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Jesiah

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

Jeziel

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

Joelah

(Encyclopedia)Joelah jōēˈlə [key], in the Bible, warrior with David at Ziklag. ...

Machbanai

(Encyclopedia)Machbanai măkˈbənā, măkbāˈnā, măkbānāˈī [key], in the Bible, Gadite ally of David. ...

López, Francisco Solano

(Encyclopedia)López, Francisco Solano lōˈpās [key], 1826?–1870, president of Paraguay (1862–70). He was the son of Carlos Antonio López, who made him a brigadier general at 18. Appointed head of a diploma...

Micheaux, Oscar Devereaux

(Encyclopedia)Micheaux, Oscar Devereaux, 1884–1951, American filmmaker and author, b. Metropolis, Ill. The son of former slaves, Micheaux first worked as a Pullman porter, then was a homesteader in South Dakota. ...

Morton, Jelly Roll

(Encyclopedia)Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890–1941, American jazz musician, composer, and band leader, originally named Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe, b. Gulfport, La. He began studying piano as a child and in his youth was ...

Obil

(Encyclopedia)Obil ōˈbĭl [key], in the Bible, keeper of David's camels. He was an Ishmaelite. ...

Athach

(Encyclopedia)Athach āˈthăk [key], in the Bible, place in S ancient Palestine, visited by David. ...

Ezel, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Ezel ēˈzəl [key], in the Bible, rock where David said farewell to Jonathan. ...