to repent, announces the coming judgment, and then laments deeply over the wounded people.
Sheba (Son of Bichri)
[People]Sheba son of Bichri was a Benjamite who appears in 2 Samuel 20. Shortly after Absalom's rebellion, he rose up against David but was killed by the inhabitants of the city of Abel-beth-maachah.
Nehemiah 11
[Bible]Nehemiah 11 records how, after the walls were rebuilt, one tenth of the people were chosen by lot to resettle the underpopulated city of Jerusalem, and it lists those who lived in Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah and Benjamin.
Isaiah 27
[Bible]Isaiah 27 is a prophecy that "in that day" the LORD will punish Leviathan, guard Israel as his vineyard, and summon his scattered people with a great trumpet to worship in Jerusalem.
Daughter of Zion
[Bible]The Daughter of Zion is a poetic Old Testament expression that personifies Jerusalem and its inhabitants as a woman. It appears frequently in the Prophets and in Lamentations, and the New Testament quotes the title in its accounts of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem.
Ezra 4
[Bible]Ezra 4 records how the returned exiles declined an offer from the surrounding inhabitants to help with the building, how opposition and accusations followed, and how work on the Jerusalem temple was halted until the second year of King Darius.
People of the Land
[Bible]"People of the land" translates the Hebrew phrase *'am ha'aretz*. In the Old Testament, its meaning varies with period and context: it may refer to the inhabitants of a land, the ordinary free citizens of Judah, or people outside the community of returned exiles. In later rabbinic literature, it came to denote a person ignorant of the Law.
Decian Persecution
[History]The Decian persecution was a persecution of Christians that began when the Roman emperor Decius, in late 249 or early 250, ordered all inhabitants of the empire to sacrifice to the gods. It is regarded as the first organized empire-wide persecution, and it left the church with the problem of how to deal with those who had lapsed.
Canaanites
[Bible]The Canaanites were the inhabitants of the land of Canaan before Israel entered it. The Bible presents them as descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham, and the name can refer either to the entire population of the land or to one group among several peoples.
Amorites
[Bible]The Amorites were a people who lived in the hill country of Canaan and east of the Jordan River before Israel entered the land. In the Bible, the name is also used for the native inhabitants of Canaan as a whole.
Caleb
[People]Caleb is a man of the tribe of Judah who appears in the Old Testament books of Numbers and Joshua. One of the twelve spies, he joined Joshua in urging Israel to take Canaan, and the two of them were the only members of the Exodus generation to enter the Promised Land.
Numbers 13:33
[Bible Verses]In this verse, ten of the spies returning from Canaan call the inhabitants of the land descendants of the Nephilim and report, "we were in our own sight as grasshoppers." Frequently cited in preaching as an illustration of the outlook of unbelief, the passage also figures in discussions of the identity of the Nephilim.
Amorites
[Bible]The Amorites were a people who lived in the hill country of Canaan and east of the Jordan River before Israel entered the land. In the Old Testament, the name also serves as a designation for the native inhabitants of Canaan as a whole.
Joel 1
[Bible]The first chapter of the Book of Joel describes a locust plague and drought that have devastated the land of Judah, calls the people and priests to lament, fast, and gather in solemn assembly, and proclaims that "the day of the LORD" is at hand.