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Abishai

(Encyclopedia)Abishai əbĭshˈāī, ăbˈĭshī [key], in the Bible, nephew of David. ...

Jeshebeab

(Encyclopedia)Jeshebeab jēshĕbˈēăb [key], in the Bible, chief priest of David. ...

Eglah

(Encyclopedia)Eglah ĕgˈlə [key], in the Bible, one of David's wives. ...

Eliahba

(Encyclopedia)Eliahba ēlīˈəbə [key], in the Bible, one of David's guard. ...

Joezer

(Encyclopedia)Joezer jōēˈzər [key], in the Bible, one of David's captains. ...

Joshaviah

(Encyclopedia)Joshaviah jŏshəvīˈə [key], in the Bible, one of David's guard. ...

Adiel

(Encyclopedia)Adiel āˈdīl [key], in the Bible, father of David's treasurer. ...

Zelek

(Encyclopedia)Zelek zēˈlĕk [key], in the Bible, one of David's guard. ...

Ahiam

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

Hillel, Jewish scholar

(Encyclopedia)Hillel, fl. c.30 b.c.–a.d. 10, Jewish scholar, regarded as the forebear of the later patriarchs who led the Jews of Palestine until c.a.d. 400. The Jerusalem Talmud calls him the president of the Sa...

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