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KABZEEL to KUSHAIAH

• A city of the tribe of Judah
  Joshua 15:21; 2Samuel 23:20; 1Chronicles 11:22

• Also called KADESHBARNEA.

• A city on the southern boundary of Palestine
  Joshua 15:3

• Struck down by Chedorlaomer
  Genesis 14:7

• Abraham lives beside the wells nearby
  Genesis 20:1 with Genesis 14:7; 16:14

• Israel encamps at
  Numbers 12:16; 13:26; 20:1; 33:36

• Canaanites defeated at
  Joshua 10:41

• A Levite
  Ezra 2:40; 3:9; Nehemiah 7:43; 12:8, 24

• A Levite who assisted in leading the devotions of the people
  Nehemiah 9:4, 5; 10:9

• A priest
  Nehemiah 12:20

• A brook dividing the territory of Ephraim from the territory of Manasseh
  Joshua 16:8; 17:9

• A town in the territory of the tribe of Asher
  Joshua 19:28

• Also called CAREAH, father of Johanan
  2Kings 25:23; 41:11, 13, Jeremiah 40:8, 13; 14, 16

• A city of the tribe of Judah
  Joshua 15:3

• A city in the territory of the tribe of Gad
  Judges 8:10

• A city of the tribe of Zebulun
  Joshua 21:34

• A Levitical city in the territory of the tribe of Naphtali
  Joshua 21:32

• A city in the territory of the tribe of Zebulun
  Joshua 19:15

• Son of Ishmael
  Genesis 25:13; 1Chronicles 1:29

• A nomadic clan of the Ishmaelites
  Psalm 120:5; Song of Solomon 1:5; Isaiah 21:16; 42:11; 60:7; Jeremiah 49:28

• Flocks of
  Isaiah 60:7; Jeremiah 49:28

• Princes and commerce of
  Ezekiel 27:21

• Son of Ishmael
  Genesis 25:15; 1Chronicles 1:31

• A city of Moab, allotted to Reuben and the Merarite Levites
  Joshua 13:18; 1Chronicles 6:79

• Encircled by a wilderness of the same name
  Deuteronomy 2:26

• A city of the tribe of Judah, possibly identical with KADESHBARNEA
  Joshua 15:23

• Called KISHION and KISHON. A Canaanite city captured by Joshua
  Joshua 12:22; 19:20; 21:28; 1Chronicles 6:72

• Called KEDESHAPHTALI:

  • A city of refuge
    Joshua 20:7; 21:32

  • Home of Barak and Heber
    Judges 4:6, 9, 11

  • Captured by Tiglath-pileser
    2Kings 15:29

• An encampment of Israel
  Numbers 33:22, 23

• One of a group of nine cities in the southern part of Palestine allotted to Judah:

  • General references
    Joshua 15:44

  • Philistines make a predatory excursion against, after harvest
    1Samuel 23:1

  • David rescues
    1Samuel 23:2-13

  • Rulers of, aid in restoring the wall of Jerusalem after the captivity
    Nehemiah 3:17, 18

• A descendant of Caleb
  1Chronicles 4:19

• Also called KELITA. A Levite who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity, and assisted Ezra in expounding the law
  Ezra 10:23; Nehemiah 8:7; 10:10

• Son of Nahor
  Genesis 22:21

• A prince of Ephraim
  Numbers 34:24

• A Levite
  1Chronicles 27:17

• See CAINAN

• Also called NOBAH , a city of Gilead
  Numbers 32:42; 1Chronicles 2:23

• Grandson of Esau
  Genesis 36:11, 15; 1Chronicles 1:36

• A duke of Edom
  Genesis 36:42; 1Chronicles 1:53

• Brother of Caleb
  Joshua 15:17; Judges 1:13; 3:9, 11; 1Chronicles 4:13

• Grandson of
  Caleb 1Chronicles 4; 15

• A Canaanite tribe whose country was given to Abraham
  Genesis 15:19; Numbers 24:21-23

• The descendants of Jethro, a Midianite, the father-in-law of Moses:

  • Join the Israelites and live at Jericho
    Judges 1:16; 4:11; 1Chronicles 2:55

  • Dwell later in the wilderness of Judah
    Judges 1:16, 17

  • Jael, one of the Kenites, betrays and kills Sisera
    Judges 4:17-21

• An Edomite tribe whose land was promised to Abraham
  Genesis 15:19

• See HANDKERCHIEF

• The youngest daughter of Job
  Job 42:14

• A city of the tribe of Judah
  Joshua 15:25

• Also called KIRIOTH, a city of Moab
  Jeremiah 48:24, 41; Amos 2:2

• Wife concubine of Abraham
  Genesis 25:1-4; 1Chronicles 1:32

• General references
  Judges 3:25

• A symbol of authority
  Isaiah 22:22; Matthew 16:19; Revelation 1:18; 3:7; 9:1; 20:1

• Figurative
  Luke 11:52

• Second daughter of Job
  Job 42:14

• A valley and city of the tribe of Benjamin
  Joshua 18:21

• A station where the Israelites were miraculously fed with quails
  Numbers 11:31-35; 33:16, 17; Deuteronomy 9:22

• A Levitical city in the tribe of Ephraim
  Joshua 21:22

• Forbidden
  Exodus 21:16; Deuteronomy 24:7

• Instance of
  Judges 21:20-23

• Burnt offering of the
  Exodus 29:13, 22; Leviticus 3; 4:9, 10; 7:4, 5; 8:16; 9:10; Deuteronomy 32:14

• Also called CEDRON.

• A valley and stream between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives
  1Kings 2:37; Nehemiah 2:15; Jeremiah 31:40

• David flees from Absalom across
  2Samuel 15:23

• Destruction of idols at, by Asa, Josiah, and the Levites
  1Kings 15:13; 2Kings 23:6, 12; 2Chronicles 29:16

• Source of, closed by Hezekiah
  2Chronicles 32:4

• Jesus crossed, on the night of his agony
  John 18:1

• See HOMICIDE

• A city of Judah
  Joshua 15:22

• General references
  Leviticus 19:34; Deuteronomy 22:1-4; Psalm 112:5; Proverbs 14:21; 19:22; 31:26; Isaiah 11:13; Zechariah 7:9, 10; Matthew 5:7, 42; Luke 6:30, 25:34-36; 34, 35; Acts 20:35; 15:1, Romans 12:15; 2, 5; Galatians 6:1, 1Corinthians 13:4-7; 2, 10; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:12, 14; 1Timothy 5:9, 10; Hebrews 5:2; 1Peter 3:8, 9; 4:8; 2Peter 1:7; 1John 3:17, 18

• Instances of:

  • Pharaoh to Jacob
    Genesis 45:16-20; 47:5, 6

  • Pharaoh's daughter to Moses
    Exodus 2:6-10

  • Rahab to the spies
    Joshua 2:6-16

  • David to Mephibosheth
    2Samuel 9:1-13

  • Joab to Absalom
    2Samuel 14:1-24

  • Ahab to Ben-hadad
    1Kings 20:32-34

  • Elisha to the woman whose son he restored to life
    2Kings 8:1

  • Evil-merodach to Jehoiachin
    2Kings 25:28-30

  • Jehoshabeath to Joash
    2Chronicles 22:11

  • The Jews to the people
    Nehemiah 5:8-19

  • Mordecai to Esther
    Esther 2:7

  • Nebuchadrezzar to Jeremiah
    Jeremiah 39:11, 12

  • Joseph to Mary
    Matthew 1:19

  • Centurion to his servant
    Luke 7:2-6

  • The Jews to Mary and Martha
    John 11:19, 33

  • John to Mary
    John 19:27

  • Felix to Paul
    Acts 24:23

  • Julius to Paul
    Acts 27:3, 43

  • Onesiphorus to Paul
    2Timothy 1:16-18

• Pharaoh's dream of
  Genesis 41:2-7, 26-30

  • See CATTLE

• Figurative
  Amos 4:1

• Called King of Kings
  Ezra 7:12; Ezekiel 26:7; Daniel 2:37

• Divinely authorized
  Deuteronomy 17:15; 1Samuel 9:16, 17; 16:12; 1Chronicles 22:10; 2Chronicles 2:11, 12; Proverbs 8:15; Daniel 2:21, 37; 4:17; 5:20; Hosea 8:4; 13:11

• How chosen:

  • By divine appointment:

    • Saul
      1Samuel 10:1

    • David and the Davidic dynasty
      1Samuel 16:1-13

  • Hereditary succession
    2Samuel 7:12-16; 1Kings 1:28-30; 2Chronicles 21:3, 4; Psalm 89:35-37

  • Not hereditary
    1Chronicles 1:43-51

  • By lot
    1Samuel 10:20, 21

    • See ISRAEL, KINGS OF ISRAEL and JUDAH

• Modes of induction into office:

  • By anointing

    • See ANOINTING

  • By proclamation
    2Samuel 15:10; 1Kings 1:33, 34; 2Kings 9:13; 11:12

  • By an oath
    2Kings 11:4

• Ceremonial recognition of:

  • Prostration
    1Samuel 25:41; 1Kings 1:23, 2Samuel 9:6, 8; 31, 47

  • Obeisance
    1Kings 1:16

  • Kneeling before
    Matthew 27:29

  • Salutation to: "O king, live forever"
    Daniel 2:4; 6:6, 21

• Acts as Judge
  2Samuel 8:15; 15:2; 1Kings 10:9; 2Kings 8:1-6; Psalm 72:1-4; 122:5; Acts 25:11, 12, 20

• Precepts concerning
  Deuteronomy 17:14-19; Proverbs 31:4, 5; Ezekiel 46:16-18

• Obedience to, enjoined
  Ecclesiastes 8:2-5

• Rights and duties of
  Proverbs 25:2, 5, 29:4, 6, 15; 12, 14; Jeremiah 21:12

• Exercise executive clemency
  1Samuel 11:13

• Constitutional restrictions of
  Deuteronomy 17:18-20; 1Samuel 10:24, 25; 2Samuel 5:3; 2Kings 11:12, 17; 2Chronicles 23:11; Jeremiah 34:8-11; Daniel 6:12-15

• Influenced by popular opinion:

  • Saul
    1Samuel 14:45; 15:24

  • David
    2Chronicles 20:21

  • Hezekiah
    2Chronicles 30:2

  • Zedekiah
    Jeremiah 38:19, 24-27

  • Herod
    Matthew 14:5; Acts 12:2, 3

  • Pilate
    John 19:6-13

• Religious duties of
  Ezekiel 45:9-25; 46:2, 4-8

• Deification of
  Ezekiel 28:2, 9

• Loyalty to, enjoined
  Proverbs 16:14, 15; Ecclesiastes 10:20

• Influence of queens over:

  • Bathsheba
    1Kings 1:28-34

  • Jezebel
    1Kings 18:4, 13; 19:1-3; 21:5-16

  • Esther
    Esther 5:1-8

• Respect due to
  Job 34:18; Isaiah 8:21; Matthew 22:21; Mark 12:17

• Profiting from:

  • Confiscations of property
    2Samuel 16:4; 1Kings 21:1-16

  • Plunder or Spoils of war
    2Samuel 12:30; 1Chronicles 26:27; 2Chronicles 24:23

  • Tariff on imports, and internal revenue on merchandise
    1Kings 10:15-29

  • Tribute
    2Samuel 20:24; 1Kings 12:18; 2Chronicles 17:11

  • Poll tax
    Matthew 17:24-27

  • Presents
    1Samuel 10:27; 16:20; 1Kings 10:2, 2Samuel 8:2; 10, 25; 2Chronicles 9:24; Psalm 72:10

  • Commissary of
    1Kings 4:7-19, 27, 28; 1Chronicles 27:25-31; 2Chronicles 26:10; 32:28, 29

• Extensive livestock studs of
  Judges 12:14; 1Kings 1:33; 4:26; 10:25; 2Chronicles 9:24, 25; Esther 6:8

• Chief officers of:

  • Captain of the army
    2Samuel 8:16; 1Kings 4:4

  • Recorder
    2Samuel 8:16; 20:24; 1Kings 4:3

  • Scribe
    2Samuel 8:17; 20:25; 1Kings 4:3

  • Chief priests
    2Samuel 8:17; 20:25; 1Kings 4:2

  • Chief of the bodyguard
    2Samuel 8:18; 15:18; 20:23; 1Chronicles 11:25

  • Collector of tribute
    2Samuel 20:24

  • Chief ruler
    2Samuel 20:26; 1Kings 4:5; 8:1, Esther 3:1, 2; 2, 15; 10:3

  • Advisor
    1Kings 4:5

  • Provincial governors
    Daniel 6:1-3

• Subordinate officers of:

  • The governor of the household
    1Kings 4:6; 2Chronicles 28:7

  • The keeper of the wardrobe
    2Kings 22:14; 2Chronicles 34:22

• Drunkenness of:

  • Forbidden
    Proverbs 31:4, 5

  • Instances of
    Hosea 7:5

  • Baasha
    1Kings 16:9

  • Benhadad
    1Kings 20:16

  • Belshazzar
    Daniel 5:1-4, 23

  • Ahasuerus
    Esther 1:7, 10; 5:6; 7:2

• Prayer for
  Ezra 6:10

• Prayer for, enjoined
  1Timothy 2:1, 2

• Decrees of, irrevocable
  Daniel 6:8, Esther 8:8; 9, 12-15

• Chronicles of, kept
  1Kings 11:41; 14:19; 2Kings 21:25; 1Chronicles 9:1; 27:24; 29:29; 2Chronicles 9:29; 12:15; 20:34; 26:22; 32:32; Ezra 5:17; Esther 6:1

  • See GOVERNMENT , RULERS

• The kings of Israel, before and after the revolt of the ten tribes

  • See ISRAEL

• Compared to:

  • A man who sowed good seed
    Matthew 13:24-30, 38-43; Mark 4:26-29

  • A grain of mustard seed
    Matthew 13:31, 32; Mark 4:30, 31; Luke 13:18, 19

  • Leaven
    Matthew 13:33; Luke 13:21

  • A treasure
    Matthew 13:44

  • A pearl
    Matthew 13:45

  • A net
    Matthew 13:47-50

  • A king who called his servants for a reckoning an audit
    Matthew 18:23-35

  • A householder
    Matthew 20:1-16

  • A king who made a marriage feast for his son
    Matthew 22:2-14; Luke 14:16-24

  • Ten virgins
    Matthew 25:1-13

  • A man traveling into a far country, who called his servants, and delivered to them his goods
    Matthew 25:14-30; Luke 19:12-27

• "My kingdom is not of this world"
  John 18:36

• Children of the
  Matthew 18:3; 19:14; Mark 10:14; Luke 18:16

• Rich people cannot enter
  Matthew 19:23, 24; Luke 18:24, 25, Mark 10:23-25; 29, 30

• Keys of
  Matthew 16:19

• Good news of
  Luke 8:1

• Mysteries of
  Luke 8:10

• Does not consist of meat and drink
  Romans 14:17

• See CHURCH,   JESUS, KINGDOM OF

• General references
  Matthew 12:26

• General references
  Genesis 14:17; 2Samuel 18:18

• The inhabitants of Damascus carried into captivity to, by the king of Assyria
  2Kings 16:9

• Prophecies concerning
  Isaiah 22:6; Amos 1:5; 9:7

• Also called KIR-HARESH, KIR-HARESETH, and KIR-HERES.

• A city of Moab
  2Kings 3:25; Isaiah 16:7, 11; Jeremiah 48:31, 36

• Called KIR OF MOAB
  Isaiah 15:1

• See KIRJATHAIM

• Also called KIRIATHAIM :

  • A city of the tribe of Reuben
    Numbers 32:37; Joshua 13:19

  • Prophecies concerning
    Jeremiah 48:1, 23; Ezekiel 25:9

• A Levitical city in territory of the tribe of Naphtali
  1Chronicles 6:76

• An early name of HEBRON
  Genesis 23:2; Joshua 14:15; Judges 1:10

• A residence of Balak
  Numbers 22:39

• Called BAALAH, one of the four cities of the Gibeonites.

• Inhabitants of, who were not struck down, on account of the covenant made by the Israelites with the Gibeonites, but put under servitude
  Joshua 9:17 with Joshua 9:3-27

• In the territory allotted to Judah
  Joshua 15:9, 60; 18:14

• The Philistines bring the ark of the covenant to
  1Samuel 6:21 with 1Samuel 6:1-21

• The ark of the covenant remains for twenty years at
  1Samuel 7:1, 2; 1Chronicles 13:5, 6

• David brings the ark of the covenant from
  2Samuel 6:1-11; 1Chronicles 13:5-8; 2Chronicles 1:4

• Inhabitants of, who were taken into captivity to Babylon, returned
  Ezra 2:25; Nehemiah 7:29

• Urijah, the prophet, an inhabitant of
  Jeremiah 26:20

• A city of the tribe of Judah
  Joshua 15:49

• See DEBIR

• General references
  Joshua 15:15, 16

• See DEBIR

• Father of Saul:

  • General references
    1Samuel 9:1-3; 10:21; 2Samuel 21:14

  • Called CIS
    Acts 13:21

• A Benjamite
  1Chronicles 8:30; 9:36

• A Levite
  1Chronicles 23:21, 22; 24:29

• A Levite
  2Chronicles 29:12

• Great grandfather of Mordecai
  Esther 2:5

• Also called KUSHAIAH, father of Ethan, a chief assistant in the temple music
  1Chronicles 6:44; 15:17

• See KEDESH

• Also called KISON. A noted river of Palestine emptying into the Mediterranean Sea near the northern base of Mount Carmel.

• Sisera defeated at, and his army destroyed in
  Judges 4:7, 13; 5:21; Psalm 83:9

• Prophets of Baal destroyed by Elijah at
  1Kings 18:40

• Of affection
  Genesis 27:26, 27; 31:55; 33:4; 48:10; 50:1; Exodus 18:7; Ruth 1:14; 2Samuel 14:33; 19:39; Luke 15:20; Acts 20:37

• The feet of Jesus kissed by the penitent woman
  Luke 7:38

• Deceitful:

  • General references
    Proverbs 27:6

  • Of Joab, when he killed Amasa
    2Samuel 20:9, 10

  • Of Judas, when he betrayed Jesus
    Matthew 26:48; Luke 22:48

• Holy
  Romans 16:16; 2Corinthians 13:12; 1Thessalonians 5:26; 1Peter 5:14

• A bird forbidden as food
  Leviticus 11:14; Deuteronomy 14:13

• A city of the tribe of Judah
  Joshua 15:40

• A city of the tribe of Zebulun
  Judges 1:30

• See CHITTIM

• General references
  Exodus 8:3; 12:34; Deuteronomy 28:5, 17

• An edged tool used by Abraham in offering Isaac
  Genesis 22:6

• Of the temple, returned from Babylon
  Ezra 1:9

• Used for sharpening pens
  Jeremiah 36:23

• Self-flagellation with, in idolatrous worship
  1Kings 18:28

• Of good and evil
  Genesis 2:9, 17; 3:22

• Is power
  Proverbs 3:20; 24:5

• Desire for
  1Kings 3:9; Psalm 119:66; Proverbs 2; 3; 12:1; 15:14; 18:15

• Rejected
  Hosea 4:6

• Those who reject are destroyed
  Hosea 4:6

• Fools hate
  Proverbs 1:22, 29

• A divine gift
  1Corinthians 12:8

• Is pleasant
  Proverbs 2:10

• Shall be increased
  Daniel 12:4

• The earth shall be full of
  Isaiah 11:9

• The fear reverence of the Lord is the beginning of
  Proverbs 1:7

• Of more value than gold
  Proverbs 8:10

• The priest's lips should keep
  Malachi 2:7

• Of salvation
  Luke 1:77

• Key of
  Luke 11:52

• Now we know in part
  1Corinthians 13:9-12

• Of God more than burnt offering
  Hosea 6:6

• Of Christ
  Philippians 3:8

• See WISDOM

• A symbolic term in
  Ezekiel 23:23

• Son of Levi
  Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16

• Grandfather of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam
  Numbers 26:58, 59

• Father of the Kohathites, one of the divisions shifts of the Levites
  Exodus 6:18; Numbers 3:19, 27

• See LEVITES

• A Benjamite and ancestor of Sallu
  Nehemiah 11:7

• Father of the false prophet Ahab
  Jeremiah 29:21

• A son of Esau
  Genesis 36:5, 14, 18

• A Korhite Levite:

  • General references
    Exodus 6:18, 21, 24

  • Jealous of Moses, leads two-hundred and fifty princes in an insurrection, and is swallowed up in the earth
    Numbers 16; 26:9, 10; Deuteronomy 11:6; Psalm 106:17; Jude 1:11

• Son of Hebron
  1Chronicles 2:43

• Son of Kohath:

  • Head of the family of sacred musicians among the Levites
    1Chronicles 6:22

  • Reference titles to selected Psalms
    Psalm 42, 45-48; 87-88

• A Korahite
  1Chronicles 9:19; 26:1

• A Levite, keeper of the east gate
  2Chronicles 31:14

• A division shift of the Levites.

• See LEVITES

• Also called HAKKOZ.

• Head of the seventh division priests
  1Chronicles 24:10

• Descendants of, excluded from because of defective genealogies
  Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 7:63

• Repaired walls of Jerusalem
  Nehemiah 3:4, 21

• See KISHI