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Shemiramoth

(Encyclopedia)Shemiramoth shēmĭrˈəmŏthˌ [key], in the Bible. 1 Temple musician. 2 Teacher of the Law. ...

Unni

(Encyclopedia)Unni ŭnˈī [key]. 1 Temple musician. 2 Family in the return of Zerubbabel. ...

Azaziah

(Encyclopedia)Azaziah ăzˌəzīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Musician. 2 Overseer of the Temple. ...

Corvo, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Corvo, Baron: see Rolfe, Frederick William. ...

Charles II, king of Naples

(Encyclopedia)Charles II (Charles the Lame), 1248–1309, king of Naples (1285–1309), count of Anjou and Provence, son and successor of Charles I. In the war of the Sicilian Vespers between Charles I and Peter II...

Nisroch

(Encyclopedia)Nisroch nĭsˈrŏk [key], in the Bible, Assyrian god in whose temple Sennacherib was worshiping when he was assassinated. ...

Kore, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Kore kōˈrē [key], in the Bible. 1 Family of temple doorkeepers. 2 Levite under Hezekiah. ...

Moriah, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Moriah, Mount, biblical name of the hill of E Jerusalem. According to Second Chronicles it was the site of Solomon's temple. ...

Shethar-Boznai

(Encyclopedia)Shethar-Boznai shēˈthər-bŏzˈnāī [key], in the Bible, Persian who tried to obstruct the building of the second Temple. ...

Shimshai

(Encyclopedia)Shimshai shĭmˈshī, shĭmˈshāī [key], in the Bible, author of a letter to Artaxerxes that stopped the work on the Temple. ...

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