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Bathsheba was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, according to the Hebrew Bible. She is most known for the biblical narrative in which she was summoned by King David, who had seen her bathing and lusted after her. She was the mother of Solomon, who succeeded David as king, making her the Queen mother.
Gilead or Gilad is the name of three people and two geographic places in the Bible. Gilead may mean hill of testimony. If this the case, it is likely derived from gal‛êd, which in turn comes from gal and ‛êd. There also exists an alternative theory that it means rocky region. It is now within the Kingdom of Jordan.
Kubaba is the only queen on the Sumerian King List, which states she reigned for 100 years – roughly in the Early Dynastic III period of Sumerian history. In later times, she was worshipped as a goddess.
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Bethoron was an ancient biblical town strategically located on the Gibeon-Aijalon road, guarding the "ascent of Beth-Horon". Upper Bethoron appears in Joshua 16:5 and Lower Bethoron in Joshua 16:3 and 1 Chronicles 7:24. and I Maccabees 3:16.
Hagarenes, is a term widely used by early Syriac, Greek, Coptic and Armenian sources to describe the early Arab conquerors of Mesopotamia, Syria and Egypt.
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Jahaziel is the name of five characters in the Hebrew Bible. Jahaziel means "God sees" or "Yah looks." Four of the characters by this name are not credited with any independent action, but simply mentioned in passing as one of several priests or a member in a list of warriors. However, one Jahaziel, a Levite, is mentioned as delivering a divine message.
This is a table containing prophets of the modern Abrahamic religions.
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- ↑ NIV: 1 Chronicles 5:19
- ↑ The Illustrated Bible Dictionary page 1093 ISBN 978-0-85110-628-1
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