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Common KnowledgePeople/CharactersAdonai "Hebrew for Lord"

People/Characters: Adonai "Hebrew for Lord"

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Works (6)

Titles	Order
A Commentary on Genesis 1-11 by Carl J. Lawrenz	p 227
A Commentary on Psalms 1-72 by John F. Brug	p 8
ESV New Classic Reference Bible by Crossway Bibles	p vii
King of Kings by Malachi Martin
Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah by James J. Westendorf	p 28
The Pillar of Fire (Rare Collector's Series) by Rev. J. H. Ingraham

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Moses, son of Amram, wrote the first 5 books of the Bible

Habakkuk, writer of one of 12 short prophetic books in the Bible

Hezekiah, King of Judah, son of Ahaz and father of Manasseh

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Cherubim, angels

Hosea, son of Beeri, writer of one of 12 short prophetic books in the Bible

Eve, wife of Adam, mother of Cain, Abel, Seth "Adamah"

Savior, the one who saved us from eternal damnation "Jesus"

Paul, the Apostle, of Tarsus "Saul"

Noah, of the Flood and the Ark, father of Shem, Ham, Japheth, walked with God, lived 950 years

Messiah "the anointed" "Savior" "Jesus of Nazareth"

Peter, the Apostle, denied Jesus 3 times "Simon Peter" "Cephas"

Josiah, son of Amon and Jedidah, King of Judah

Sennacherib, son of Sargon II, king of Assyria

Adam, father of Cain, Abel, Seth, he lived 930 years

Jacob, husband of Rachel, son of Isaac and Rebekah "Israel"

Job, of Uz, challenged by satan

Isaiah, the Prophet, son of Amos

Ezra, the scribe, priest, son of Seraiah

Aaron, the Levite, older brother of Moses

Saul, King of Israel, son of Kish

Abraham, son of Terah, father of Issac, husband of Sarai, lived 175 years "Abram"

Dagon, god of the Philistines

Pharaoh, several at different times

Cain, son of Adam and Eve, killed his brother Abel

Jerome, wrote Vulgate Bible, son of Eusebius

Joab, son of David's half-sister Zeruiah

Canaan, grandson of Noah

Satan "Belial" "Prince of this world" "Evil One"

Sarai, wife of Abraham "Sarah"

Zillah, wife of Lamech

Sargon II, Assyrian king

Terah, son of Nahor, father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran, lived 205 yrs

Kenan, son of Enosh, father of Mahalalel, lived 910 years

Judah, son of Jacob and Leah

Stephen, stoned for being a Christian

Baruch, Jeremiah's secretary

Abel, son of Adam and Eve, killed by Cain

Gomer, son of Japheth, father of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah

Barak, sent by Deborah to defeat Sisera to free the Israelite people

Goliath, the giant Philistine from Gath

Spirit "Spirit of the Lord" "Spirit of God" "Holy Spirit"

Lamech, son of Methuselah, father of Noah, married Adah and Zillah, lived 777 years

Jabal, son of Lamech and Adah

Peleg, son of Eber, father of Reu

Pekah, son of Remaliah, officer of Pekahiah whom he killed, King of Israel, he was assassinated by Hosea

Jesse, son of Obed, grandson of Ruth and Boaz, father of King David

Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel then Pedaiah, prince of Judah "Sheshbazzar"

Moab, son of Lot and his daughter

Jeremiah, the prophet, son of Hilkiah

Javan, son of Japheth, father of Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim, Rodanim, Ionians

Rahab, mythological monster

Esarhaddon, king of Nineveh, Assyria

Esau, son of Isaac and Rebecca "Edom"

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Enoch, son of Cain, and father of Irad

Tubal-Cain, son of Lamech and Zillah

Reu, son of Peleg, father of Serug, lived 207 years

Jehoiakim, king of Judah, son of Josiah "Eliakim"

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Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, wicked queen, wife of Ahab

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Jonah, writer of one of 12 short prophetic books in the Bible, swallowed by a large fish

Zedekiah, son of Chenaanah, last king of Judah

Daniel, the Prophet, survived the lion's den

Zephaniah, son of Cushi, writer of one of 12 short prophetic books in the Bible

Ezekiel, the Prophet, son of Buzi

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John, the Apostle, son of Zebedee and Salome

Japheth, son of Noah, father of Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, Tiras

Jared, son of Mahalalel, father of Enoch, lived 962 years

Samuel, the prophet, son of Elkanah and Hannah

Joel, son of Pethuel, writer of one of 12 short prophetic books in the Bible

Eunice, Timothy's mother

Seth, son of Adam and Eve, and father of Enosh, lived 912 years

Leviathan, mythical sea monster "Lotan"

Nehemiah, the prophet, son of Hachaliah

Ahab, son of Omri, King of Israel

Nebuchadnezzar II, king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire

Haran, son of Terah, father of Milcah, Lot, and Iscah

Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, wicked King of Judah

Nahor, son of Serug, father of Terah

Merodach-Baladan, son of Baladan king of Babylon "Marduk-apla-iddina"

Hannah, wife of Elkanah, mother of Samuel

Nahor, son of Terah, husband of Milcah

Methuselah, son of Enoch, father of Lamech, lived 969 years

Menahem, King of Israel, murdered Shallum

Ahaz, King of Judah, son of Jotham

Shimei, son of Gershon "Shemaiah" "Shimhi" "Shimi"

Nahum, writer of one of 12 short prophetic books in the Bible

Matthew, the Apostle, son of Alphaeus, brother of James the Less "Levi"

Silas, companion of Paul in Antioch "Silvanus"

Angel of the Lord, God

Mary, mother of Jesus

I Am, God's response when Moses asked for His name "Lord"

Alexander, the smith

Ahithophel, the Gilonite, David's counselor, hanged himself

Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, the wisest man in the Bible, King of Israel

Adah, wife of Lamech

Lot, son of Haran, rescued from Sodom and Gomorrah

Sisera, general of Jabin's army, killed by Jael with a tent peg thru his temple

Lord God of Israel

Molech, an ancient Ammonite god "Molock, Melech, Molek"

Lois, Timothy's grandmother

Lord God Almighty

Baal, god of Asia Minor

Absalom, son of King David

Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, son of Esarhaddon "Osnappar"

Achish, king of Gath, son of Maoch

Mahalalel, son of Kenan, father of Jared, lived 895 years

Arphaxad, son of Shem, father of Shelah, lived 438 years "Arpachshad"

Nimrod, son of Cush

Asherah, fertility goddess

Holy Spirit "Holy Ghost"

Adonijah, son of David and Haggith

Shem, son of Noah, father of Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram, lived 600 years

Ashkenaz, son of Gomer, great grandson of Noah

Amos, writer of one of 12 short prophetic books in the Bible

Ruth, the Moabite, wife of Boaz

Shechem, the Hivite, violated Dinah the daughter of Jacob

Salome, wife of Zebedee, mother of John, went to Jesus' tomb Easter morning

Samaritan woman, at Jacob's well

Samson, the Nazirite, son of Minoah, one of 6 major judges in the Bible

Shecaniah, son of Jehiel, pointed to Israel's unfaithfulness by marrying foreign women "Shebaniah" "Shechaniah"

Sarah, wife of Abraham, mother of Isaac "Sarai"

Segub, son of Hiel that was lost due to the curse by rebuilding Jericho

Shalmaneser V, king of Assyria "Shalman"

Shallum, king of Israel, son of Jabesh, assassinated Zechariah

Westermann, Claus

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Seraphim, angels "Seraphs"

Saul, of Tarsus

Shamgar, son of Anath, one of 6 minor judges in the Bible

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Sapphira, wife of Ananias, struck dead for lying to God

Shebna, king Hezekiah's secretary

Shadrach, of the fiery furnace "Hanania"

Sharezer, of Bethel, killed Sennacherib

Shammah, son of Jesse, brother of David

Sanhedrin, an assembly of men from every city in Israel

Phoebe, of Cenchrea, deaconess

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Olympas, Roman Christian

Og, Amorite king of Bashan

Obadiah, writer of one of 12 short prophetic books in the Bible

Nicolas, of Antioch

Nympha, woman who housed the church in Laodicea "Nymphas"

Onan, son of Judah

Onesimus, runaway slave of Philemon

Othniel, son of Kenaz, one of 6 major judges in the Bible married Acsah

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Orpah, the Moabite, wife of Chilion

Oreb, prince of Midian

Onesiphorus, Christian from Ephesus who ministered to Paul in prison

Nicolaitans, Gnostic sect in churches of Ephesus and Pergamum

Nicodemus, the Pharisee

Naboth, stoned to death by Jezebel to get his vineyard

Nadab, son of Aaron, died when he entered the presence of the Lord

Naaman, of Syria, healed of leprosy

Mordecai, son of Jair, uncle and foster father of Esther

Nahash, the Ammonite

Naomi, wife of Elimelech

Nebo, learning and writing god of Babylon "Nabu"

Necho II, king of Egypt

Nathanael, the apostle "Nathaniel"

Nathan, the prophet, son of David

Naphtali, son of Jacob and Rachel's servant Bilhah

Peninnah, wife of Elkanah

Persis, Roman Christian

Wilson, Robert Dick

Rachel, daughter of Laban, wife of Jacob

Quirinius, governor of Syria when Jesus was born "Cyrenius"

Queen of Heaven, Mesopotamian goddess "Ishtar"

Prodigal 'Lost' Son, parable

Rahab, prostitute who hid Israelite spies

Rebekah, wife of Isaac, daughter of Bethuel "Rebecca"

Rehum, commanding officer of Artaxerxes, wrote letter against rebuilding of Jerusalem

Reuben, firstborn son of Jacob and Leah

Rehoboam, King of Judah, son of Solomon and Naamah, grandson of David

Redeemer, the one who bought us back "Jesus"

Rechab, killed Saul's son Ish-Bosheth

Young, Edward J., bible commentator

Priscilla, of Corinth, wife of Aquila, "Prisca"

Philip, the Apostle, of Bethsaida

Philippian jailer

Philetus, Christian false teacher

Philemon, master of Onesimus

Pharaoh's daughter, found baby Moses and raised him

Phinehas, son of Eleazar, killed Zimri and his lover to turn God's anger from Israel

Phinehas, son of Eli "Phineas"

Pontius Pilate, governor of Judea, judge at the trial of Jesus

Potiphar, captain of the guard for Pharaoh

Piram, king of Jarmuth

Phygelus, Christian in Rome and friend of Paul

Shelah, son of Judah

Rezin, king of Damascus Syria

Crenshaw, James

Dahood, Mitchell

Columbus, Christopher, Italian explorer

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Childs, Brevard

Sievers, Eduard

Darwin, Charles

Gerstenberger, Erhard

Freedman, David Noel

Ethan, the Ezrahite

Cassiodorus, Roman statesman and writer

Brueggemann, Walter

Gilgamesh, ruler of Uruk, Mesopotamian epic similar to the flood

Diodorus, Greek historian

Ishtar, Mesopotamian goddess

Elohim "Hebrew for God"

Dedan, son of Rahmah

Zipporah, wife of Moses

Zophar, the Naamathite, friend of Job

Masoretes, preservers of the Hebrew bible

Sinsharishkun, king of the Assyrian empire, son of Ashurbanipal

Becker, Siegbert

Brotzman, Ellis R.

Augustine of Hippo

Aquila, of Sinope, translated Hebrew Bible to Greek

Ginsburg, Christian

Greenstein, Edward

Nicholas, of Lyra

Origen, early Christian theologian of Alexandria, Bible translator

Mowinckel, Sigmund

Melanchthon, Philip, reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther

Paul, of Burges

Pieper, August, professor at WELS seminary

Reuchlin, Johann, granduncle of Melanchthon

Luther, Martin, reformer

Lange, Father John, Prior of Erfurt Monastery

Heman, the Ezrahite

Holladay, William

Jael, killed Canaanite king Sisera

Gruenenberg, Johann

Gregory of Nyssa

Josephus, Flavius, historian

Kraus, Hans-Joachim

Stapulensis, Faber, French humanist

Zimri, King of Israel, assassinated Elah, reigned 7 days

Tamar, wife of Er

Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphates

Tertius, Paul's scribe, at Paul's direction wrote Letter to the Romans

Tamar, sister of Absalom

Tabeel, wrote letter to Artaxerxes against rebuilding of Jerusalem

Spirit of Truth

Stephanas, a member of the church at Corinth

Thomas, the Apostle "Didymus" "doubting Thomas"

Thummim, decision stone

Titus, bishop of Crete, son of Vespasian

Tobiah, the Ammonite servant

Timothy, of Lystra, companion of Paul

Tiglath-Pileser III, king of Assyria "Pul"

Tov, Emanuel, Hebrew University

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Emperor of Rome

Shishak, king of Egypt

Sihon, Amorite king of Heshbon

Simeon, son of Jacob and Leah

Shimshai, secretary of Artaxerxes, wrote letter against rebuilding of Jerusalem

Shethar-Bozenai, Persian offical, sent a letter to Darius to stop building the temple

Shepherd, shepherd of us, whom he describes as his sheep

Simeon, the Righteous, high priest, recognized baby Jesus as the Messiah

Simon Magus, Samaritan religious figure, convert to Christianity, baptized by Philip

Simon, the Zealot, the Canaanite

Simon, of Cyrene, carried Jesus' cross

Simon, the leper

Tola, son of Issachar, one of 6 minor judges in the Bible

Trinity "Father, Son, Holy Spirit"

Zebedee, husband of Salome, father of James and John

Zebulun, son of Jacob and Leah

Zechariah, king of Israel, son of Jeroboam II "Zaccur" "Zachariah" "Zacharias"

Zebah, king of Midian

Zalmunna, king of Midian

Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector at Jericho

Zadok, son of Ahitub, priest, took the ark of the covenant back to Jerusalem

Zechariah, the priest, father of John the Baptist "Zacharias"

Zechariah, writer of one of 12 short prophetic books in the Bible

Zeus, Greek king of the gods

Zilpah, maid servant of Rachel, mother of Gad and Asher

Staupitz, Johann von, Vicar-General of the Augustinian friars

Zeresh, wife of Haman

Zeeb, prince of Midian

Zelophehad, son of Hepher

Xerxes I, son of Darius I, 4th king of the Achaemenid Empire, married Esther "Xerxes the Great"

Tychicus, the Ephesian, companion of Paul

Urbanus, Christian coworker of Paul

Uriah, the Hittite, husband of Bathsheba

Tubal, son of Japheth, located in the vicinity of the Black Sea

Tryphosa, Roman Christian

Trophimus, Christian who accompanied Paul during a part of his third missionary journey

Tryphena, Roman Christian

Urim, decision stone

Uzzah, son of Abinadab, died when he touched the Ark of the Covenant

Widow of Nain, Jesus raised her son from the dead

Witch of Endor, consulted by Saul

Whore of Babylon, figure of evil mentioned in the Bible

Vashti, Queen of Persia, wife of Ahasuerus

Uzziah, son of Amaziah, King of Judah "Azariah"

Uzziel, son of Kohath "Uziel"

Shelomith, daughter of Dibri of the house of Dan

Levites, descendants of Jacob's son Levi

Cornelius, the centurion, of Caesarea, converted Gentile

Creator "God" "Lord"

Crescens, companion of Paul

Claudius, Emperor "Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus 1"

Chilion, Ephrathite of Bethlehem, son of Elimelech and Naomi "Kilion"

Cephas "Simon Peter"

Chemosh, god of Moab

Cyrus II, King of Persia "Cyrus the Great"

Dan, son of Jacob and maidservant Bilhah

Demas, companion of Paul

Diana, cult goddess "Artemis"

Delilah, Samson's demise

Daughters of Jerusalem / Zion

Darius I, King of Persia "Darius the Great"

Dathan, challenged Moses and Aaron and God caused the earth to swallow him

Carpus, Paul left his cloak, book and parchments with him in Troas

Caleb, son of Jephunneh

Benaiah, one of David's mighty men

Benjamin, son of Jacob and Rachel, brother of Joseph

Belshazzar, son of Nabonidas "Belsharusur"

Belial, sons of worthlessness "Satan" "Wicked One"

Behemoth, possibly the hippopotamus

Bel, god of Babylon "Marduk"

Bereans, searched the Scriptures

Bezalel, chosen by God as a craftsman of the Tabernacle, made the Ark of the Covenant

Caesar, Roman Emperor "Tiberius Caesar Augustus"

Caiaphas, high priest who plotted against Jesus

Bronze Snake "Nehushtan"

Boaz, husband of Ruth

Bildad, the Shuhite, friend of Job

Bilhah, Rachel's maid, bore sons for Jacob

Dinah, daughter of Jacob, raped by Shechem

Dionysius, the Areopagite

Epaphras, of Colossae, companion of Paul, evangelist in Laodicea and Hierapolis

Epenetus, Paul's first convert in Asia

Elzaphan, chief of the Kohathites "Elizaphan"

Elon, from Zebulun, one of 6 minor judges in the Bible

Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist

Elkanah, son of Jeroham, and father of Samuel

Ephraim, son of Joseph and Asenath

Er, son of Judah

Euodia, woman in Phillipi "Euodias"

Father "God the Father"

Eubulus, an associate of the Apostle Paul

Ethiopian eunuch, Philip baptized him

Erastus, of Corinth, convert of Paul

Esther, Queen of Persia, cousin of Mordecai "Hadassah"

Elisha, the Prophet

Eliphaz, the Temanite

Eleazar, son of Aaron and Elishaba

Eleazer, son of Phinehas

Ehud, one of judges in the Bible, sent by God to deliver Israel from Moabites

Eglon, king of Moab, killed by judge Ehud

Doeg, the Edomite, Saul's head shepherd

Dorcas, Peter raised from the dead "Tabitha"

Eli, the priest

Eliab, son of Jesse, brother of David

Elimelech, of Bethlehem, husband of Naomi

Eliphaz, son of Esau and Adah

Elihu, son of Barakel, friend of Job

Eliezer, priest

Eliakim, son of Hilkiah

Eliam, son of Ahithophel, father of Bathsheba, one of David's mighty men

Beelzebub, prince of demons

Bathsheba, wife of Uriah, David's great sin

Agag, king of Amalekites

Ahasuerus, king of Persia "Xerxes"

Agabus, prophet from Jerusalem

Adriel, of Meholah, married Saul's daughter Merab

Achsah, daughter of Caleb and wife of Othniel "Acsah"

Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem

Ahijah, son of Ahitub, priest

Ahimelech, son of Ahitub

Amnon, son of David

Ampliatus, friend of Paul "Amplias"

Amaziah, Priest of Bethel

Amaziah, King of Judah, son of Joash

Ahinoam, wife of David, daughter of Ahimaaz

Ahio, son of Abinadab, guided the cart with the Ark of the Covenant

Achan, son of Carmi, of the tribe of Judah, unfaithfully took plunder from Jericho

Abner, son of Ner, commander of Saul's army

Abiathar, son of Ahimelech, high priest

Abigail, wife of Nabal, then wife of David

Abednego, of the fiery furnace "Azariah"

Abdon, son of Hillel, from Pirathon, one of 6 minor judges in the Bible

Abaddon, angel of the Abyss "Apollyon" "Destruction"

Abba "God the Father"

Abihu, son of Aaron, died when he entered the presence of the Lord

Abijah, son of Rehoboam, King of Judah

Abishag, a Shunammite, warmed old King David

Abishai, son of David's sister Zeruiah

Abiram, son of Hiel that was lost due to the curse by rebuilding Jericho

Abiram, challenged Moses and Aaron and God caused the earth to swallow him

Abimelech, king of Gerar

Abinadab, son of Jesse, keeper of the ark of the covenant

Amram, son of Kohath, husband of Jochebed, and father of Moses, lived 137 years

Ananias, husband of Sapphira, struck dead for lying to God

Augustus Caesar, Roman empire's first Emperor

Azariah_II, high priest who refused King Uzziah burning incense in the temple

Athaliah, mother of king Ahaziah

Asyncritus, Roman Christian friend of Paul

Asher, son of Jacob and Zilpah

Ashtoreth, goddess of the Ammonites "Astarte"

Azariah, King of Judah, son of Amaziah

Baanah, son of Rimmon, killed Saul's son Ish-Bosheth

Barnabas, a Levite from Cyprus "also named Joseph"

Bartholomew, the Apostle "Nathaniel"

Barabbas, criminal released instead of Jesus

Balak, son of Zippor, king of the Moabites

Baasha, King of Israel

Balaam's Donkey

Asa, son of Abijah, King of Judah

Artaxerxes I, king of Persia, son of Xerses

Anna, daughter of Phanuel, prophetess, saw the baby Jesus

Annas, high priest, questioned Jesus

Andronicus, Christian relative of Paul and fellow prisoner

Andrew, the Apostle, Simon Peter's brother, crucified

Ananias, of Damascus, high priest

Ancient of Days, God

Antichrist, one who puts himself in place of Christ

Antipas, martyr

Archippus, fellow worker with Paul

Aristarchus, early Christian disciple

Archelaus, king over Judea and Samaria, son of Herod the Great

Aquila, of Corinth, husband of Pricilla

Apelles, perhaps persecuted for being a Christian

Apollos, of Alexandria

Felix, Marcus Antonius, governor of Judea

Festus, governor of Caesarea

Justus, proposed but not selected to replace Judas "Joseph" "Barsabbas"

Kadmiel, Levite who helped rebuild the Temple

Keturah, Abraham's wife after the death of Sarah

Junias, Christian relative of Paul and fellow prisoner

Jude, brother of James "Judah" "Judas"

Jotham, son of Gideon, King of Judah

Judas Iscariot, son of Simon Iscariot, betrayed Jesus

Kish, son of Abiel, father of Saul

Lazarus, the poor man in Jesus' parable

Leah, daughter of Laban, sister of Rachel, wife of Jacob

Lazarus, of Bethany, brought back to life by Jesus

Korah, challenged Moses and Aaron and God caused the earth to swallow him

Laban, son of Bethuel, brother of Rebekah

Joshua, son of Nun, the battle of Jericho

Joseph, son of Jacob and Rachel, brother of Benjamin

Jethro, priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses

Jezreel, son of Hosea and Gomer

Jeshua, son of Jozadak, participated in rebuilding the temple "Joshua"

Jeroboam II, son of Jehoash, King of Israel

Jephthah, son of Gilead, one of 6 major judges in the Bible

Jeroboam I, son of Nebat, King of Israel

Joash, Judean king

John Mark, son of Mary

Joseph, of Arimathea, Jesus placed in his tomb

Joseph, of Nazareth, Jesus' father

Joram, son of Ahab, King of Israel

Jonathan, Prince of Israel, son of Saul

John, the Baptist, son of Zacharias and Elizabeth

Jonadab, son of Recab "Jehonadab"

Levi, son of Jacob, lived 137 years

Linus, associate of the Apostle Paul

Memucan, wise man of King Xerxes

Mephibosheth, lame son of Jonathan

Melchizedek, king of Salem

Matthias, the Apostle

Mary, of Bethany, sister of Martha and Lazarus

Mary, Roman Christian

Merab, daughter of Saul, wife of Adriel

Mesha, king of Moab

Michal, daughter of Saul and wife of David

Miriam, daughter of Amram, sister of Moses

Michael, the Archangel

Micah, writer of one of 12 short prophetic books in the Bible

Meshach, of the fiery furnace "Mishael"

Micah, from Ephraim, made a silver idol

Mary, mother of James and Joseph

Mary Magdalene, went to Jesus' tomb Easter morning "Magdala"

Luke, the Evangelist, the physician

Lydia, of Thyatira, Christian convert who sold purple dyes

Lucius, relative of Paul

Lot's Wife, became a pillar of salt

Lo-Ammi, son of Gomer, Hosea's adulterous wife "Not my people"

Lo-Ruhamah, daughter of Gomer, Hosea's adulterous wife "Not-Loved"

Magi, astrologers from the east who visited Jesus

Mahlon, Ephrathite of Bethlehem, son of Elimelech and Naomi, first husband of Ruth

Mark, the Evangelist, close associate of Peter "John Mark"

Martha, of Bethany, sister of Mary and Lazarus

Manoah, of Zorah and the Danites, father of Samson

Manasseh, son of Joseph and Asenath

Malachi, writer of one of 12 short prophetic books in the Bible

Malchus, high priest's servant, Simon Peter cut off his ear

Jehu, son of Jehoshaphat, King of Israel, killed Jezebel, Ahab, and ministers of Baal

Jehovah, "Lord" "Yahweh" "YHWH"

Herod Agrippa I, son of Aristobulus "Marcus Julius Agrippa"

Herod Agrippa II, son of the Herod Agrippa I "Marcus Julius Agrippa"

Hermas, Roman Christian

Hermogenes, deserted Paul

Hazael, Aramean king, father of Ben-Hadad

Hegai, king Ahasuerus' eunuch

Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great "Antipater"

Herod, the Great, King of Judea

Hiram, king of Tyre

Hophni, son of Eli

Hilkiah, son of Shallum, high priest

Hiel, of Bethel, rebuilt Jericho

Herodias, daughter of Aristobulus IV and Berenice

Herodion, Christian relative of Paul

Hamor, the Hivite, father of Shechem

Haman, the Agagite

Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur, leader of the people of Manasseh

Gamaliel, trained Saul in the Law

Gaius, of Derbe, companion of Paul

Gad, son of Jacob and maidservant Zilpah

Gabriel, the Angel "Archangel Gabriel"

Gad, Canaanite good fortune idol "Fortune"

Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, appointed by Nebuchadnezzar to oversee the people of Judah

Gershon, son of Levi

Hagar, Sarah's servant, mother of Ishmael

Haggai, writer of one of 12 short prophetic books in the Bible

Hadoram, son of king Tou, of Hamath

Gideon, son of Joash, one of 6 major judges in the Bible

Gomer, adulterous wife of Hosea, daughter of Diblaim

Hoshea, last king of Israel

Hur, held up Moses' hands to defeat the Amalekites

Jashobeam, one of David's mighty men

Jason, relative of Paul

Jannes, sorcerer, withstood Moses

James, the Less, son of Alphaeus and Mary, brother of Matthew

James, brother of Jesus

James, the Apostle, son of Zebedee "James the Greater"

Jedaiah, son of Harumaph, helped rebuild the wall around Jerusalem

Jehoahaz, king of Israel, son of King Jehu

Jehoram, King of Israel, son of Jehoshaphat, married Athaliah

Jehoshaphat, King of Judah, son of Asa

Jehoiada, priest

Jehoiachin, king of Judah, son of Jehoiakim, captured by Nebuchadnezzar "Jeconiah"

Jehoahaz, king of Judah, son of King Josiah

Jehoash, king of Israel, son of Jehoahaz "Shallum"

Jambres, sorcerer, withstood Moses

Jairus, ruler of the synagogue, daughter raised by Jesus

Immanuel, the Virgin's Son, seed of David, Prince of Peace

Isaac, son of Abraham and Sarah, husband of Rebekah

Ichabod, son of Phinehas

Hymenaeus, lost his Christian faith

Ibzan, from Bethlehem, one of 6 minor judges in the Bible

Ishmael, son of Abraham and Hagar

Israel "God's chosen people"

Jabin, King of Canaan at Hazor

Jair, son of Manasseh, from Gilead, one of 6 minor judges in the Bible

Jabez, of Israel

Ithamar, priest, son of Aaron

Israel, wrestled with God "Jacob"

Issachar, son of Jacob and Leah

Mithredath, king Cyrus' treasurer

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People's Bible Commentary

Related places

Earth, created by God

Ararat, mountains of, where the Ark ended

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Babel, the Tower of Babel

Gomorrah, destroyed by God because of wickedness

Galatia, Paul's missionary journeys

Judah, Kingdom of

Joppa, spread of the Gospel, Tabitha raised "Jaffa"

Galilee, where Jesus spent most of his life here

Gethsemane, Jesus arrested "Mount of Olives"

Golgotha, place of a skull

Laodicea, Paul's missionary journeys

Gaza, spread of the Gospel

Heaven, paradise for believers

Iconium, Paul's missionary journeys

Malta, Paul's missionary journeys

Mount Nebo, where Moses died

Mount of Olives, Jesus arrested "Gethsemane"

Macedonia, Paul and Silas imprisoned

Lystra, Paul's missionary journeys

Lydda, spread of the Gospel

Ethiopia, Ethiopian eunuch

Miletus, Paul's missionary journeys

Mesopotamia, "Syria of the two rivers"

Lebanon, cedar trees

Eden, "Garden of Eden"

Armageddon, the mountain of Megiddo

Arabia, spread of the Gospel

Athens, Paul's missionary journeys

Apollonia, spread of the Gospel

Antioch, spread of the Gospel

Nazareth, Israel

Bethlehem, Judea

Amphipolis, spread of the Gospel

Adriatic Sea, shipwreck of Paul

Achor, Valley of

Beersheba, well of the oath

Damascus, Saul converted

Cyprus, spread of the Gospel

Crete, Greece, Paul's missionary journeys

Dead Sea, where ancient scrolls were found "Salt Sea"

Derbe, Paul's missionary journeys

Endor, Saul consulted a witch from here

Egypt, where Israel was enslaved

Corinth, Paul's missionary journeys

Colosse, Paul's missionary journeys

Bethlehem, Judea, birthplace of Jesus

Berea, examined the scriptures

Caesarea, spread of the Gospel

Canaan, the promised land

Ephesus, Paul's missionary journeys

Related events

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Jesus calms the stormy sea

Jesus purging the temple

Wedding at Cana

Jesus calls his disciples

Jesus heals man with palsy

Jesus heals the blind and mute

Jesus’ parable of the weeds

Jesus’ parables of the mustard seed and the yeast

Jesus' temptation in the desert

Jesus’ parable of the sower

Jesus raises Jairus’ daughter from the dead

Birth of John the Baptist promised

Jonah swallowed by a great fish

Daniel in the lions den

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace

Birth of Jesus foretold

Birth of John the Baptist

John preaches and baptizes

Jesus’ parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl

Joseph takes Mary as his wife

Baptism of Jesus of Nazareth

Jesus heals the Centurion's servant

Jesus heals 10 lepers

Parable of the good Samaritan

Jesus’ prophecy of His suffering

Jesus restores a lunatic

Jesus blesses small children

The rich young man

Judgement pronounced on Jerusalem

Jesus heals deformed woman on Sabbath

The barren fig tree

Christ rebukes Pharisees and Scribes

Transfiguration

Peter’s confession of Christ

Jesus raises the widow of Nain’s son

Valley of dry bones

Jesus heals a leper

Sermon on the mount

Jesus sends the 12 Apostles

Beheading of John the Baptist

Jesus heals a blind man

Jesus feeds 4,000

Jesus walks on the sea

Jesus feeds the 5,000

Jesus’ parable of the net

New Heavens and a new Earth

Manna from Heaven

Israel crossing the Red Sea

Israel's exodus from Egypt

Ten Commandments

Ark of the Covenant

Day of Atonement

Plagues in Egypt

Moses and the burning bush

Sacrifice of Isaac

Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah

Founding of Jerusalem

Jacob wrestles with God

Joseph's dreams

Joseph's brothers go to Egypt

Joseph in charge of Egypt

Joseph Sold to Egypt

Feast of Tabernacles

Year of Jubilee

Elijah taken to Heaven in a chariot of fire

Solomon builds the Temple

Solomon asks for wisdom

Solomon King of Israel

The widow’s oil

An axhead floats

Seventy years of captivity

Jerusalem under siege

Job’s faith tested

David and Bathsheba

David King of Israel

Balaam’s Donkey

Battle of Jericho

Sun stands still

David anointed King of Judah

David and Goliath

Sampson and Delilah

Sampson kills 1000 Philistines

Fall of Jerusalem

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