Abiel
: the grandfather of King Saul and Abner,a man who was one of David's military elite; an Arbathite
Abiezer
: son of Ammishaddai; Moses' officer over the tribe of Dan,son of Shemaah of Gibeah; chief of Benjamite defecters to David (32° 36´, 35° 17´)
Abishai
: the son of Zeruiah, David's sister; brother of Joab
Adina
: the son of Shiza of Reubenite; one of David's military elite
Adullam
: a resident of the town of Adullam (31° 38´, 35° 0´)
Ahiam
: son of Sharar the Hararite; one of David's military elite
Ahijah
: great grandson of Eli; brother of Ahimelech,son of Shisha; secretary of King Solomon,prophet from Shiloh in Jeroboam's time,a man of Issachar; father of Baasha who killed Jeroboam,son of Jerahmeel of Judah,son of Ehud son of Gera of Benjamin,a man from Beth-Pelet; one of David's military elite,a Levite guard of the Temple treasure under David
Ahlai
: son of Sheshan of Judah,father of Zabad one of David's mighty men
Ammonite
: the tribe/nation of people descended from Ben-Ammi, Lot's son,Territory of the tribe/nation of Ammon (31° 57´, 35° 55´)
Anathoth
: a town of Benjamin 10 km NE of Jerusalem, given to the priests,son of Becher, a Benjamite,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to obey God's law (31° 48´, 35° 15´)
Arbathite
: a resident of the town of Beth-Arabah of Judah and Benjamin
Ariels
: a nickname for a very fierce warriors, "lion of God". (31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Asahel
: son of Zeruiah, David's sister; brother of Joab,a Levite assigned to teach in Judah under Jehoshaphat,a Levite assistant to the temple treasurer under Hezekiah,father of Jonathan who opposed Ezra's policies
Ashterathite
: a resident of the town of Ashteroth
Azmaveth
: a town of Benjamin 7 km NNW of Jerusalem (31° 50´, 35° 15´);
(31° 50´, 35° 15´)
Baanah
: son of Rimmon and a Benjamite captain of Ishbosheth's army,a man of Netophah; father of Heled, one of David's mighty men.,a leader returned exiles who pledged to keep God's law
Baharum
: a town in Benjamin near Anathoth, 7 km NNE of Jerusalem (OS) (31° 49´, 35° 23´)
Beeroth
: a resident(s) of the town of Beeroth (31° 54´, 35° 13´)
Benaiah
: son of Jehoiada; commander of King Solomon's army,son of Jehoiada of Pirathon in Ephraim; one of David's elite,head of a large influential family of Simeon in Hezekiah's time,a Levite worship leader in David's time,a priest in David's time,father of Jehoiada, one of king David's counselors,son of Jeiel; a priest under Jehoshaphat,a man who was a temple helper in the time of Hezekiah,a layman of the Parosh clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Pahath-Moab clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Bani clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Nebo clan who put away his heathen wife,the father of Pelatiah, a wicked counselor exposed by Ezekiel
Bethlehem
: a town 8 km south of Jerusalem,a town of Zebulun 10 km west of Nazareth and 15 km SW of Cana SMM,a town of Judah 8 km south. of Jerusalem (31° 42´, 35° 12´);
(32° 44´, 35° 11´)
Carmel
: a woman resident of the town of Carmel (31° 25´, 35° 7´)
City of David
: the capital of Israel, on the border of Benjamin and Judah
city of David
: the capital of Israel, on the border of Benjamin and Judah
David
: a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel
Dodo
: grandfather of Tola the judge--before Saul's time,son of Ahohi; one of David's military elite,father of Elhanan, one of David's military elite from Bethlehem
Eleazar
: a son of Eliud; the father of Matthan; an ancestor of Jesus.,a chief priest; son of Aaron,son of Abinadab; caretaker of the Ark at Kiriath-Jearim,son of Dodo the Ahohite; one of David's military elite,son of Mahli the Levite,a priest who participated in the dedication of the wall,a priest under Ezra; son of Phinehas,a layman of the Parosh clan who put away his heathen wife
Elhanan
: son of Jaare-Oregim "the Bethlehemite", or Jair,son of Dodo of Bethlehem; one of David's military elite
Eliahba
: a man who was one of David's military elite from Sha-Albon
Eliel
: son of Toah/Nahath/Tohu of Levi; Samuel's great grandfather,head of a large clan in eastern Manasseh in the time of Jotham,son of Shime-i of Benjamin,son of Shashak of Benjamin,a Mahavite man; one of David's military elite,a Mezobaite man; one of David's military elite,an officer from Gad who defected to David in the wilderness,chief of the Levite clan of Hebron under King David,an officer over the temple store house under King Hezekiah
Eliphal
: son of Ur; one of David's military elite
Elnaam
: father of Jeribai and Joshaviah, two of David's military elite
Ezbai
: father of Naarai, one of David's military elite
Gaash
: a mountain of Ephraim south of Timnath-Serah, 20 km ESE of Joppa,a region known as "The Brooks of Gaash" (32° 7´, 35° 9´)
Gareb
: an Ithrite man who was one of David's military elite,a hill near Jerusalem (31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Gibeah
: a town of Judah 8 km north of Jerusalem, 5 km east of Gibeon (SMM) (31° 51´, 35° 15´);
(31° 50´, 35° 11´);
(31° 50´, 35° 11´);
(31° 49´, 35° 13´);
(31° 25´, 35° 7´);
(31° 50´, 35° 11´)
Gizonite
: a resident of the town of Gizah or Gizon
Hagri
: father of Mibhar, one of David's military elite
Hanan
: son of Shashak of Benjamin,son of Azel of Benjamin,son of Maacah; one of David's military elite,a Levite; head of a group of temple servants in Ezra's time,a Levite who helped Ezra explain the reading of the law,son of Henadad, a Levite who signed the pledge to obey the law,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to keep God's law,a man of God who had a room in the temple; son of Igdaliah
Hashem
: a Gizonite man who was one of David's military elite
Hebron
: a valley and town of Judah 25 km west of the dead sea,son of Kohath son of Levi,son of Mareshah of Judah (31° 32´, 35° 5´)
Heled
: son of Baanah of Netophah; one of David's military elite
Helez
: a Paltite man; one of David's military elite,son of Azariah of Judah
Hepher
: the head of a clan of Gileadites; the father of Zelophehad; the son of Gilead,son of Ashhur and his wife Naarah in Moses time,a Mecherathite man who was one of David's military elite,a town of Manasseh 25 km north of Aphek & 25 km south of Dor (32° 22´, 34° 52´)
Hezro
: a man from Carmel who was one of David's military elite
Hittite
: a person/people living in the land of Syro-Palestine
Hotham
: son of Heber of Asher,a man; father of Shama and Jeiel of Aroer
Hurai
: a man from "The Brooks of Gaash"; one of David's military elite
Ikkesh
: a man of Tekoa; father of Ira, one of David's military elite
Ilai
: a man who was an Ahohite; one of David's military elite
Ira
: King David's personal priest,son of Ikkesh from Tekoa; one of David's military elite,an Ithrite man; one of David's military elite
Israel
: a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
Ithai
: a Gittite man who joined David just before Absalom's rebellion,son of Ribai of Gibeah in Benjamin; one of David's elite
Ithmah
: a Moabite man who was one of David's military elite
Ithrite
: member(s) of a clan of Judah in Kiriath-Jearim
Jaasiel
: a Mezobaite man who was one of David's military elite,son of Abner; David's chief officer over the tribe of Benjamin
Jashobeam
: son of Zabdiel; a Hachmonite (Perez Judah); an elite soldier,one of the Benjamite men who defected to David at Ziklag
Jebus
: a town of Jebusites that became Jerusalem (31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Jebusite
: resident(s) of the town of Jebus (Jerusalem) (31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Jediael
: son of Benjamin son of Israel,son of Shimri; one of David's military elite;,one of Saul's commanders from Manasseh who defected to David,son of Meshelemiah; a pre-exile Levite gatekeeper
Jehoiada
: a chief priest; father of Benaiah, head of David's body guard,chief priest under Athaliah and Joash,a prince of the house of Aaron who defected to David with his men,a man who was a counselor of King David,a chief priest in the time of Jeremiah,son of Eliashib the high priest in Nehemiah's time
Jeiel
: a descendant of Shelah of Judah, who returned from exile with his family,one of the Levites of Elizaphan that King Hezekiah assigned to supervise the cleansing of the temple,head of a family group descended from Adonikam who returned from exile
Jeribai
: son of Elnaam and one of David's military elite
Jerusalem
: the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin (31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Joab
: son of Zeruiah, David's sister; commander of King David's army,son of Seraiah son of Kenaz of Judah; grand nephew of Caleb of Moses' time,a man whose descendants returned from exile in Babylon,ancestor of a family group who returned from exile headed by Obadiah the son of Jehiel
Joel
: a son of Pethuel and a prophet to Judah,son of Samuel of Kohath son of Levi,head of a large influential family of Simeon in King Hezekiah's time,a powerful leader among the descendants of Reuben,a chief of the tribe of Gad,son of Azariah (Uzziah) of Kohath; one of the Levites that King Hezekiah assigned to supervise the cleansing of the temple,son of Izrahiah of Issachar,brother of Nathan; one of David's military elite,a Levitical chief of the descendants of Ladan under King David,son of Ladan and temple treasurer under King David,son of Pedaiah; David's chief officer over the tribe of Manasseh,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Nebo,a man who lived in Jerusalem in Nehemiah's time; son of Zichri,son of Pethuel; a prophet who wrote the book of Joel
Joha
: son of Beriah of Benjamin,son of Shimri; one of David's military elite
Jonathan
: a man who was a descendant of Gershom son of Moses,son of Saul of Benjamin,son of the high priest Abiathar in David's time,the son of Shime-i, David's brother,son of Shammah/Shagee; one of David's military elite,son of Jada of Judah,son of Uzziah; overseer of the country treasuries for King David,a man who was uncle and counselor of King David,father of Ebed who accompanied Ezra leading the clan of Adin back from exile,a man who opposed Ezra's reforms; son of Asahel,a chief priest; son of Joiada,priest and head of the house of Malluchi under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah,son of Shemaiah of Asaph of Levi; father of Zechariah,a man who was secretary and dungeon keeper for King Zedekiah; son of Kareah
Joshaphat
: a Mithnite; one of David's military elite,a priest in David's time
Joshaviah
: son of Elnaam; one of David's military elite
Kabzeel
: a town in the Wilderness of Judah, 13 km east of Beer-Seba (31° 11´, 34° 58´)
Maacah
: members of the clan of Maacah (33° 12´, 36° 30´);
(33° 12´, 36° 30´)
Maharai
: a man: one of David's military elite from Netophah
Mecherathite
: a resident of the town of Mecharah (ZD)
Mezobaite
: a people possibly originating in Zoba NE of Israel
Mibhar
: son of Hagri; one of David's military elite
Millo
: a section of Jerusalem just north of the "City of David" (33° 31´, 36° 18´);
(32° 35´, 35° 10´);
(32° 12´, 35° 16´);
(40° 3´, 45° 2´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Mithnite
: indicating an unknown place of origin (OS)
Moab
: resident(s) of the country of Moab (31° 29´, 35° 46´)
Moabite
: a female descendant of Moab (31° 29´, 35° 46´)
Naarai
: son of Ezbai; one of David's military elite
Naharai
: a man from Beeroth who was Joab's armor-bearer
Nathan
: a son of David; the father of Mattatha; an ancestor of Jesus.,son of David and Bathsheba,brother of Joel in David's army; a prophet,father of Igal, one of David's military elite; a man from Zobah,father of Azariah and Zabud, priestly officials of King Solomon,son of Attai of Judah,brother of Joel, one of David's military elite,one of the leaders Ezra sent to Iddo to ask for recruits,a layman of the Binnui Clan who put away his heathen wife
Obed
: a son of Boaz and Ruth; the father of Jesse; the grandfather of David; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Boaz of Judah; father of Jesse, the father of David,son of Ephlal of Judah,a man who was one of David's military elite,son of Shemaiah; a Levite gatekeeper,father of Azariah who helped put Joash on the throne of Judah
Pas-Dammim
: a place in Judah between Soco and Azekah; 10-15 km east of Gath (31° 41´, 34° 56´)
Pas-dammim
: a place in Judah between Soco and Azekah; 10-15 km east of Gath (31° 41´, 34° 56´)
Pelonite
: a resident, possibly, of Beth-Pelet (OS)
Philistines
: a sea people coming from Crete in 1200BC to the coast of Canaan (33° 33´, 35° 21´)
Pirathon
: a resident of Pirathon in Ephraim, 11 km WSW of Shechem (32° 17´, 35° 1´)
Rephaim
: a tall ancient people in the land east of the Jordan,a fertile valley on the boundary of Judah and Benjamin (OS) (32° 48´, 35° 56´)
Ribai
: father of Ithai; one of David's elite from Gibea of Benjamin
Sachar
: father of Ahiam, one of David's military elite,son of Obed-Edom; a pre-exile Levite gatekeeper
Samuel
: son of Ammihud; Moses' land distribution deputy for Simeon,son of Tola son of Issachar
Saul
: the sixth king of Edom,son of Simeon and a Canaanite woman,son of Uzziah of Kohath son of Levi
Sha-Albon
: a town of Amorites 5 km NW of Aijalon & 7 km ENE of Gezer
Shagee
: father of Jonathan, one of David's military elite
Shama
: son of Hotham the Aroerite; one of David's military elite
Shammoth
: a man who was one of David's military elite
Shimri
: son of Shemaiah; ancestor of a clan of Simeon,father of Jediael and Joha, two of David's military elite,son of Hosah; a pre-exile Levite gatekeeper,a Levite of Elizaphan who helped cleanse the temple
Shiza
: a man of Reuben; father of Adina, one of David's military elite
Sibbecai
: a man who was one of David's military elite from Hushah
Tekoa
: resident(s) of the town of Tekoa (31° 38´, 35° 12´)
Tizite
: a resident of the unidentified town of Tiz or Toz (OS)
Ur
: a town of lower Mesopotamia about 230 km SE of old Babylon,father of Eliphal / Eliphelet, one of David's military elite (30° 57´, 46° 6´)
Uriah
: the husband of Bathsheba with whom David committed adultery,a Hittite man who was one of David's military elite,the high priest who served under King Ahaz of Judah,father of Meremoth the priest who received the temple vessels,a man who stood with Ezra when he read the law to the assembly,son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-Jearim
Uzzia
: an Ashterathite; one of David's military elite
Zabad
: son of Nathan of Judah,son of Tahath II of Ephraim,son of Ahlai; one of King David's military elite,son of Shimeath the Ammonitess; one who conspired against King Joash,a layman of the Zattu Clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman from the Hashum Clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Nebo Clan who put away his heathen wife
Zelek
: an Ammonite man who was one of David's military elite
Zeruiah
: daughter of Jesse; sister of David; mother of Abishai, Asahel and Joab
Zion
: one of the hills on which Jerusalem was built; the temple area; the city of Jerusalem; God's people,a town and citidel; an ancient part of Jerusalem (31° 46´, 35° 14´)