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People/CharactersAdonai "Hebrew for Lord"

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TitlesOrder
A Commentary on Genesis 1-11 by Carl J. Lawrenzp 227
A Commentary on Psalms 1-72 by John F. Brugp 8
King of Kings by Malachi Martin
Nahum/Habakkuk/Zephaniah (People's Bible Commentary) by James J. Westendorfp 28

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History

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Yahweh "Lord" "God of Israel" "YHWH"
David, King of Israel, son of Jesse
Jesus, of Nazareth "Christ"
God "Elohim" "Yahweh"
Balaam, son of Beor
Ezra, the scribe, priest
Noah, of the Flood and the Ark, walked with God
Habakkuk, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible
Lord "Yahweh"
Ham, son of Noah
(show all 213 items)
Isaiah, the Prophet, son of Amos
Paul, the Apostle, of Tarsus "Saul"
Savior, the one who saved us from eternal damnation "Jesus"
Sennacherib, son of Sargon II, king of Assyria
Moses, wrote the first 5 books of the Bible
Messiah "Savior"
Eve, wife of Adam, mother of Cain, Abel, Seth
Jacob, husband of Rachel, son of Isaac "Israel"
Job, challenged by satan
Hosea, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible
Asaph, psalmist
Dagon, god of the Philistines
Cherubim, angels
Adam, father of Cain, Abel, Seth, he lived 930 years
Cush, son of Ham, father of Nimrod, Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Rahmah, Sabteca
Saul, King of Israel
Gunkel, Herman, 1862-1932
Haik-Vantoura
Gruenenberg, Johann
Gregory of Nyssa, c. 335–c. 395
Ginsburg, Christian
Gerstenberger, Erhard
Gillingham
Hannah, wife of Elkanah, mother of Samuel
Greenstein, Edward
Heman, the Ezrahite
Jeduthun
Weiser, Arthur
Jerome, 331-420
Watts, Isaac
Jael, killed Canaanite king Sisera
Westermann, Claus
Freedman, David Noel
Hezekiah, 715-686, King of Judah
Holladay, William
Holy Spirit "Holy Ghost"
Wheeler, John
Ethan, the Ezrahite
Brueggemann, Walter
Cassiodorus, Flavius Magnus Aurelius, ca. 485-ca. 583
Charles V, 1500–1558, Holy Roman Emperor
Childs, Brevard
Brotzman, Ellis R.
Becker, Siegbert, 1914–1984
Archer
Augustine of Hippo, 354-430
Barak, sent by Deborah to defeat Sisera to free the Israelite people
Baruch, Jeremiah's secretary
Young, Edward J., 1907-1968, bible commentator
Chirichigno
Deborah, the prophet, one of judges in the Bible
Wilson, Gerald
Edersheim
Waltke
Charles Darwin [Charles Robert: 1809-1882]
Wilson, Robert Dick
Columbus, Christopher, Italian explorer
Crenshaw, James
Cross, Frank
Dahood, Mitchell
Flint, Peter
Josiah, son of Amon and Jedidah, King of Judah, 640-609
Reuchlin, Johann, 1455-1522
Tzevat, M
Rossi
Rupp, Tobias
Rainey, Anson
Price. James
Paul, of Burges
Peter, the Apostle, "Simon Peter" "Cephas", d. 60
Pharaoh, several at different times
Pieper, August Otto Wilhelm, 1866-1942
Tov, Emanuel, Hebrew University
Sanders, James
Stephen, stoned for being a Christian
Sisera, general of Jabin's army, killed by Jael with a tent peg thru his temple
Staupitz, Johann von, ca. 1469/70-1524
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, the wisest man in the Bible, King of Israel, 970-930
Silas, companion of Paul in Antioch "Silvanus"
Theodoret, Mar, c. 393-c. 458
Satan
Shimei, son of Gershon "Shemaiah" "Shimhi" "Shimi"
Sidney, Philip
Sievers, Eduard
Origen, ca. 185-ca. 254
O'Conner, M.
Waldmann
Korah, sons of
Kraus, Hans-Joachim
Lange, Father John, Prior of Erfurt Monastery
Kooimam
Koenig, Eduard
Stapulensis, Faber, French humanist
Judah, son of Jacob and Leah
Kenaniah
Kennicott
Aquila, of Sinope, translated Hebrew Bible to Greek, 140 A.D.
Lord God Almighty
Melanchthon, Philip, 1497-1560
Mowinckel, Sigmund
Nehemiah, the prophet
Lyra, Nicolaus de, c. 1270-1349
Mays, James
Matthew, the Apostle, brother of James "Levi"
Lord God of Israel
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Ma'adanah
Mary, mother of Jesus
Josephus, Flavius, 37-c. 100
Sargon II, Assyrian king
Nephilim
Nimrod, son of Cush
Peleg, son of Eber, father of Reu
Reu, son of Peleg, father of Serug, lived 207 years
Nahor, son of Terah, husband of Milcah
Nahor, son of Serug, father of Terah
Kenan, son of Enosh, father of Mahalalel, lived 910 years
Lamech, son of Methuselah, father of Noah
Mahalalel, son of Kenan, father of Jared, lived 895 years
Methuselah, son of Enoch, lived 969 years
Sarai, wife of Abraham "Sarah"
Seth, son of Adam and Eve
Abraham, son of Terah, father of Issac, husband of Sarai "Abram"
Ahab, King of Israel
Ahaz, King of Judah, son of Jotham
Amos, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible
Aaron, the Levite, older brother of Moses
Zillah, wife of Lamech
Shem, son of Noah, father of Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram, lived 600 years
Spirit "Holy Spirit"
Terah, son of Nahor, father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran, lived 205 yrs
Tubal-Cain, son of Lamech and Zillah
Javan, son of Japheth, father of Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim, Rodanim, Ionians
Jared, son of Mahalalel, father of Enoch, lived 962 years
Ashkenaz, son of Gomer, great grandson of Noah
Cain, son of Adam and Eve, killed his brother Abel
Canaan, grandson of Noah
Dedan, son of Rahmah
Arphaxad, son of Shem, father of Shelah, lived 438 years "Arpachshad"
Adah, wife of Lamech
Goliath, the giant Philistine
Jesse, grandson of Ruth, father of King David
Joab, son of David's half-sister Zeruiah
Abel, son of Adam and Eve, killed by Cain
DeWette, Wilhelm Martin Leberecht, 1780-1899
Eber
Gomer, son of Japheth, father of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah
Haran, son of Terah, father of Milcah, Lot, and Iscah
Jabal, son of Lamech and Adah
Japheth, son of Noah, father of Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, Tiras
Gilgamesh, ruler of Uruk, Mesopotamian epic similar to the flood
Enosh, son of Seth, father of Kenan, lived 905 years
Elohim "Hebrew for God"
Enoch, son of Cain, and father of Irad
Enoch, father of Methuselah, walked with God, did not die - taken by God
Asherah, fertility goddess
Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, son of Esarhaddon "Osnappar"
Nebuchadnezzar II, king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
Pekah, officer of Pekahiah whom he killed, King of Israel, he was assassinated by Hosea
Peter, the Apostle, "Simon Peter" "Cephas"
Rahab, mythological monster
Nahum, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible
Molech, an ancient Ammonite god
Masoretes, preservers of the Hebrew bible
Menahem, King of Israel, murdered Shallum
Merodach-Baladan, son of Baladan king of Babylon "Marduk-apla-iddina"
Moab, son of Lot and his daughter
Samuel, the prophet, son of Elkanah and Hannah
Achish, king of Gath, son of Maoch
Absalom, son of King David
Adonijah, son of David and Haggith
Ahithophel, the Gilonite, David's counselor, hanged himself
Alexander, the smith
Abraham, son of Terah, father of Issac, husband of Sarai, lived 175 years "Abram"
Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel then Pedaiah, prince of Judah "Sheshbazzar"
Sinsharishkun, king of the Assyrian empire, son of Ashurbanipal
Sons of Korah
Zedekiah, last king of Judah
Zephaniah, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible
Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, wicked King of Judah
Lot, rescued from Sodom and Gomorrah
Eunice, Timothy's mother
Ezekiel, the Prophet
Hezekiah, King of Judah
I Am, God's response when Moses asked for His name
Esau, son of Isaac and Rebecca "Edom"
Esarhaddon, king of Nineveh, Assyria
Baal, god of Asia Minor
Daniel, the Prophet, survived the lion's den
Diodorus, Greek historian
Elijah, the Prophet, did not die, was taken up in a whirlwind
Ishtar, Mesopotamian goddess
Jehoiakim, king of Judah, son of Josiah "Eliakim"
Jonah, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible, swallowed by a large fish
Josiah, son of Amon and Jedidah, King of Judah
Leviathan, mythical sea monster "Lotan"
Lois, Timothy's grandmother
John, the Apostle, son of Zebedee and Salome
Joel, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible
Jeremiah, the prophet
Jerome
Jezebel, wicked queen, wife of Ahab
Angel of the Lord, God

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People's Bible Commentary

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(show all 50 items)
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Elkosh
Fish Gate, Jerusalem
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Gomorrah, destroyed by God because of wickedness
Teban
Mount Mizar
Mount Olympus
Mount Sinai
Mount Zion, the mountain of the Lord "Mount Moriah"
Mount Hermon
Book of Life
Sodom
Egypt
Thebes "No Amon"
Zion
Second Quarter
Canaan
Baikal, Lake in Russia
Eden "Garden of Eden"
Gibraltar, in Spain
Mesopotamia
Babel, the Tower of Babel
Ararat, mountains of, where the Ark ended
Nazareth, Israel
Hebron
Gaza
Luqqawatna
Palestine
Paradise
Babylon
Bashan
Bethlehem, Judea
Carmel
Assyria
Ashdod
Shinar
Tree of Life
Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
Ammon
Cush

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The righteous will live by faith
Babylon does worse than Judah
Babylon will punish Judah
Song of Praise
(show all 19 items)
Sun stands still
Jerusalem restored
Judgement on Jerusalem
The Day of the Lord
Judah disobeys the law
Nineveh's destruction is described
Creation
Founding of Jerusalem
Death of Saul
Fall of Man
The Flood
Nineveh's destruction is decreed by the LORD
Tower of Babel
The Rainbow
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