2 Kings 21:1--25:30

Achbor : the father of Baal Hanan, King of Edom,son of Micaiah/Micah of Josiah's time

Adaiah : a woman's name; King Josiah's grandmother,the son of Ethan (Gershom, Levi); ancestor of Asaph,the son of Shimei of Benjamin,son of Jeroham; a priestly leader of those returning from exile,father of Ma-Aseiah, a commander who helped enthrone Joash,an Israelite (Bani) who put away his heathen wife,an Israelite (Binnui) who put away his heathen wife,the son of Joiarib of Judah of pre-exile times,son of Jeroham; head of the priestly clan of Melchijah

Ahab : son and successor of Omri, king of Israel,son of Kolaiah; a false prophet in the time of King Zedekiah

Ahaz : a son of Jotham; listed as an ancestor of Jesus,son and successor of King Jotham of Judah,son of Micah of Benjamin

Ahikam : son of Shaphan; an official under King Josiah

Ammonites : the tribe/nation of people descended from Ben-Ammi, Lot's son,Territory of the tribe/nation of Ammon
(31° 57´, 35° 55´)

Amon : a son of Manasseh; the father of Josiah and an ancestor of Jesus,governor of the Town of Samaria under King Ahab,son and successor of King Manasseh,a man who, with his sons, were servants of Solomon

Amorites : members of a pre-Israel Semitic tribe from Mesopotamia

Arabah : a town of Judea west of Jerusalem on the border of Benjamin
(32° 1´, 35° 31´); (31° 50´, 35° 30´)

Asaiah : King Josiah's servant,head of a large influential family of Simeon in Hezekiah's time,son of Haggiah the Levite,a man (Shelah Judah) who returned from exile with his family,chief of the sons of Merari the Levite under David

Ashtoreth : a goddess
(32° 49´, 36° 0´); (32° 45´, 36° 0´); (32° 49´, 36° 0´)

Assyria : a member of the nation of Assyria
(36° 21´, 43° 9´); (36° 21´, 43° 9´)

Azaliah : son of Meshullam; father of Shaphan, secretary to King Josiah

Baal : a pagan god,a title of a pagan god,a town in the Negeb on the border of Simeon and Judah,son of Reaiah son of Micah; a descendant of Reuben,the forth son of Jeiel, the Benjamite
(31° 45´, 35° 43´); (31° 45´, 35° 43´); (31° 45´, 35° 43´); (31° 45´, 35° 43´)

Babylon : a country of Babylon in lower Mesopotamia
(32° 32´, 44° 25´); (32° 32´, 44° 25´); (32° 32´, 44° 25´); (30° 57´, 46° 6´)

Beer-Sheba : a famous well, its town and district in southern Judah
(31° 14´, 34° 50´)

Beer-sheba : a famous well, its town and district in southern Judah
(31° 14´, 34° 50´)

Bethel : a town of Benjamin bordering Ephraim 18 km north of Jerusalem
(31° 55´, 35° 13´); (32° 2´, 35° 44´)

Bozkath : a town in the western foothills of Judah
(31° 33´, 34° 50´)

Chemosh : a pagan god; the national god of Moab

David : a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel

Egypt : descendants of Mizraim
(30° 6´, 31° 20´); (30° 6´, 31° 20´)

Eliakim : son of Abiud the son of Zerubbabel over 20generations from David; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Melea, only 4 generations from David; an ancester of Jesus,son of Hilkiah; head of Hezekiah's household,son of Josiah; made king of Judah by Pharaoh Neco,a priest who helped celebrate the completion of the wall

Elishama : son of Ammihud of Ephraim; Moses' deputy over Ephraim,Elishama I; son of David,son of David; Elishama II,son of Jekamiah of Judah,grandfather of Ishmael who killed Gedaliah; the father of Nethaniah,a man who was the secretary of King Jehoiakim,a priest whom King Jehoshaphat sent to teach the law in Judah

Elnathan : son of Achbor (Judah); father of Nahushta, wife of Jehoiachin,one of the leaders Ezra sent to Iddo to ask for recruits

Euphrates : a large river which joins the Tigris river before flowing into the Persian Gulf,a river flowing from eastern Turkey to the Persian Gulf
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (35° 5´, 40° 25´); (33° 14´, 33° 28´)

Evil-Merodach : son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon

Evil-merodach : son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon

Geba : 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´)

Gedaliah : son of Ahikam son of Shaphan,son of Jeduthun (Levi); worship leader under Jeduthun and David,a priest of the Jeshua clan who put away his heathen wife,son of Amariah (Hezekiah); grandfather of Zephaniah the prophet,son of Pashhur; a prince under King Zedekiah

hamath : a town of Syria on the Orontes between Aleppo and Damascus (OS)
(35° 8´, 36° 44´); (33° 7´, 35° 9´); (35° 8´, 36° 44´); (34° 18´, 36° 55´)

Hamath : a town of unknown location
(35° 8´, 36° 44´); (33° 7´, 35° 9´); (35° 8´, 36° 44´); (34° 18´, 36° 55´)

Hamutal : mother of kings Jehoahaz and Zedekiah of Judah; daughter of Jeremiah

Harhas : forefather of Shallum, the husband of Huldah the prophetess; father of Tikvah

Haruz : a man of Jotbah; grandfather of King Amon of Judah

Hephzibah : mother of King Manasseh of Judah,name of restored Jerusalem in future kingdom

Hezekiah : the son of Ahaz who succeeded him as king of Judah; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Ahaz; king of Judah,forefather of the prophet Zephaniah,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to obey God's law

Hilkiah : father of Eliakim who was head of King Hezekiah's household,a high priest; son of Shalum /Meshulam,son of Amzi of Levi; forefather of returned exiles,son of Hosah; a Levite gatekeeper,priest leader of some who returned from exile with Zerubbabel,a man of Anathoth; father of the prophet Jeremiah

Hinnom : a man and a valley

Huldah : wife of Shallum; a prophetess

Ishmael : son of Abraham and Hagar,father of Zebadiah, governor of Judah under Jehoshaphat,son of Azel of Benjamin,son of Jehohanan,a priest of the Pashur clan who put away his heathen wife,son of Nethaniah; a militia leader who assasinated Gedaliah

Israel : a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

Jaazaniah : son of "the Maacathite"; a militia leader under Gedaliah,the son of Jeremiah son of Habazziniah of the Rechabites,son of Shaphan; uncle to Gedaliah; an elder under Zedekiah,son of Azzur; leader of Jerusalem in Zedekiah's time

Jedidah : mother of King Josiah of Judah

Jehoahaz : son and successor of Jehu, King of Israel,son and successor of Josiah, King of Judah,youngest son and successor of King Jehoram of Judah

Jehoiachin : son and successor of King Jehoiakim of Judah

Jehoiakim : son of Josiah; made king of Judah by Pharaoh Neco

Jeremiah : a prophet of Judah in 627 B.C., who wrote the book of Jeremiah,a man of Libnah; father of Hamutal, mother of Jehoahaz, king of Judah,head of an important clan in eastern Manasseh in the time of Jotham,a Benjamite man who defected to David at Ziklag,the fifth of Saul's Gadite officers who defected to David in the wilderness,the tenth of Saul's Gadite officers who defected to David in the wilderness,a man from Anathoth of Benjamin; son of Hilkiah the priest; a major prophet in the time of the exile,an influential priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel, who later signed the covenant to obey the law, and who helped dedicate Nehemiah's wall,one of Saul's Gadite officers who defected to David in the wilderness

Jericho : a town five miles west of the Jordan and 15 miles northeast of Jerusalem,a town of Benjamin 11 km NW of the mouth of the Jordan River
(31° 52´, 35° 26´)

Jeroboam : son of Nebat; first king of Israel after it split away from Judah; Jeroboam I,son and successor of Joash/Jehoash, King of Israel; Jeroboam II

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´)

Jew : the people descended from Israel
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Johanan : son of Kareah; a militia leader who rallied to Gedaliah,son of King Josiah,son of Eli-O-Enai, a descendant of Hananiah, Zerubbabel and David,a high priest; son of Azariah I,a Benjamite man who defected to David at Ziklag,Gadite officer who defected to David in the wilderness,a man of Ephraim; father of Azariah, who opposed Israel's taking Judeans captive,son of Hakkatan; head of a family group descended from Azgad who returned from exile,a Levite leader during the time of Nehemiah,son of Eliashib; a chief priest

Joshua : a son of Eliezer; the father of Er; an ancestor of Jesus,the son of Nun and successor of Moses,son of Nun of Ephraim; successor to Moses,a man: owner of the field where the ark stopped,governor of Jerusalem under King Josiah,son of Jehozadak; high priest in the time of Zerubbabel
(31° 9´, 35° 3´)

Josiah : the son who succeeded King Amon of Judah; the father of Jeconiah; an ancestor of Jesus,son and successor of Amon, King of Judah,son of Zephaniah; custodian of the temple treasures that were returned from Babylon

Jotbah : a town of Zebulun, 20 km north of Nazareth
(29° 45´, 35° 1´)

Judah : the son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,a tribe, the land/country,a son of Joseph; the father of Simeon; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Jacob/Israel and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,the tribe of Judah,citizens of the southern kingdom of Judah,citizens of the Persian Province of Judah; the Jews who had returned from Babylonian exile,"house of Judah", a phrase which highlights the political leadership of the tribe of Judah,"king of Judah", a phrase which relates to the southern kingdom of Judah,"kings of Judah", a phrase relating to the southern kingdom of Judah,"princes of Judah", a phrase relating to the kingdom of Judah,the territory allocated to the tribe of Judah, and also the extended territory of the southern kingdom of Judah,the Province of Judah under Persian rule,"hill country of Judah", the relatively cool and green central highlands of the territory of Judah,"the cities of Judah",the language of the Jews; Hebrew,head of a family of Levites who returned from Exile,a Levite who put away his heathen wife,a man who was second in command of Jerusalem; son of Hassenuah of Benjamin,a Levite in charge of the songs of thanksgiving in Nehemiah's time,a leader who helped dedicate Nehemiah's wall,a Levite musician who helped Zechariah of Asaph dedicate Nehemiah's wall
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Kareah : father of Johanan, a militia leader in the time of Gedaliah

Kidron : a brook and its valley,a brook and valley between Jerusalem and the Mt. of Olives
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Libnah : a place where Israel encamped,a town in the western foothills of Judah 12 km SE of Gath & 23 km NE of Hebron
(31° 33´, 34° 50´); (31° 48´, 34° 56´)

Maacathite : member(s) of the clan of Maacah
(33° 12´, 36° 30´); (33° 12´, 36° 30´)

Manasseh : the tribe of Manasseh.

Mattaniah : son and secondary successor of King Josiah,son of Mica/Micaiah; a Levite of Asaph,son of Heman the Levite and worship leader under Heman & David,an Asaph Levite supervisor of temple restoration of Hezekiah's,a layman of the Elam Clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Zattu 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,ancestor of Hanan, assistant treasurer under Nehemiah

Megiddo : a town and a plain of Manasseh
(32° 35´, 35° 10´)

Meshullam : grandfather of Shaphan, King Josiah's secretary,son of Zerubbabel,son of Abihail; a founding father of one of the clans of Gad,son of Elpaal of Benjamin,son of Hodaviah of Benjamin,son of Shephatiah of Benjamin,a high priest; son of Zadok II,son of Meshillemith; a priest,a Kohath Levite overseer of temple restoration for King Josiah,one of the leaders Ezra sent to Iddo to ask for recruits,a man who opposed the Jews putting away their heathen wives,a layman of the Bani Clan who put away his heathen wife,son of Berechiah son of Meshezabel; a repairer of the wall,son of Besodeiah; a man who helped repair a gate in the wall,a man who stood with Ezra when he publicly read the law to the assembly,a priest who signed the covenant to keep God's law,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to obey God's law,son of Joed of Benjamin; father of Sallu, a returned exile,a priest and head of the house of Ezra under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah,a priest, head of the house of Ginnethon in Nehemiah's time,a man who was a gate keeper in the time of Nehemiah

Meshullemeth : mother of king Amon of Judah; daughter of Haruz

Micaiah : son of Imlah; prophet of Israel in the time of King Ahab,father of Achbor/Abdon whom King Josiah used as a messenger,mother of King Abijah / Abijam of Judah,a prince King Jehoshaphat sent to teach the law around Judah,son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,a priest trumpeter who helped dedicate the finished wall,son of Gemariah son of Shaphan

Milcom : a pagan god, the national deity of the Ammonites (IBD)

Mizpah : a town of Moab
(32° 33´, 36° 0´); (33° 16´, 35° 34´); (31° 49´, 35° 10´); (31° 49´, 35° 10´); (31° 33´, 34° 50´); (31° 10´, 35° 42´)

Moab : resident(s) of the country of Moab
(31° 29´, 35° 46´)

Moabite : a female descendant of Moab
(31° 29´, 35° 46´)

Molech : the national pagan god of the Ammonites (IBD)

Moses : a son of Amram; the Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them The Law of Moses,a Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them the law

Nathan-Melech : a man who was chamberlain of King Josiah

Nathan-melech : a man who was chamberlain of King Josiah

Nebat : a man of Ephraim; father of king Jeroboam

Nebuchadnezzar : the king of Babylon who took Judah into exile

Nebuzaradan : a man of Babylon; captain of the guard for Nebuchadnezzar

Neco : the king of Egypt in the time of Josiah of Judah

Nehushta : mother of Jehoiachin; daughter of Elnathan

Nethaniah : father of Ishmael who killed Gedaliah; son of Elishama,son of Asaph the Levite; worship leader under Asaph & David,a Levite King Jehoshaphat sent to teach the law around Judah,son of Shelemiah; father of Jehudi in the days of Jehoiakim

Netophathite : resident(s) of the town of Netophah
(31° 44´, 35° 13´)

Pedaiah : a man of Rumah; father of Zebidah, the mother of King Jehoiakim,son of King Jehoiachin,a man of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Saul and David's time,a man who helped rebuild the wall of Jerusalem; son of Parosh,a man who stood with Ezra when he read the law to the assembly,son of Kolaiah of Benjamin; a returned exile

Pharaoh : the king who ruled Egypt when Moses was born,the title of the king who ruled Egypt in Abraham's time,the title of the king who ruled Egypt in Joseph's time,the title of the king who ruled Egypt when Moses was born,the title of the king who refused to let Israel leave Egypt,the title of the king of Egypt whose daughter Solomon married,the title of the king who ruled Egypt in the time of Isaiah,the title Egypt's ruler just before Moses' time

Riblah : a town 80 km north of Damascus
(34° 25´, 36° 32´); (34° 21´, 36° 23´)

Rumah : a town SE of Shechem (OS)
(32° 9´, 35° 19´)

Samaria : residents of the district of Samaria
(32° 16´, 35° 11´)

Seraiah : secretary of King David,a high priest; son of Azariah III,son of Tanhumeth; a militia leader who rallied to Gedaliah,son of Kenaz son of Jephunneh of Judah,son of Asiel; ancestor of a large influential family of Simeon,priest leader of some who returned from exile with Zerubbabel,son of Hilkiah; head of the priestly clan of Immer in Jerusalem,son of Azriel; a prince in the time of Jehoiakim,son of Neriah; quartermaster deported to Babylon with Zedekiah

Shallum : son of Jabesh; the assassin and successor of king Jeroboam,son of Tikvah; husband of Huldah the prophetess under Josiah,son of Sismai of Judah,son of King Josiah,son of Shaul son of Simeon,a high priest; son of Zadok II,son of Naphtali,son of Kore the Levite; a chief temple Porter under Nehemiah,father of Jehizkiah, chief minister of King Pekah,a Levite gatekeeper who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Binnui Clan who put away his heathen wife,son of Hallohesh, ruler of part of Jerusalem under Nehemiah; helped repair the walls of Jerusalem,son of Col-Hozeh; ruler of the Mizpah district under Nehemiah and helped Nehemiah repair Jerusalem's gates,father of Hanamel; uncle of the prophet Jeremiah,father of Ma-Aseiah, temple gate keeper in Jeremiah's time

Shaphan : son of Azaliah; father of Gemariah;, a prince of Judah in the time of Jehoiakim,son of Azaliah son of Meshullam (OS); secretary to King Josiah,father of Jaazaniah, an idolatrous elder under Zedekiah

Sidonians : residents of the town of Sidon
(33° 33´, 35° 21´)

Solomon : the tenth son of David; the father of Rehoboam; an ancestor of Jesus; the third king of Israel.,son of David and Bath-Sheba; successor of King David

Syrian : members of the nation of Syria
(34° 50´, 39° 7´); (33° 12´, 36° 30´); (35° 5´, 42° 0´); (30° 44´, 35° 36´); (32° 32´, 44° 25´); (33° 31´, 36° 18´)

Tanhumeth : the Netophathite father of Seraiah who rallied to Gedaliah

Tikvah : son of Harhas; father of Shallum, keeper of Josiah's wardrobe,father of Jahzeiah who opposed the dismissal of heathen wives

Tophet : a 'high place' in the valley of Hinnom outside Jerusalem
(31° 46´, 35° 13´)

Uzza : son Abinadab, the Levite who kept the ark for David,son of Shimei, a Levite of the clan of Merari
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Zebidah : daughter of Pedaiah; mother of King Jehoiakim

Zedekiah : son of Chenaanah; a false prophet in the kingdom of King Ahab,son of King Josiah; made king of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar,son of King Jehoiachin,a signer of the covenant to obey the law with Nehemiah,son of Maaseiah; a false prophet in the time of King Jehoiachin,son of Hananiah; a prince of Judah in the time of Jehoiakim

Zephaniah : the second high priest in the time of Zedekiah of Judah,son of Tahath of Kohath son of Levi,son of Cushi (Hezekiah Judah); minor prophet under King Josiah,father of Josiah, post-exile keeper of the temple treasures