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Titles	Order
Bible by G. Bertello	Job 9:13,26:12, Psalm 89:10, Isaiah 30:7, 51:9
Concordia Self-Study Bible: Niv by Concordia Publishing House	Job 9:13,26:12, Psalm 89:10, Isaiah 30:7, 51:9
ESV New Classic Reference Bible by Crossway Bibles	Job 9:13,26:12, Psalm 89:10, Isaiah 30:7, 51:9
The Expositor's Bible Commentary, volume 4: 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job by Frank E. Gaebelein	Job 9:13,26:12
God's Word for Today: Isaiah: Herald of the Messiah by Concordia Publishing House	Isaiah 30:7, 51:9
Holy Bible by Hertel Bible Publishers	Job 9:13,26:12, Psalm 89:10, Isaiah 30:7, 51:9
Holy Bible by Thomas Nelson & Sons	Job 9:13,26:12, Psalm 89:10, Isaiah 30:7, 51:9
Holy Bible - Evangelical Heritage Version (EHV) by Inc. Wartburg Project	Job 9:13,26:12, Psalm 89:10, Isaiah 30:7, 51:9
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)	Job 9:13,26:12, Psalm 89:10, Isaiah 30:7, 51:9
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	Job 9:13,26:12, Psalm 89:10, Isaiah 30:7, 51:9
Isaiah (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) by J. Alec Motyer	Isaiah 30:7, 51:9
Isaiah I by John A. Braun	Isaiah 30:7
Isaiah II by John A. Braun	Isaiah 51:9
Isaiah II: An Exposition of Isaiah 40-66 by August Pieper	Isaiah 51:9
The Lutheran Study Bible: English Standard Version by Edward A. Engelbrecht	Job 9:13,26:12, Psalm 89:10, Isaiah 30:7, 51:9
Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah by James J. Westendorf	p. 140
The Oxford self-pronouncing Bible; The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original by King James Translation	Job 9:13,26:12, Psalm 89:10, Isaiah 30:7, 51:9
Popular Commentary of the Bible: Old Testament, Volume 2 by Paul Edward Kretzmann	Job 9:13,26:12, Psalm 89:10, Isaiah 30:7, 51:9

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

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Sarai, wife of Abraham "Sarah"

Saul, King of Israel, son of Kish

Rachel, daughter of Laban, wife of Jacob

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

Rahab, prostitute who hid Israelite spies

Saul, of Tarsus

Rechab, killed Saul's son Ish-Bosheth

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

Pharaoh's daughter, found baby Moses and raised him

Shelah, son of Judah

Og, Amorite king of Bashan

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

Spirit of Truth

Oholiab, chief craftsman on the tabernacle, son of Ahisamach

Onesimus, runaway slave of Philemon

Stephanas, a member of the church at Corinth

Nicolas, of Antioch

Tamar, wife of Er

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

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Nicodemus, the Pharisee

Tamar, sister of Absalom

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

Nicolaitans, Gnostic sect in churches of Ephesus and Pergamum

Onesiphorus, Christian from Ephesus who ministered to Paul in prison

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

Sihon, Amorite king of Heshbon

Peleg, son of Eber, father of Reu

Silas, companion of Paul in Antioch "Silvanus"

Peninnah, wife of Elkanah

Persis, Roman Christian

Shelomith, daughter of Dibri of the house of Dan

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

Simeon, son of Jacob and Leah

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

Simon, the Zealot, the Canaanite

Orpah, the Moabite, wife of Chilion

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

Simon, the leper

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

Simon, of Cyrene, carried Jesus' cross

Thomas, the Apostle "Didymus" "doubting Thomas"

Bronze Snake "Nehushtan"

Mary, mother of James and Joseph

Boaz, husband of Ruth

Bilhah, Rachel's maid, bore sons for Jacob

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

Caiaphas, high priest who plotted against Jesus

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

Cephas "Simon Peter"

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

Canaan, grandson of Noah

Caleb, son of Jephunneh

Bereans, searched the Scriptures

Benjamin, son of Jacob and Rachel, brother of Joseph

Barabbas, criminal released instead of Jesus

Balak, son of Zippor, king of the Moabites

Balaam's Donkey

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

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

Barnabas, a Levite from Cyprus "also named Joseph"

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

Beelzebub, prince of demons

Bathsheba, wife of Uriah, David's great sin

Bartholomew, the Apostle "Nathaniel"

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

Claudius, Emperor "Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus 1"

Eleazer, son of Phinehas

Eleazar, son of Aaron and Elishaba

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

Eglon, king of Moab, killed by judge Ehud

Eli, the priest

Eliab, son of Jesse, brother of David

Elkanah, son of Jeroham, and father of Samuel

Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist

Eliphaz, son of Esau and Adah

Elimelech, of Bethlehem, husband of Naomi

Dorcas, Peter raised from the dead "Tabitha"

Doeg, the Edomite, Saul's head shepherd

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

Dan, son of Jacob and maidservant Bilhah

Crescens, companion of Paul

Cornelius, the centurion, of Caesarea, converted Gentile

Deborah, the prophet, one of judges in the Bible

Delilah, Samson's demise

Dionysius, the Areopagite

Dinah, daughter of Jacob, raped by Shechem

Diana, cult goddess "Artemis"

Demas, companion of Paul

Augustus Caesar, Roman empire's first Emperor

Asyncritus, Roman Christian friend of Paul

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

Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem

Adah, wife of Lamech

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

Achish, king of Gath, son of Maoch

Adriel, of Meholah, married Saul's daughter Merab

Agabus, prophet from Jerusalem

Ahimelech, son of Ahitub

Ahiman, the Anakite

Ahijah, son of Ahitub, priest

Agag, king of Amalekites

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

Absalom, son of King David

Abel, son of Adam and Eve, killed by Cain

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

Abba "God the Father"

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

Abigail, wife of Nabal, then wife of David

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

Abishai, son of David's sister Zeruiah

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

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

Abimelech, king of Gerar

Ahinoam, wife of David, daughter of Ahimaaz

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

Aquila, of Corinth, husband of Pricilla

Apollos, of Alexandria

Apelles, perhaps persecuted for being a Christian

Antipas, martyr

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

Archippus, fellow worker with Paul

Ashkenaz, son of Gomer, great grandson of Noah

Asher, son of Jacob and Zilpah

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

Aristarchus, early Christian disciple

Antichrist, one who puts himself in place of Christ

Annas, high priest, questioned Jesus

Ampliatus, friend of Paul "Amplias"

Amnon, son of David

Alexander, the smith

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

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

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

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

Andronicus, Christian relative of Paul and fellow prisoner

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

Ananias, of Damascus, high priest

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

Caesar, Roman Emperor "Tiberius Caesar Augustus"

Joseph, of Nazareth, Jesus' father

Joseph, of Arimathea, Jesus placed in his tomb

Jonathan, Prince of Israel, son of Saul

John Mark, son of Mary

Joseph, son of Jacob and Rachel, brother of Benjamin

Joshua, son of Nun, the battle of Jericho

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

Junias, Christian relative of Paul and fellow prisoner

Judas Iscariot, son of Simon Iscariot, betrayed Jesus

Judah, son of Jacob and Leah

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

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

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

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

James, brother of Jesus

Jambres, sorcerer, withstood Moses

Jannes, sorcerer, withstood Moses

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

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

Jehoahaz, king of Israel, son of King Jehu

Jason, relative of Paul

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

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

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

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

Magi, astrologers from the east who visited Jesus

Lydia, of Thyatira, Christian convert who sold purple dyes

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

Manasseh, son of Joseph and Asenath

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

Martha, of Bethany, sister of Mary and Lazarus

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

Manoah, of Zorah and the Danites, father of Samson

Luke, the Evangelist, the physician

Lucius, relative of Paul

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

Laban, son of Bethuel, brother of Rebekah

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

Kish, son of Abiel, father of Saul

Lazarus, of Bethany, brought back to life by Jesus

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

Lot's Wife, became a pillar of salt

Linus, associate of the Apostle Paul

Levites, descendants of Jacob's son Levi

Levi, son of Jacob, lived 137 years

Jairus, ruler of the synagogue, daughter raised by Jesus

Lazarus, the poor man in Jesus' parable

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

Gamaliel, trained Saul in the Law

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

Gaius, of Derbe, companion of Paul

Goliath, the giant Philistine from Gath

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

Hannah, wife of Elkanah, mother of Samuel

Hamor, the Hivite, father of Shechem

Hagar, Sarah's servant, mother of Ishmael

Gabriel, the Angel "Archangel Gabriel"

Felix, Marcus Antonius, governor of Judea

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

Enoch, father of Methuselah, walked with God, did not die - taken by God

Enoch, son of Cain, and father of Irad

Elzaphan, chief of the Kohathites "Elizaphan"

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

Epenetus, Paul's first convert in Asia

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

Euodia, woman in Phillipi "Euodias"

Eubulus, an associate of the Apostle Paul

Erastus, of Corinth, convert of Paul

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

Ethiopian eunuch, Philip baptized him

Ichabod, son of Phinehas

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

Hymenaeus, lost his Christian faith

Hur, held up Moses' hands to defeat the Amalekites

Isaac, son of Abraham and Sarah, husband of Rebekah

Ishmael, son of Abraham and Hagar

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

Jabin, King of Canaan at Hazor

Jabal, son of Lamech and Adah

Israel "God's chosen people"

Hophni, son of Eli

Issachar, son of Jacob and Leah

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

Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great "Antipater"

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

Hermogenes, deserted Paul

Herodion, Christian relative of Paul

Herod, the Great, King of Judea

Hermas, Roman Christian

Herodias, daughter of Aristobulus IV and Berenice

Festus, governor of Caesarea

Uzziel, son of Kohath "Uziel"

Jude, brother of James "Judah" "Judas"

Sanhedrin, an assembly of men from every city in Israel

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

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

Olympas, Roman Christian

Elohim "Hebrew for God"

Luther, Martin, 1483-1546, reformer

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

Hermes, son of Greek god Zeus

Jerome, wrote Vulgate Bible, son of Eusebius

Adonai "Hebrew for Lord"

Ishtar, Mesopotamian goddess

Sinsharishkun, king of the Assyrian empire, son of Ashurbanipal

Masoretes, preservers of the Hebrew bible

Sisyphean, Greek mythological figure "Sisyphus"

Kowalke, Erwin E.

Jude, brother of James

Pieper, August, professor at WELS seminary

Diodorus, Greek historian

Stoeckhardt, Karl George

Zophar the Naamathite

Merodach-Baladan, son of Baladan king of Babylon

Abner, son of Ner

Jesus, of Nazareth "Christ" - birth

Eliam, son of Ahithophel, father of Bathsheba

Teraphim, household gods

Steinman, Andrew E.

Spirit "Holy Spirit"

Ware, Steven L.

Wartburg Project

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

Zerah, son of Judah

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

Sanhedrin, assembly of men from each city in Israel

Festus, Porcius, procurator of Judea

Rephaim, giant people

Ezra, Abraham ibn, Jewish commentator

Ashurnasirpal II

Herodotus, Greek historian

Domitian, 11th Emperor of the Roman Empire

Josephus, Flavius, historian

Lady Wisdom, personification of Proverbs 1-9

Maccabeus, Judas, Jewish patriot of 2nd century

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

Augustine of Hippo, 354-430

Alexander the Great

Adadnirari III, king of Assyria

Amunhotep, king of Egypt

Antiochus IV Epiphanes, ruler of Syria

Apries, king of Egypt "Hophra"

Nabonidus, King of Babylon

Seti I, king of Egypt

Rephaim, ancient people of large stature "Rephaites"

Shabako, king of Egypt

Shebitku, king of Egypt

Siamun, king of Egypt

Ramses II, Pharaoh

Psusennes II, king of Egypt

Origen, early Christian theologian of Alexandria, Bible translator

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, persecuted Christians

Osorkon I, king of Egypt

Polycarp, disciple of John, bishop of Smyrna, martyr

Psammeticus II, king of Egypt

Thutmose III, king of Egypt

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Achor, Valley of

Gomorrah, destroyed by God because of wickedness

Earth, created by God

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

Galilee, where Jesus spent most of his life here

Judah, Kingdom of

Lebanon, cedar trees

Gaza, spread of the Gospel

Egypt, where Israel was enslaved

Mount of Olives, Jesus arrested "Gethsemane"

Mount Zion, the mountain of the Lord "Mount Moriah"

Bethlehem, Judea, birthplace of Jesus

Ararat, mountains of, where the Ark ended

Laodicea, Paul's missionary journeys

Macedonia, Paul and Silas imprisoned

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

Mount Nebo, where Moses died

Miletus, Paul's missionary journeys

Lydda, spread of the Gospel

Lystra, Paul's missionary journeys

Malta, Paul's missionary journeys

Mount of Transfiguration

Berea, examined the scriptures

Caesarea, spread of the Gospel

Canaan, the promised land

Apollonia, spread of the Gospel

Antioch, spread of the Gospel

Adriatic Sea, shipwreck of Paul

Arabia, spread of the Gospel

Armageddon, the mountain of Megiddo

Babel, the Tower of Babel

Athens, Paul's missionary journeys

Colosse, Paul's missionary journeys

Endor, Saul consulted a witch from here

Ephesus, Paul's missionary journeys

Ethiopia, Ethiopian eunuch

Gethsemane, Jesus arrested "Mount of Olives"

Galatia, Paul's missionary journeys

Iconium, Paul's missionary journeys

Cyprus, spread of the Gospel

Crete, Greece, Paul's missionary journeys

Damascus, Saul converted

Derbe, Paul's missionary journeys

Golgotha, place of a skull

Amphipolis, spread of the Gospel

Heaven, paradise for believers

Beersheba, well of the oath

Corinth, Paul's missionary journeys

Eden, "Garden of Eden"

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The widow’s oil

An axhead floats

Solomon King of Israel

Fall of Jerusalem

Sacrifice of Isaac

Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah

Jacob wrestles with God

Sampson and Delilah

Battle of Jericho

Sun stands still

Sampson kills 1000 Philistines

Job’s faith tested

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace

Daniel in the lions den

Joseph's dreams

Valley of dry bones

Jerusalem under siege

Seventy years of captivity

Jonah swallowed by a great fish

Israel crossing the Red Sea

Israel's exodus from Egypt

Manna from Heaven

Ten Commandments

Ark of the Covenant

Plagues in Egypt

Joseph Sold to Egypt

Joseph in charge of Egypt

Joseph's brothers go to Egypt

Moses and the burning bush

Feast of Tabernacles

Balaam’s Donkey

Day of Atonement

Year of Jubilee

Jesus feeds 4,000

Jesus heals a blind man

Peter’s confession of Christ

Transfiguration

Jesus walks on the sea

Jesus feeds the 5,000

Beheading of John the Baptist

Jesus raises the widow of Nain’s son

Jesus restores a lunatic

Jesus heals the Centurion's servant

Jesus heals a leper

Jesus sends the 12 Apostles

The rich young man

Parable of the lost coin

Parable of the lost sheep

Jesus heals a man with dropsy

Judgement pronounced on Jerusalem

Sermon on the mount

Jesus heals deformed woman on Sabbath

Jesus heals 10 lepers

Jesus blesses small children

Christ rebukes Pharisees and Scribes

The barren fig tree

Jesus’ prophecy of His suffering

Wedding at Cana

John preaches and baptizes

Baptism of Jesus of Nazareth

David and Goliath

Joseph takes Mary as his wife

Birth of John the Baptist promised

Birth of Jesus foretold

Birth of John the Baptist

David King of Israel

Jesus calls his disciples

David anointed King of Judah

Jesus’ parable of the sower

Jesus’ parable of the weeds

Jesus’ parables of the mustard seed and the yeast

Jesus’ parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl

Jesus heals the blind and mute

Jesus raises Jairus’ daughter from the dead

Jesus purging the temple

Jesus calms the stormy sea

Jesus heals man with palsy

David and Bathsheba

Jesus’ parable of the net

Parable of the good Samaritan

Jesus' temptation in the desert

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