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People/Characters: Seleucus I Nicator

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Titles	Order
Alexander of Macedonia: the World Conquered, 7 CDs [The Modern Scholar Series] by Robin Lane Fox	Cammander of Alexander's shield bearers, one of his successors
Alexander: The Ends of the Earth by Valerio Massimo Manfredi	general
Alexander: The Sands of Ammon by Valerio Massimo Manfredi	general
Concordia Self-Study Bible: Niv by Concordia Publishing House	p 1319
The Hellenistic Age: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Peter Thonemann
The Hellenistic age: Political history of Jewish Palestine from 332 B.C.E. to 67 B.C.E (The World history of the Jewish people : Ancient times ; 1st ser., v. 6) by Abraham Schalit
The house of Seleucus by Edwyn Robert Bevan
The Oxford self-pronouncing Bible; The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original by King James Translation	p 1319
The Story of Egypt: The Civilization that Shaped the World by Joann Fletcher

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Tryphosa, Roman Christian

Tryphena, Roman Christian

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

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Uzziah, son of Amaziah, King of Judah "Azariah", 792-767

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Urim, decision stone

Uriah, husband of Bathsheba

Domitian, Roman Emperor

Elohim "Hebrew for God"

Memnon of Rhodes

Ishtar, Mesopotamian goddess

Herodotus, Greek historian

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

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Amunhotep, king of Egypt

Alexander, the Great, king of Macedonia, son of Philip of Macedonia

Adadnirari III, king of Assyria

Antiochus IV Epiphanes, ruler of Syria

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Augustine, of Hippo

Ashurnasirpal II

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Aristotle, 384-322

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Psammeticus II, king of Egypt

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Ramses II, Pharaoh

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Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, persecuted Christians

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Seti I, king of Egypt

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Zipporah, wife of Moses

Antiochus III "the Great"

Zebulun, son of Jacob and Leah

Antiochus VII "Sidetes"

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Zedekiah, last king of Judah, 597-586

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Judah Aristobulus I

Judas Maccabeus

Martyr, Justin, early Christian apologist, was martyred

Jonathan Maccabee, high priest

John Hyrcanus I

Herod the Great

Hyrcanus, the Tobiad

Alexander Jannaeus

Zeeb, prince of Midian

Kallisthenes von Olynth

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

Zillah, wife of Lamech

Ptolemaios I Soter

Zimri, King of Israel, assassinated Elah, reigned 7 days, 885

Alexander der Große

Zeus, Greek king of gods

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

Zeresh, wife of Haman

Zephaniah, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible

Hermolaus of Macedon

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Menelaus, High Priest of Judea

Osorkon the Elder

Nofret, wife of Rohotep

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Psammetichus III

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Pompey the Great

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Senmut of Armant

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Marcus Antonius

Ankhnesneferibre

Arsinoe, mother of Ptolemy I

Amenhotep, son of Hapu

Amenhotep, High Priest

Trinity "Father, Son, Holy Spirit"

Alexander Helios

Kadashman-Enlil

Maathorneferura

Cleopatra Selene

Hekataois of Miletus

Tiberius Caesar Augustus, Emperor of Rome

Esarhaddon, king of Nineveh, Assyria

Erastus, of Corinth, convert of Paul

Esau, son of Isaac and Rebecca "Edom"

Esther, Queen of Persia, cousin of Mordecai

Eubulus, an associate of the Apostle Paul

Ethiopian eunuch, Philip baptized him

Er, son of Judah

Ephraim, son of Joseph and Asenath

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

Enoch, son of Cain, and father of Irad

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

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

Epenetus, Paul's first convert in Asia

Eunice, Timothy's mother

Euodia, woman in Phillipi "Euodias"

Gad, son of Jacob and maidservant Zilpah

Gad, Canaanite good fortune idol "Fortune"

Gaius, of Derbe, companion of Paul

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

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

Gamaliel, 1st century AD

Gabriel, the Archangel

Festus, Porcius, 59-62

Ezekiel, the Prophet

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

Ezra, the scribe, priest

Father "God the Father"

Felix, Marcus Antonius

Elzaphan, chief of the Kohathites "Elizaphan"

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

Doeg, the Edomite, Saul's head shepherd

Dionysius, the Areopagite

Dorcas, Peter raised from the dead "Tabitha"

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

Eglon, king of Moab, killed by judge Ehud

Dinah, daughter of Jacob, raped by Shechem

Diana, cult goddess "Artemis"

David, King of Israel, son of Jesse

Daughters of Jerusalem / Zion

Deborah, the prophet, one of judges in the Bible

Delilah, Samson's demise

Demas, companion of Paul

Eleazar, son of Aaron and Elishaba

Eleazer, son of Phinehas

Eliphaz, son of Esau and Adah

Elimelech, of Bethlehem, husband of Naomi

Eliphaz, the Temanite

Elisha, the Prophet

Elkanah, son of Jeroham, and father of Samuel

Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist

Elijah, the Prophet, did not die, was taken up in a whirlwind

Elihu, son of Barakel, friend of Job

Eliab, son of Jesse, brother of David

Eli, the priest

Eliakim, son of Hilkiah

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

Eliezer, priest

Gershon, son of Levi

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

Ichabod, son of Phinehas

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Isaac, son of Abraham and Sarah

Ishmael, son of Abraham and Hagar

Isaiah, the Prophet, son of Amos

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

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

Hosea, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible

Hophni, son of Eli

Hoshea, last king of Israel

Hur, held up Moses' hands to defeat the Amalekites

Hymenaeus, lost his Christian faith, fl. 50-65

Israel "God's chosen people"

Israel, wrestled with God "Jacob"

Jambres, sorcerer, withstood Moses

Jairus, daughter raised by Jesus

James, brother of Jesus

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

Jannes, sorcerer, withstood Moses

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

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

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

Ithamar, priest, son of Aaron

Issachar, son of Jacob and Leah

Jabal, son of Lamech and Adah

Jabez, of Israel

Jabin, King of Canaan at Hazor

Holy Spirit "Holy Ghost"

Hiram, king of Tyre

Haggai, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible

Hagar, Sarah's servant, mother of Ishmael

Ham, son of Noah

Haman, the Agagite

Hannah, wife of Elkanah, mother of Samuel

Hamor, the Hivite, father of Shechem

Hadoram, son of king Tou, of Hamath

Habakkuk, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible

Goliath, the giant Philistine

God "Elohim" "Yahweh"

Gomer, adulterous wife of Hosea, daughter of Diblaim

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

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

Hazael, Aramean king, father of Ben-Hadad

Herodion, Christian relative of Paul

Herodias, daughter of Aristobulus IV and Berenice

Hezekiah, 715-686, King of Judah

Hiel, of Bethel, rebuilt Jericho

Hilkiah, son of Shallum, high priest

Herod, the Great, King of Judea

Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great "Antipater"

Hermas, Roman Christian

Hegai, king Ahasuerus' eunuch

Hermogenes, deserted Paul

Herod Agrippa I "Marcus Julius Agrippa"

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

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

Darius I, King of Persia "Darius the Great"

Amaziah, King of Judah, son of Joash

Alexander, the smith

Amaziah, Priest of Bethel

Amnon, son of David

Ampliatus, friend of Paul "Amplias"

Amos, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible

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

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

Ahijah, son of Ahitub, priest

Ahaz, King of Judah, son of Jotham

Ahiman, the Anakite

Ahimelech, son of Ahitub

Ahinoam, wife of David, daughter of Ahimaaz

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

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

Antipas of Pergamum, martyr

Apelles, perhaps persecuted for being a Christian

Apollos, of Alexandria

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

Aquila, of Corinth, husband of Pricilla

Annas, high priest, questioned Jesus

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

Ancient of Days, God

Ananias, of Damascus, high priest

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

Andronicus, Christian relative of Paul and fellow prisoner

Angel of the Lord, God

Ahasuerus, king of Persia "Xerxes"

Ahab, King of Israel 874-853

Abijah, son of Rehoboam, King of Judah

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

Abimelech, king of Gerar

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

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

Abigail, wife of Nabal, then wife of David

Abiathar, son of Ahimelech, high priest

Abba "God the Father"

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

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

Abednego, of the fiery furnace "Azariah"

Abel, son of Adam and Eve, killed by Cain

Abishag, a Shunammite, warmed old King David

Abishai, son of David's sister Zeruiah

Adonijah, son of David and Haggith

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

Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem

Adriel, of Meholah, married Saul's daughter Merab

Agag, king of Amalekites

Agabus, prophet from Jerusalem

Adah, wife of Lamech

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

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

Abner, commander of Saul's army

Absalom, son of King David

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

Achish, king of Gath, son of Maoch

Archippus, fellow worker with Paul

Aristarchus, early Christian disciple

Bronze Snake "Nehushtan"

Boaz, husband of Ruth

Caesar, Roman Emperor "Tiberius Caesar Augustus"

Caiaphas, high priest who plotted against Jesus

Caleb, son of Jephunneh

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

Bilhah, Rachel's maid, bore sons for Jacob

Bildad, the Shuhite, friend of Job

Benaiah, one of David's mighty men

Belshazzar, son of Nabonidas "Belsharusur"

Benjamin, son of Jacob and Rachel, brother of Joseph

Bereans, searched the Scriptures

Bezalel, made the Ark of the Covenant

Canaan, grandson of Noah

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

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

Crescens, companion of Paul

Cyrus II, c. 600–530 BC, King of Persia "Cyrus the Great"

Dagon, god of the Philistines

Daniel, the Prophet, survived the lion's den

Dan, son of Jacob and maidservant Bilhah

Creator "God" "Lord"

Cornelius, the centurion, of Caesarea, converted Gentile

Chemosh, god of Moab

Cephas "Simon Peter"

Cherubim, angels

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

Claudius, Emperor "Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus 1"

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

Bel, god of Babylon "Marduk"

Asyncritus, Roman Christian friend of Paul

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

Athaliah, mother of king Ahaziah

Augustus Caesar, Roman empire's first Emperor

Azariah, King of Judah, son of Amaziah

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

Ashtoreth, goddess of the Ammonites "Astarte"

Ashkenaz, son of Gomer, great grandson of Noah

Asa, 910-869 BC, King of Judah

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

Asaph, psalmist

Asherah, fertility goddess

Asher, son of Jacob and Zilpah

Baal, god of Asia Minor

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

Baruch, Jeremiah's secretary

Bartholomew, the Apostle "Nathaniel"

Bathsheba, wife of Uriah, David's great sin

Beelzebub, prince of demons

Behemoth, possibly the hippopotamus

Barnabas, a Levite from Cyprus "also named Joseph"

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

Balaam, son of Beor

Baasha, King of Israel, 908-886

Balaam's Donkey

Balak, son of Zippor, king of the Moabites

Barabbas, criminal released instead of Jesus

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

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

Priscilla, wife of Aquila

Potiphar, captain of the guard for Pharaoh

Prodigal 'Lost' Son, parable

Queen of Heaven, Mesopotamian goddess "Ishtar"

Rachel, daughter of Laban, wife of Jacob

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

Pontius Pilate, judge at the trial of Jesus

Piram, king of Jarmuth

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

Philippian jailer

Phinehas, son of Eli "Phineas"

Phoebe, of Cenchrea, deaconess

Phygelus, Christian in Rome and friend of Paul

Rahab, mythological monster

Rahab, prostitute who hid Israelite spies

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

Rezin, king of Damascus Syria

Ruth, wife of Boaz

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

Samson, the Nazirite, one of major judges in the Bible

Samaritan woman, at Jacob's well

Reuben, firstborn son of Jacob and Leah

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

Rechab, killed Saul's son Ish-Bosheth

Rebekah, wife of Isaac "Rebecca"

Redeemer, the one who bought us back "Jesus"

Rehoboam, King of Judah, 930-913, son of Solomon, grandson of David

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

Philip, the Apostle

Philetus, fl. 50-65, Christian false teacher

Obadiah, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible

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

Og, Amorite king of Bashan

Oholiab, chief craftsman on the tabernacle, son of Ahisamach

Onan, son of Judah

Olympas, Roman Christian

Noah, of the Flood and the Ark, walked with God

Nimrod, son of Cush

Nehemiah, the prophet

Nicodemus, the Pharisee

Nicolaitans, Gnostic sect in churches of Ephesus and Pergamum

Nicolas, of Antioch

Onesimus, runaway slave of Philemon

Onesiphorus, Christian from Ephesus who ministered to Paul in prison

Persis, Roman Christian

Peninnah, wife of Elkanah

Peter, the Apostle, "Simon Peter" "Cephas", d. 60

Pharaoh, several at different times

Philemon, master of Onesimus

Pharaoh's daughter, found baby Moses

Peleg, son of Eber, father of Reu

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

Orpah, wife of Chilion

Oreb, prince of Midian

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

Paul, the Apostle, of Tarsus "Saul"

Pekah, 752-732, officer of Pekahiah whom he killed, King of Israel, he was assassinated by Hosea

Samuel, the prophet, son of Elkanah and Hannah

Sanhedrin, assembly of men from each city in Israel

Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, the wisest man in the Bible, King of Israel, 970-930

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

Spirit of Truth

Spirit "Holy Spirit"

Simon, the Zealot, the Canaanite

Simon, the leper

Simeon, son of Jacob and Leah

Silas, companion of Paul in Antioch "Silvanus"

Simeon, high priest, recognized baby Jesus as the Messiah

Simon Magus, 1st or 2nd century

Simon, of Cyrene, carried Jesus' cross

Stephanas, a member of the church at Corinth

Stephen, stoned for being a Christian

Aaron, the Levite, older brother of Moses

Thummim, decision stone

Tiglath-Pileser III, king of Assyria "Pul"

Timothy, companion of Paul

Tobiah, the Ammonite servant

Titus, bishop of Crete

Thomas, the Apostle "doubting Thomas"

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

Tamar, wife of Er

Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphates

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

Sihon, Amorite king of Heshbon

Shishak, king of Egypt

Seraphim, angels "Seraphs"

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

Seth, son of Adam and Eve

Shadrach, of the fiery furnace

Shalmaneser V, king of Assyria "Shalman"

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

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

Saul, of Tarsus

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

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

Sarai, wife of Abraham "Sarah"

Saul, King of Israel

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

Shammah, son of Jesse, brother of David

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

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

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

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

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

Shelomith, daughter of Dibri of the house of Dan

Shelah, son of Judah

Sheba, rebelled against King David

Sharezer, of Bethel, killed Sennacherib

Shebna, king Hezekiah's secretary

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

Shechem, the Hivite, violated Dinah the daughter of Jacob

Nebuchadnezzar II, 605-562 BC, king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire

Nebo, learning and writing god of Babylon "Nabu"

Judah, son of Jacob and Leah

Jotham, son of Gideon, King of Judah, 750-735

Judas Iscariot, betrayed Jesus

Junias, Christian relative of Paul and fellow prisoner

Kadmiel, Levite who helped rebuild the Temple

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

Josiah, son of Amon and Jedidah, King of Judah, 640-609

Joshua, 605-562 BC, the battle of Jericho

Joram, son of Ahab, King of Israel, 852-841

Jonathan, Prince of Israel, son of Saul

Joseph, of Arimathea, Jesus placed in his tomb

Joseph, of Nazareth, Jesus' father

Joseph, son of Jacob and Rachel, brother of Benjamin

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

Keturah, Abraham's wife after the death of Sarah

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

Lazarus, the poor man in Jesus' parable

Levi, son of Jacob

Leviathan, mythical sea monster "Lotan"

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

Linus, associate of the Apostle Paul, d. ca. 79

Lazarus, brought back to life by Jesus

Lamech, son of Methuselah, father of Noah

Kish, son of Abiel, father of Saul

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

Laban, son of Bethuel, brother of Rebekah

Jonadab, son of Recab "Jehonadab"

John, the Baptist, son of Zacharias and Elizabeth

Jehoiada, priest

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

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

Jehoram, King of Israel, son of Jehoshaphat, married Athaliah, 848-841

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

Jehoshaphat, King of Judah, 872-869

Jehoash, king of Israel, son of Jehoahaz "Shallum", 835-796 BC

Jehoahaz, king of Judah, son of King Josiah

Jason, relative of Paul

Jashobeam, one of David's mighty men

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

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

Jehoahaz, king of Israel, son of King Jehu

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

Jeremiah, the prophet

Joab, son of David's half-sister Zeruiah

Jezreel, son of Hosea and Gomer

Joash, Judean king, 835-796 BC

Job, challenged by satan

John, the Apostle, son of Zebedee and Salome

Joel, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible

Jezebel, wicked queen, wife of Ahab

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

Jeroboam II, King of Israel, 793-753

Jeroboam I, King of Israel, 930-909

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

Jesse, grandson of Ruth, father of King David

Jesus, of Nazareth "Christ"

Lois, Timothy's grandmother

Michael, the Archangel

Micah, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible

Michal, daughter of Saul and wife of David

Miriam, daughter of Amram, sister of Moses

Moab, son of Lot and his daughter

Mithredath, king Cyrus' treasurer

Micah, from Ephraim, made a silver idol

Methuselah, son of Enoch, lived 969 years

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

Merab, daughter of Saul, wife of Adriel

Mesha, king of Moab

Meshach, of the fiery furnace "Mishael"

Messiah "Savior"

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

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

Nahum, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible

Nahor, son of Terah, husband of Milcah

Naomi, wife of Elimelech

Naphtali, son of Jacob and Rachel's servant Bilhah

Nathanael, the apostle "Nathaniel"

Nathan, the prophet, son of David

Nahor, son of Serug, father of Terah

Nahash, the Ammonite

Naaman, healed of leprosy

Moses, wrote the first 5 books of the Bible

Naboth, stoned to death by Jezebel to get his vineyard

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

Mephibosheth, lame son of Jonathan

Menahem, King of Israel, murdered Shallum

Magi, astrologers from the east who visited Jesus

Lydia, of Thyatira

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

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

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

Malachi, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible

Luke, the Evangelist, the physician

Lucius, relative of Paul

Lord God of Israel

Lord God Almighty

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

Lot, rescued from Sodom and Gomorrah

Lot's Wife, became a pillar of salt

Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, wicked King of Judah, 697-642

Manasseh, son of Joseph and Asenath

Matthew, the Apostle, brother of James "Levi"

Mary, Roman Christian

Matthias, the Apostle

Melchizedek, king of Salem

Memucan, wise man of King Xerxes

Mary, sister of Martha and Lazarus

Mary, mother of Jesus

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

Manoah, of Zorah and the Danites, father of Samson

Martha, sister of Mary and Lazarus

Mary Magdalene, went to Jesus' tomb Easter morning

Mary, mother of James and Joseph

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

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The World History of the Jewish People

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Lebanon, cedar trees

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Laodicea, Paul's missionary journeys

Lydda, spread of the Gospel

Lystra, Paul's missionary journeys

Malta, Paul's missionary journeys

Macedonia, Paul and Silas imprisoned

Judah, Kingdom of

Gomorrah, destroyed by God because of wickedness

Golgotha, place of a skull

Iconium, Paul's missionary journeys

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

Miletus, Paul's missionary journeys

Mount of Transfiguration

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

Mount of Olives, Jesus arrested "Gethsemane"

Mount Nebo, where Moses died

Gethsemane, Jesus arrested "Mount of Olives"

Babel, the Tower of Babel

Beersheba, well of the oath

Bethlehem, Judea, birthplace of Jesus

Berea, examined the scriptures

Athens, Paul's missionary journeys

Amphipolis, spread of the Gospel

Adriatic Sea, shipwreck of Paul

Achor, Valley of

Apollonia, spread of the Gospel

Arabia, spread of the Gospel

Armageddon, the mountain of Megiddo

Ararat, mountains of, where the Ark ended

Caesarea, spread of the Gospel

Egypt, where Israel was enslaved

Eden, "Garden of Eden"

Earth, created by God

Endor, Saul consulted a witch from here

Ephesus, Paul's missionary journeys

Gaza, spread of the Gospel

Galilee, where Jesus spent most of his life here

Galatia, Paul's missionary journeys

Ethiopia, Ethiopian eunuch

Derbe, Paul's missionary journeys

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

Canaan, the promised land

Colosse, Paul's missionary journeys

Corinth, Paul's missionary journeys

Damascus, Saul converted

Cyprus, spread of the Gospel

Crete, Greece, Paul's missionary journeys

Antioch, spread of the Gospel

Heaven, paradise for believers

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Jesus heals man with palsy

Jesus raises Jairus’ daughter from the dead

Jesus calms the stormy sea

Jesus purging the temple

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Wedding at Cana

Jesus heals the blind and mute

Jesus’ parable of the sower

Jesus’ parable of the net

Jesus’ parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl

Jesus’ parables of the mustard seed and the yeast

Jesus’ parable of the weeds

Jesus calls his disciples

Jesus' temptation in the desert

Birth of John the Baptist promised

Birth of Jesus foretold

Jonah swallowed by a great fish

Daniel in the lions den

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace

Birth of John the Baptist

Joseph takes Mary as his wife

Baptism of Jesus of Nazareth

John preaches and baptizes

Sermon on the mount

Jesus heals a leper

Parable of the good Samaritan

Christ rebukes Pharisees and Scribes

The rich young man

Jesus blesses small children

Jesus heals 10 lepers

The barren fig tree

Jesus heals deformed woman on Sabbath

Parable of the lost coin

Parable of the lost sheep

Jesus heals a man with dropsy

Judgement pronounced on Jerusalem

Jesus’ prophecy of His suffering

Jesus restores a lunatic

Beheading of John the Baptist

Jesus sends the 12 Apostles

Jesus raises the widow of Nain’s son

Jesus heals the Centurion's servant

Jesus feeds the 5,000

Jesus walks on the sea

Transfiguration

Peter’s confession of Christ

Jesus heals a blind man

Jesus feeds 4,000

Valley of dry bones

Fall of Jerusalem

Israel's exodus from Egypt

Israel crossing the Red Sea

Plagues in Egypt

Moses and the burning bush

Manna from Heaven

Ten Commandments

Ark of the Covenant

Joseph's brothers go to Egypt

Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah

Sacrifice of Isaac

Joseph in charge of Egypt

Joseph Sold to Egypt

Joseph's dreams

Jacob wrestles with God

Day of Atonement

Feast of Tabernacles

Solomon builds the Temple

Elijah taken to Heaven in a chariot of fire

Solomon asks for wisdom

Solomon King of Israel

David and Bathsheba

The widow’s oil

An axhead floats

Seventy years of captivity

Jerusalem under siege

New Heavens and a new Earth

Job’s faith tested

David King of Israel

David anointed King of Judah

Balaam’s Donkey

Year of Jubilee

Battle of Jericho

David and Goliath

Sampson and Delilah

Sampson kills 1000 Philistines

Sun stands still

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