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Jachin

(Encyclopedia)Jachin jāˈkĭn [key], in the Bible. 1 Son of Simeon. He also appears as Jarib. 2 Chief priest. ...

Adoni-zedec

(Encyclopedia)Adoni-zedec ādōˈnī-zēˈdĕk, ădˈ– [key], in the Bible, chief at Jerusalem, leader of the allies routed at Gibeon. ...

Jobab

(Encyclopedia)Jobab jōˈbăb [key], in the Bible. 1 Descendant of Shem. 2 King of Edom. 3 Chief defeated by Joshua. ...

Kingstown, town, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

(Encyclopedia)Kingstown, town (1989 est. pop. 19,300), capital of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies. The chief port of St. Vincent, Kingstown is an export center for the island's agricultural industry as ...

Hezir

(Encyclopedia)Hezir hēˈzĭr [key], in the Bible. 1 Chief priest in the time of David. 2 Signer of the covenant. ...

Hodaviah

(Encyclopedia)Hodaviah hŏdəvīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Chief Manassite. 2 Benjamite. 3 Levitical family. An alternate form is Hodevah. ...

Joiarib

(Encyclopedia)Joiarib joiˈərĭb [key], in the Bible. 1 Exile returned from Babylon. 2 Chief priest. An alternate form is Jehoiarib. ...

Three Pagodas Pass

(Encyclopedia)Three Pagodas Pass, mountain pass, alt. 925 ft (282 m), at the southern end of the Dawna Range, on the Myanmar-Thailand border. It has long been the chief route between SE Myanmar and the Chao Phraya ...

North Vancouver

(Encyclopedia)North Vancouver, city (1991 pop. 38,436), SW British Columbia, Canada, on Burrard Inlet of the Strait of Georgia, opposite Vancouver, of which it is a suburb. Shipbuilding, woodworking, and the shippi...

Magdalena

(Encyclopedia)Magdalena mägᵺälāˈnä [key], river, c.1,000 mi (1,600 km) long, rising in the Cordillera Central, SW Colombia and flowing N to the Caribbean Sea near Barranquilla. It flows in a fault-block vall...