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Common KnowledgePeople/CharactersElkanah, son of Jeroham, and father of Samuel

People/Characters: Elkanah, son of Jeroham, and father of Samuel

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Titles	Order
1 & 2 Samuel by James E. Smith	1 Samuel 1
Bible by G. Bertello	1 Samuel 1
A Cambridge Bible by World Publishing Company	1 Samuel 1
Concordia Self-Study Bible: Niv by Concordia Publishing House	1 Samuel 1
The Daily Bible: New International Version: With Devotional Insights to Guide You Through God's Word by F. LaGard Smith	1 Samuel 1
ESV New Classic Reference Bible by Crossway Bibles	1 Samuel 1
Hannah's Prayer and Its Answer: An Exposition for Bible Study by Ronald S. Wallace	1 Samuel 1-2
Holy Bible by Thomas Nelson & Sons	1 Samuel 1
Holy Bible by Hertel Bible Publishers	1 Samuel 1
Holy Bible - Evangelical Heritage Version (EHV) by Inc. Wartburg Project	1 Samuel 1
Holy Bible : New International Version by Zondervan	1 Samuel 1
The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments Translated Out of the Original Tongues: And with the Former Translations Dilligently Compared and Revised By His Majesty's Special Command (Teachers' Edition)	1 Samuel 1
The Holy Bible: Containing the old and new testaments translated out of the original tougues and with the former translations diligently compared & revised: The authorized King James Version (KJV) by The Word Publishing Company	1 Samuel 1
Life Application Study Bible NIV by Tyndale	1 Samuel 1
The Living Bible by Kenneth Nathaniel Taylor	1 Samuel 1
The Lutheran Study Bible: English Standard Version by Edward A. Engelbrecht	1 Samuel 1
Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave	1 Samuel 1
New American Standard Bible by The Lockman Foundation	1 Samuel 1
NIV Thompson Chain-Reference Bible by Frank Charles Thompson	1 Samuel 1
Our Neighbour: Martin Luther by Elizabeth Rundle Charles	p 200
The Oxford self-pronouncing Bible; The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original by King James Translation	1 Samuel 1
Popular Commentary of the Bible: Old Testament, Volume 1 by Paul Edward Kretzmann	1 Samuel 1
The Reformation Study Bible: English Standard Version (ESV) by R. C. Sproul	1 Samuel 1
Samuel by John R. Mittelstaedt	1 Samuel 1

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Josiah, son of Amon and Jedidah, King of Judah

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Balak, son of Zippor, king of the Moabites

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

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Stephen, stoned for being a Christian

Behemoth, possibly the hippopotamus

Leviathan, mythical sea monster "Lotan"

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

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

Ezra, the scribe, priest, son of Seraiah

Paul, the Apostle, of Tarsus "Saul"

Caiaphas, high priest who plotted against Jesus

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

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Barabbas, criminal released instead of Jesus

Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist

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Shammah, son of Jesse, brother of David

Ichabod, son of Phinehas

Israel "God's chosen people"

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Sheba, rebelled against King David

Sarai, wife of Abraham "Sarah"

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Joseph, of Nazareth, Jesus' father

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

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Benaiah, one of David's mighty men

Cherubim, angels

Mephibosheth, lame son of Jonathan

Mary, mother of Jesus

Dagon, god of the Philistines

Nahash, the Ammonite

Lord God of Israel

Peninnah, wife of Elkanah

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

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

Kish, son of Abiel, father of Saul

Abishai, son of David's sister Zeruiah

Lord God Almighty

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

Rechab, killed Saul's son Ish-Bosheth

Agag, king of Amalekites

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

Sihon, Amorite king of Heshbon

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

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

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Meshach, of the fiery furnace "Mishael"

Eleazar, son of Aaron and Elishaba

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

Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great "Antipater"

Luke, the Evangelist, the physician

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

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

Lydia, of Thyatira, Christian convert who sold purple dyes

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

Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, wicked King of Judah

Abednego, of the fiery furnace "Azariah"

Job, of Uz, challenged by satan

Beelzebub, prince of demons

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

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

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

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

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Titus, bishop of Crete, son of Vespasian

Saul, of Tarsus

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

Dinah, daughter of Jacob, raped by Shechem

Jambres, sorcerer, withstood Moses

Jashobeam, one of David's mighty men

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

Manasseh, son of Joseph and Asenath

Zedekiah, son of Chenaanah, last king of Judah

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

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

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Jannes, sorcerer, withstood Moses

Jehoahaz, king of Israel, son of King Jehu

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

Joseph, of Arimathea, Jesus placed in his tomb

Jehoiada, priest

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

Jotham, son of Gideon, King of Judah

Joram, son of Ahab, King of Israel

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

Jehovah, "Lord" "Yahweh" "YHWH"

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

Joash, Judean king

Jehoshaphat, King of Judah, son of Asa

Israel, wrestled with God "Jacob"

Jehoahaz, king of Judah, son of King Josiah

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

Lazarus, the poor man in Jesus' parable

Jabal, son of Lamech and Adah

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

Ithamar, priest, son of Aaron

Kadmiel, Levite who helped rebuild the Temple

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

Keturah, Abraham's wife after the death of Sarah

Jabin, King of Canaan at Hazor

Rezin, king of Damascus Syria

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

Zeeb, prince of Midian

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

Zebah, king of Midian

Yahweh "Lord" "God of Israel" "YHWH"

Zalmunna, king of Midian

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

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

Sharezer, of Bethel, killed Sennacherib

Shalmaneser V, king of Assyria "Shalman"

Shebna, king Hezekiah's secretary

Shechem, the Hivite, violated Dinah the daughter of Jacob

Shelomith, daughter of Dibri of the house of Dan

Tabeel, wrote letter to Artaxerxes against rebuilding of Jerusalem

Zillah, wife of Lamech

Tubal-Cain, son of Lamech and Zillah

Urim, decision stone

Trinity "Father, Son, Holy Spirit"

Tobiah, the Ammonite servant

Tiglath-Pileser III, king of Assyria "Pul"

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

Thummim, decision stone

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

Zelophehad, son of Hepher

Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphates

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

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

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

Sennacherib, son of Sargon II, king of Assyria

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

Naboth, stoned to death by Jezebel to get his vineyard

Nahor, son of Serug, father of Terah

Nahor, son of Terah, husband of Milcah

Nimrod, son of Cush

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

Moab, son of Lot and his daughter

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

Menahem, King of Israel, murdered Shallum

Mesha, king of Moab

Micah, from Ephraim, made a silver idol

Mithredath, king Cyrus' treasurer

Og, Amorite king of Bashan

Oholiab, chief craftsman on the tabernacle, son of Ahisamach

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

Piram, king of Jarmuth

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

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

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

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

Pharaoh's daughter, found baby Moses and raised him

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

Oreb, prince of Midian

Pekahiah, king of Israel, son of Menahem, killed by Pekah

Peleg, son of Eber, father of Reu

Pharaoh, several at different times

Melchizedek, king of Salem

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

Amaziah, King of Judah, son of Joash

Eleazer, son of Phinehas

Ashkenaz, son of Gomer, great grandson of Noah

Eglon, king of Moab, killed by judge Ehud

Eber, son of Shelah, father of Peleg and Joktan, lived 430 years

Darius I, King of Persia "Darius the Great"

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

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

Eliezer, priest

Elzaphan, chief of the Kohathites "Elizaphan"

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

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

Esarhaddon, king of Nineveh, Assyria

Enosh, son of Seth, father of Kenan, lived 905 years

Adah, wife of Lamech

Enoch, son of Cain, and father of Irad

Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem

Cyrus II, King of Persia "Cyrus the Great"

Cush, son of Ham, father of Nimrod, Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Rahmah, Sabteca

Artaxerxes I, king of Persia, son of Xerses

Azariah, King of Judah, son of Amaziah

Baal, god of Asia Minor

Asaph, psalmist

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

Ashtoreth, goddess of the Ammonites "Astarte"

Asherah, fertility goddess

Athaliah, mother of king Ahaziah

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

Baasha, King of Israel

Chemosh, god of Moab

Creator "God" "Lord"

Angel of the Lord, God

Canaan, grandson of Noah

Bronze Snake "Nehushtan"

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

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

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

Ahaz, King of Judah, son of Jotham

Herod, the Great, King of Judea

Hiel, of Bethel, rebuilt Jericho

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

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

Gershon, son of Levi

Hadoram, son of king Tou, of Hamath

Hilkiah, son of Shallum, high priest

Hiram, king of Tyre

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

Hur, held up Moses' hands to defeat the Amalekites

Hoshea, last king of Israel

Holy Spirit "Holy Ghost"

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

Hazael, Aramean king, father of Ben-Hadad

Father "God the Father"

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

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

Abijah, son of Rehoboam, King of Judah

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

Archippus, fellow worker with Paul

Phoebe, of Cenchrea, deaconess

Tychicus, the Ephesian, companion of Paul

Phygelus, Christian in Rome and friend of Paul

Queen of Heaven, Mesopotamian goddess "Ishtar"

Aquila, of Corinth, husband of Pricilla

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

Aristarchus, early Christian disciple

Rahab, mythological monster

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

Philetus, Christian false teacher

Persis, Roman Christian

Tryphosa, Roman Christian

Tryphena, Roman Christian

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

Silas, companion of Paul in Antioch "Silvanus"

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

Simon, the leper

Agabus, prophet from Jerusalem

Abba "God the Father"

Philippian jailer

Apollos, of Alexandria

Sargon II, Assyrian king

Ancient of Days, God

Andronicus, Christian relative of Paul and fellow prisoner

Widow of Nain, Jesus raised her son from the dead

Samaritan woman, at Jacob's well

Stephanas, a member of the church at Corinth

Ampliatus, friend of Paul "Amplias"

Zebedee, husband of Salome, father of James and John

Alexander, the smith

Spirit of Truth

Amaziah, Priest of Bethel

Uzziel, son of Kohath "Uziel"

Antipas, martyr

Apelles, perhaps persecuted for being a Christian

Redeemer, the one who bought us back "Jesus"

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Emperor of Rome

Antichrist, one who puts himself in place of Christ

Urbanus, Christian coworker of Paul

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

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

Righteous One, the only one who never sinned "Jesus"

Shadrach, of the fiery furnace "Hanania"

Baruch, Jeremiah's secretary

Eubulus, an associate of the Apostle Paul

Ethiopian eunuch, Philip baptized him

Eunice, Timothy's mother

Euodia, woman in Phillipi "Euodias"

Junias, Christian relative of Paul and fellow prisoner

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

Erastus, of Corinth, convert of Paul

Epenetus, Paul's first convert in Asia

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

Asyncritus, Roman Christian friend of Paul

Lois, Timothy's grandmother

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

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

Linus, associate of the Apostle Paul

Felix, Marcus Antonius, governor of Judea

Gad, Canaanite good fortune idol "Fortune"

Hermogenes, deserted Paul

Hermas, Roman Christian

Herodion, Christian relative of Paul

Jason, relative of Paul

Issachar, son of Jacob and Leah

Hymenaeus, lost his Christian faith

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

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

John Mark, son of Mary

Gaius, of Derbe, companion of Paul

Gamaliel, trained Saul in the Law

Jezreel, son of Hosea and Gomer

Gomer, adulterous wife of Hosea, daughter of Diblaim

Eliakim, son of Hilkiah

Lucius, relative of Paul

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

Belshazzar, son of Nabonidas "Belsharusur"

Bereans, searched the Scriptures

Magi, astrologers from the east who visited Jesus

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

Caesar, Roman Emperor "Tiberius Caesar Augustus"

Bel, god of Babylon "Marduk"

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

Nebo, learning and writing god of Babylon "Nabu"

Nicolas, of Antioch

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

Nathanael, the apostle "Nathaniel"

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

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

Cephas "Simon Peter"

Diana, cult goddess "Artemis"

Demas, companion of Paul

Dionysius, the Areopagite

Onesiphorus, Christian from Ephesus who ministered to Paul in prison

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

Daughters of Jerusalem / Zion

Mary, mother of James and Joseph

Claudius, Emperor "Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus 1"

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

Crescens, companion of Paul

Mary, Roman Christian

Onesimus, runaway slave of Philemon

Nicolaitans, Gnostic sect in churches of Ephesus and Pergamum

Festus, governor of Caesarea

Ahiman, the Anakite

Sanhedrin, an assembly of men from every city in Israel

Eliam, son of Ahithophel, father of Bathsheba

Jephthah's Daughter

Barak, son of Abinoam

Dinah, daughter of Jacob

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

Olympas, Roman Christian

Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, King of Judah

Titus, bishop of Crete

Herod the Great

Luke, the Evangelist

Zechariah, the priest, father of John the Baptist

Lydia, of Thyatira, convert who sold purple dyes

Herod Antipater

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

Salmon, son of Nahshon

Peter, the Apostle "Simon Peter" "Cephas"

Herod Agrippa I

Herod Agrippa II

Whore of Babylon

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

Mark, the Evangelist

John, of Patmos

Luther, Martin, 1483-1546, reformer

Asshurbanipal, King of Assyria

Levi, son of Jacob

Ahasuerus, king of Persia

Belial, sons of worthlessness

Joseph, of Arimathea

Qoheleth/Koheleth/The Preacher

Abner, son of Ner

Admatha, wise man of King Xerxes

Shadrach, of the fiery furnace "Hananiah"

Hermes, son of Greek god Zeus

Ezra, the scribe, priest "Esdras"

Potiphar, captian of the guard for Pharaoh

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

Elimelech, of Bethlehem "Elimelek"

Elohim "Hebrew for God"

Luther, Hanschen, son of Martin "Hans"

Luther, Jacob, brother of Martin

Luther, Elizabeth, daughter of Martin

Levita, Rabbi Elias

Munzer, Thomas, Protestant minister who supported the peasant revolt "Muntzer"

Leiffer, Brother George, of Erfurt

Luther, John, father of Martin, husband of Margarethe Lindemann "Johann Luder" "Hans"

Lefevre, Jacques "d'Étaples"

Luther, Magdalene, daughter of Martin

Luther, John, son of Martin

Luther, Margaretha, daughter of Martin

Luther, Martin, son of Martin

Margaret, Duchess, of Valois

Luther, Paul, son of Martin

Melanchthon, Philip, reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther

Koppe, Leonard, of Torgau

Gersdorf, Otto von, knight in Thuringian Forest

Gebhard, Count of Mansfeld

Gersdorf, Ulrich von

Glatz, Caspar, pastor of Orlamund

Fuchs, Reinecke

Froben, Johann, printer in Basel "Froben"

Farel, William, Swiss evangelist

Ernest, Archbishop of Magdeburg

Feldkirchen, Pastor

Frederick III, the Wise, brother of John the Steadfast, ruler of Saxony, protected Luther

Freundsberg, General

Haller, Ruprecht, priest in Franconia

Hausmann. Nicholas, reformer of Zwickau

John, of Goch, at Mechlin

Jodocus, Dr., of Eisenach "Trutvetter"

Jonas, Justus, dean of Wittenburg, close friend of Luther

Philip I, of Hesse, the landgrave

Landsknechts, mercenary soldiers with a formidable reputation who became an important military force through late 15th- and 16th-century Europe

Jerome, of Prague, burned at the stake

Hermentrude, Dame

Hildebrand, Pope

Huss, John, Czech priest, burned at the stake "Jan Hus"

Hutten, Ulrich von, knight

Lange, Father John, Prior of Erfurt Monastery

Rufus, Mutianus

Winkelried, Conrad, husband of Atlantis Cotta

Zwingli, Huldrych, of Zurich Switzerland, originator of Reformed theology "Ulrich"

Ezra, Abraham ibn, Jewish commentator

Festus, Porcius, procurator of Judea

Wessel, Dr. John

Virgil, ancient Roman poet "Vergil" "Publius Vergilius Maro"

Tetzel, Dr. John "Johann"

Teutonic Knights

Steinman, Andrew E.

Teraphim, household gods

Ware, Steven L.

Wartburg Project

Spirit "Holy Spirit"

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

Rephaim, giant people

Sanhedrin, assembly of men from each city in Israel

Tauler, Dominican friar

Stubner, Markus

Zerah, son of Judah

Ruprecht, Priest, in Franconia

Sachs, Hans, shoemaker and poet

Erasmus, Desiderius, of Rotterdam, Luthers nemesis

Reineck, John, of Mansfeld

Reichenbach, Gretchen, daughter of Else Cotta Reichenbach

Prierias, censor at Rome

Reichenbach, Gottfried, husband of Else Cotta

Savonarola, Girolamo

Schonberg, Eva Von

Spenlein, Brother George, monk at Memmingen

Staffelstein, Andrew

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

Storck, Nicholas "Storch"

Spangenburg, Magister

Spalatin, George, the Elector's chaplain, an important German figure in the history of the Reformation "Burkhardt"

Schurff, Jerome, Wittenberg professor, Luther's lawyer

Sickingen, Franz von, knight, of Ebernburg

Sickingen, Hedwiga, wife of Franz

Plautus, Titus Maccius, Roman playwright of the Old Latin period

Cellarius, Martin, schoolmaster "Martin Borrhaus", -1548

Shebitku, king of Egypt

Siamun, king of Egypt

Sinsharishkun, king of the Assyrian empire, son of Ashurbanipal

Thutmose III, king of Egypt

Shabako, king of Egypt

Seti I, king of Egypt

Psammeticus II, king of Egypt

Psusennes II, king of Egypt

Ramses II, Pharaoh

Rephaim, ancient people of large stature "Rephaites"

Tutankhamun, Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty "King Tut"

Zophar the Naamathite

Joseph of Arimathea

Joseph, of Nazareth

Mary Magdalene, went to Jesus' tomb Easter morning

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

Jude, brother of James

Joses "Joseph, brother of Jesus"

Lot, son of Haran

Rebecca, daughter of Bethuel "Rebekah"

Adonai "Hebrew for Lord"

Polycarp, disciple of John, bishop of Smyrna, martyr

Osorkon I, king of Egypt

Ashurnasirpal II

Augustine of Hippo

Berosus, Babylonian priest about 300 B.C. "Berossus"

Domitian, 11th Emperor of the Roman Empire

Apries, king of Egypt "Hophra"

Antiochus IV Epiphanes, ruler of Syria

Adadnirari III, king of Assyria

Alexander the Great

Amunhotep, king of Egypt

Herodotus, Greek historian

Ishtar, Mesopotamian goddess

Masoretes, preservers of the Hebrew bible

Nabonidus, King of Babylon

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, persecuted Christians

Origen, early Christian theologian of Alexandria, Bible translator

Maccabeus, Judas, Jewish patriot of 2nd century

Jerome, wrote Vulgate Bible, son of Eusebius

Josephus, Flavius, historian

Lady Wisdom, personification of Proverbs 1-9

Barnabas, a Levite from Cyprus

Columbus, Christopher, Italian explorer

Cotta, Atlantis, wife of Conrad Winkelried

Cotta, Chriemhild, wife of Ulrich Gersdorf

Coelius, Michael, friend of Luther

Cicero, Marcus Tullius, Roman philosopher

Carlstadt, Dr. Andreas, Archdeacon "Karlstadt", 1480-1541

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

Christian III, King of Denmark, 1503–1559

Cotta, Else, wife of Gottfried Reichenbach

Cotta, Friedrich "Fritz"

Creutziger, Caspar

Creuzer, Doctor

Didymus, Gabriel

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528, German painter, printmaker, and theorist

Crequi, Bertrand de

Cranach, Lucas the Elder, painter, from Frankfort

Cotta, Margaret

Bugenhagen, Dr. Johannes "Doctor Pomeranus", 1485-1558

Bucer, Martin, of Strassburg "Butzer", 1491-1551

Albert, Cardinal, of Brandenburg, Elector and Archbishop of Mainz "Albrecht von Brandenburg", 1490-1545

Alesius, Alexander, assassinated friend of Luther; 1500-1565

Amsdorf, Nicholas von, 1483-1565

Mark, the Evangelist "John Mark"

Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal

Herod Agrippa I "Marcus Julius Agrippa"

Herod Antipater "Antipas"

Argyropylos, Byzantine Greek professor

Bora, Katharina von, wife of Martin Luther, 1499-1552

Braun, Father Johann, 1498-1501

Briconnet, William, bishop of Meaux, 1470-1533

Brother Sebastian

Bodenstein, Andrew, of Carlstadt, Archdeacon of Wittemberg

Bernard, of Clairvaux, French abbot and reformer for the Cistercian order, 1090–1153

Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria

Augustine of Hippo, - 8/28/430

Aurifaber, Joannes Joannes "Vimariensis" "Johann Goldschmidt", 1519-1575

Eck, Dr. Johann Maier von "Johannes" "John"

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Inspection Gate

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Arabia, spread of the Gospel

Canaan, the promised land

Colosse, Paul's missionary journeys

Corinth, Paul's missionary journeys

Berea, examined the scriptures

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Cyprus, spread of the Gospel

Bethlehem, Judea, birthplace of Jesus

Beersheba, well of the oath

Damascus, Saul converted

Endor, Saul consulted a witch from here

Babel, the Tower of Babel

Caesarea, spread of the Gospel

Lebanon, cedar trees

Laodicea, Paul's missionary journeys

Lystra, Paul's missionary journeys

Macedonia, Paul and Silas imprisoned

Lydda, spread of the Gospel

Mesopotamia, "Syria of the two rivers"

Malta, Paul's missionary journeys

Miletus, Paul's missionary journeys

Ephesus, Paul's missionary journeys

Eden, "Garden of Eden"

Egypt, where Israel was enslaved

Derbe, Paul's missionary journeys

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Damascus Gate, "Shechem Gate"

Galatia, Paul's missionary journeys

Ethiopia, Ethiopian eunuch

Golgotha, place of a skull

Heaven, paradise for believers

Gethsemane, Jesus arrested "Mount of Olives"

Iconium, Paul's missionary journeys

Gomorrah, destroyed by God because of wickedness

Judah, Kingdom of

Gaza, spread of the Gospel

Galilee, where Jesus spent most of his life here

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

Mount Nebo, where Moses died

Earth, created by God

Horse Gate, "Golden Gate"

Adriatic Sea, shipwreck of Paul

Amphipolis, spread of the Gospel

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Antioch, spread of the Gospel

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Joseph's brothers go to Egypt

Moses and the burning bush

Joseph's dreams

Jacob wrestles with God

Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah

Day of Atonement

Sacrifice of Isaac

Plagues in Egypt

Joseph Sold to Egypt

Ten Commandments

Ark of the Covenant

Manna from Heaven

Israel's exodus from Egypt

Israel crossing the Red Sea

Jesus walks on the sea

Jesus feeds 4,000

Peter’s confession of Christ

Jesus restores a lunatic

Transfiguration

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Parable of the lost sheep

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Parable of the lost coin

Parable of the unjust steward

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Jesus’ parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl

Jesus heals a man with dropsy

Judgement pronounced on Jerusalem

The rich young man

Jesus blesses small children

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The barren fig tree

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Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace

Jonah swallowed by a great fish

Daniel in the lions den

Birth of John the Baptist promised

Birth of Jesus foretold

Joseph takes Mary as his wife

Birth of John the Baptist

Valley of dry bones

Fall of Jerusalem

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New Heavens and a new Earth

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Jesus purging the temple

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