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Ahiam

(Encyclopedia)Ahiam əhīˈəm [key], in the Bible, one of David's men. ...

NASCAR

(Encyclopedia)NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla., in 1948 and began its first and...

National Gallery of Art

(Encyclopedia)National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, established by an act of Congress, 1937. Andrew W. Mellon donated funds for construction of the building as well...

DeLay, Tom

(Encyclopedia)DeLay, Tom (Thomas Dale DeLay), 1947–, American politician, b. Laredo, Tex., grad. Univ. of Houston (B.S., 1970). A conservative Republican businessman, he entered politics (1979) as a Texas state l...

Michael, persons in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Michael, in the Bible. 1 Father of Sethur the spy. 2 Chief of Issachar. 3 One of David's captains at Ziklag. 4 Jehoshaphat's murdered son. ...

Shitrai

(Encyclopedia)Shitrai shĭtˈrāī, shĭtrāˈī [key], in the Bible, chief herder of David. ...

Chileab

(Encyclopedia)Chileab kĭlˈēăb [key], in the Bible, son of David and Abigail. ...

Abital

(Encyclopedia)Abital ăbˈĭtăl [key], in the Bible, mother of David's son Shephatiah. ...

Ezbai

(Encyclopedia)Ezbai ĕzˈbāī, ĕzbāˈī [key], father of Naarai (one of David's warriors). ...

Jesiah

(Encyclopedia)Jesiah jēsīˈə [key], in the Bible, ally of David at Ziklag. ...