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Joanna (Spanish queen) , JOAB
JOAB (Heb. יוֹאָב; "yhwh is father"), David's commander in chief; son of Zeruiah, one of David's sisters (i Chron. 2:16). Although Joab's kinshi… David , David
DAVID (Heb. דָּוִד), youngest son of Jesse of the Ephrathite family that lived in Beth-Lehem in Judah (i Sam. 16:1; 20:27–28; i Chron. 2:13–15;… AMNON , ABSALOM
ABSALOM (Heb. אַבְשָׁלוֹם, אַבְשָׁלֹם, אֲבִישָׁלוֹם), third son of *David, born during his reign in Hebron, probably about 1007/06 b.c.e.
In… Uriah The Hittite , Uriah
URIAH (Heb. אוּרִיָּה), the name of four biblical figures (in one case in the variant form Uriahu). The most important of these is Uriah the Hi… Jerusalem , The entry is arranged according to the following outline:
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The Bronze Age
David and First Temple Period
Second Temple Period… Jonathan , JONATHAN
JONATHAN (Heb. יוֹנָתָן ,יְהוֹנָתָן), eldest son of *Saul, the first king of Israel (i Sam. 14:1). At the beginning of Saul's reign, during…
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