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Taberah

(Encyclopedia)Taberah tăbˈērə [key], in the Bible, camp in the wanderings, in the SE Sinai peninsula. ...

Hazeroth

(Encyclopedia)Hazeroth həzēˈrŏth, hăzˈə– [key] [Heb.,=camping grounds], in the Bible, camp of the Hebrews, N of Mt. Sinai. ...

Nathan

(Encyclopedia)Nathan nāˈthən [key], in the Bible. 1 Court prophet in the time of David and Solomon. He announced the oracle to David concerning his dynasty. He confronted David over David's adultery with Bath-sh...

Schindler, Oskar

(Encyclopedia)Schindler, Oskar, 1908–74, German industrialist who saved more than a thousand Jews during the Holocaust. A Catholic and a member of the National Socialist (Nazi) party, Schindler relocated (1939) t...

Kibroth-hattaavah

(Encyclopedia)Kibroth-hattaavah kĭbˈrŏth-hătāˈāvə [key], in the Bible, unidentified desert camp. There the Israelites were punished with a plague. ...

Hor-hagidgad

(Encyclopedia)Hor-hagidgad hôr-həgĭdˈgăd [key], in the Bible, wilderness camp of the Israelites. The camping place called Gudgodah may have been the same. ...

Jerimoth

(Encyclopedia)Jerimoth jĕrˈĭmōth [key], in the Bible. 1 One who joined David at Ziklag. 2 Officer of David. 3 Son of David. 4 Either of two Levites of David. An alternate spelling is Jeremoth. 5 Levite of Hezek...

Malvern Hills

(Encyclopedia)Malvern Hills, range of hills, c.9 mi (14.5 km) long, W central England, in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The highest points are the Worcester Beacon (1,395 ft/425 m) and the Hereford Beacon (1,11...

Valley Forge

(Encyclopedia)Valley Forge, on the Schuylkill River, SE Pa., NW of Philadelphia. There, during the American Revolution, the main camp of the Continental Army was established (Dec., 1777–June, 1778) under the comm...

Zhang Xianliang

(Encyclopedia)Zhang Xianliang jäng shyän-lyäng [key], 1936–, Chinese writer. During the 1957 antirightist campaign, the Chinese Communists judged his poetry deviant and sentenced him to prison in Ningxia. He w...