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Impressions; rings, “the children of,” returned from the Captivity (Ezra 2:43).

Goodness of God, the father of one whom the kings of Syria and Samaria in vain attempted to place on the throne of Ahaz…

A Persian governor of Samaria, who joined others in the attempt to prevent the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Ezra 4:7).

Good is Rimmon, the father of Benhadad, king of Syria (1 Kings 15:18).

Son of Telah. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 7:25.

Son of Ephraim. Mentioned in 1 verse, Numbers 26:35.

Son of Bered. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 7:20.

Son of Eladah. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 7:20.

Son of Assir. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in 1 Chronicles 6:24.

The wife of Pharaoh, who gave her sister in marriage to Hadad the Edomite (1 Kings 11:19, 20).

Son of Micah. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in 1 Chronicles 8:35.

A king of Geshur, to whom Absalom fled after he had put Amnon to death (2 Sam. 3:3; 13:37). His daughter, Maachah, was…

One of the Anakim of Hebron, who were slain by the men of Judah under Caleb (Num. 13:22; Josh. 15:14; Judg. 1:10).

A Levite porter (1 Chr. 9:17; Neh. 11:19).

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Ezra 2:53.

The daughter-in-law of Judah, to whose eldest son, Er, she was married (Gen. 38:6). After her husband’s death, she was…

A daughter of Absalom (2 Sam. 14:27).

A daughter of David (2 Sam. 13:1-32; 1 Chr. 3:9), whom Amnon shamefully outraged and afterwards “hated exceedingly,”…

Consolation, a Netophathite; one of the captains who supported Gedaliah (2 Kings 25:23; Jer. 40:8).

Daughter of Solomon. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Kings 4:11.

Son of Hebron. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 2:43.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Esther 1:14.

One of the “sons” of Javan (Gen. 10:4; 1 Chr. 1:7).

One of Sennacherib’s messengers to Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:17).

Gift, a Persian governor (Heb. pehah, i.e., “satrap;” modern “pasha”) “on this side the river”, i.e., of the whole…

Son of Nahor. Mentioned in 1 verse, Genesis 22:24.

Son of Hosah. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 26:11.

Son of Eshton. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 4:12.

Son of Resheph. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 7:25.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:24.

Son of Ishmael. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Genesis 25:15.

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Genesis 36:42.

Son of Eliphaz. Mentioned in 3 verses, first in Genesis 36:11.

One of the sons of Ashur, the father of Tekoa (1 Chr. 4:6).

The wanderer; loiterer, for some unknown reason emigrated with his family from his native mountains in the north to the…

Severe, a eunuch or chamberlain in the palace of Ahasuerus, who conspired with another to murder him. The plot was…

Mentioned in 1 verse, Romans 16:22.

A modification of “Tertius;” a Roman advocate, whom the Jews employed to state their case against Paul in the presence…

A badger, a son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother (Gen. 22:24).

Son of Bilhan. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 7:10.

Heb. ‘Anakim (Deut. 2:10, 11, 21; Josh. 11:21, 22; 14:12, 15; called “sons of Anak,” Num. 13:33; “children of Anak,”…

Lover of God, a Christian, probably a Roman, to whom Luke dedicated both his Gospel (Luke 1:3) and the Acts of the…

Thanksgiving, referred to by Gamaliel in his speech before the council at Jerusalem (Acts 5:36). He headed an…

Twin, one of the twelve (Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18, etc.). He was also called Didymus (John 11:16; 20:24), which is the…

I.e., as known in Roman history, Tiberius Claudius Nero, only mentioned in Luke 3:1. He was the stepson of Augustus…

Building of Jehovah, the son of Ginath, a man of some position, whom a considerable number of the people chose as…

Styled the “king of nations” (Gen. 14:1-9). Mentioned as Tudkhula on Arioch’s brick (see facing page 139).

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:15.

Son of Hasrah. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in 2 Kings 22:14.

An Assyrian king. It has been a question whether he was identical with Tiglath-pileser III.

Son of Shimon. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 4:20.

Defiled, the father of blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46).

Daughter of Seir. Mentioned in 3 verses, first in Genesis 36:12.

A “duke” or sheik of Edom (Gen. 36:40).

Honouring, one of the seven deacons at Jerusalem (Acts 6:5). Nothing further is known of him.

Honouring God, a young disciple who was Paul’s companion in many of his journeyings. His mother, Eunice, and his…

The youngest of the sons of Japheth (Gen. 10:2; 1 Chr. 1:5).

The last king of Egypt of the Ethiopian (the fifteenth) dynasty. He was the brother-in-law of So (q.v.).

Son of Caleb. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 2:48.

Son of Jehaleleel. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 4:16.

The youngest of Zelophehad’s five daughters (Num. 26:33; Josh. 17:3).

Honourable, was with Paul and Barnabas at Antioch, and accompanied them to the council at Jerusalem (Gal. 2:1-3; Acts…

Good is Jehovah, my Lord, a Levite sent out by Jehoshaphat to instruct the people of Judah in the law (2 Chr. 17:8).

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Ezra 2:60.

Pleasing to Jehovah, the “servant,” the “Ammonite,” who joined with those who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem after…

Id., a Levite sent out through Judah by Jehoshaphat to teach the people (2 Chr. 17:8).

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Zechariah 6:10.

A son of Gomer, and grandson of Japheth (Gen. 10:3).

A king of Hamath, who sent “Joram his son unto King David to salute him,” when he “heard that David had smitten all the…

A judge of the tribe of Issachar who “judged” Israel twenty-three years (Judg. 10:1, 2), when he died, and was buried…

Eldest son of Issachar (Gen. 46:13).

A foster-child, an Ephesian who accompanied Paul during a part of his third missionary journey (Acts 20:4; 21:29). He…

Mentioned in 1 verse, Romans 16:12.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Romans 16:12.

The fifth son of Japheth (Gen. 10:2).

The son of Lamech and Zillah, “an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron” (Gen. 4:22; R.V., “the forger of…

Chance, an Asiatic Christian, a “faithful minister in the Lord” (Eph. 6:21, 22), who, with Trophimus, accompanied Paul…

Prince, a Greek rhetorician, in whose “school” at Ephesus Paul disputed daily for the space of two years with those who…