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Chileab

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

Ezbai

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

Abital

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

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. ...

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. ...

spiritism

(Encyclopedia)spiritism or spiritualism, belief that the human personality continues to exist after death and can communicate with the living through the agency of a medium or psychic. The advocates of spiritism ar...

Machbanai

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

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