Canaanites
: the region ofeast Mediterranean coastal land from Arvad (modern Lebanon) south to Gaza,the coast land from Mt. Carmel north to the Orontes River
Israel
: a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
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
Abel
: the second son of Adam and Eve; the brother of Cain,an English name representing two different Hebrew names,as representing the Hebrew name 'Hebel' or 'Habel',the second son of Adam,as representing the Hebrew name 'Abel',a town in northern Israel near Dan (OS)
Abimelech
: priest (Eli Ithamar) of Nob, whom Saul killed; Ahimelech I,a priest, Ahimelech II; son of Abiathar son of Ahimelech I,a man who was part of David's fugitive band; a Hittite
Amalekites
: members of the nation of Amalek
Ammon
: the tribe/nation of people descended from Ben-Ammi, Lot's son,Territory of the tribe/nation of Ammon
Ammonites
: the tribe/nation of people descended from Ben-Ammi, Lot's son,Territory of the tribe/nation of Ammon
Amorites
: members of a pre-Israel Semitic tribe from Mesopotamia
Arnon
: a river forming the southern border of Ammon east of the Dead Sea
Aroer
: a town by the Wadi Arnon on the border of Reuben and Gad,a town in the desert of Judah
Ashtaroth
: pagan god images of the Canaanite goddess Ashtoreth,a town of Manasseh about 35 km east of the sea of Chinnereth
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
Balak
: a son of Zippor,son of Zippor, King of Moab, who hired Balaam against Israel
Benjamin
: the tribe of Benjamin of Israel
Chemosh
: a pagan god; the national god of Moab
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
Edom
: resident(s) of the region of Edom
Egypt
: descendants of Mizraim
Egyptians
: descendants of Mizraim
Ephraim
: the tribe of Ephraim as a whole,the northern kingdom of Israel
Gilead
: a mountainous region east of the Jordan & north of the Arnon to Hermon,son of Machir son of Manasseh; founder of the clan of Gilead,father of Jephthah the judge,son of Michael of the tribe of Gad
Gileadite
: member(s) of the clan, or residents of the region of Gilead
Havvoth-Jair
: a group of towns, a region
Havvoth-jair
: a group of towns, a region
Heshbon
: a town of south-eastern Judah
Israel
: a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
Issachar
: the tribe of Israel that came from his Jacob's son Issachar,son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Issachar,the tribe of Issachar in Israel,son of Obed-Edom
Jabbok
: a river flowing west into the Jordan River 40 km north of the Dead Sea
Jahaz
: a town of Reuben given to the Merarites
Jair
: son of Segub son of Hezron of Judah,a man of Gilead who judged Israel twenty-two years,son of Shime-i son of Kish of Benjamin; father of Mordecai,the father of Elhanan, who slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath
Jephthah
: a man who judged Israel around 1100 B.C.,a man who judged Israel; son of Gilead
Jordan
: the river that flows from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea,a river that begins at Mt. Hermon, flows south through Lake Galilee and on to its end at the Dead Sea 175 km away (by air)
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
Kadesh
: an oasis 100 km south of Gaza & 120 km NNW of Ezion-Geber, where Israel made an encampment
Kamon
: a place where Judge Jair was buried, part way between Lake Galilee and Ramoth-Gilead
Manasseh
: the tribe of Manasseh.
Minnith
: a town of Ammon which gives its name to a kind of grain (OS)
Mizpah
: a town of Moab
Moab
: resident(s) of the country of Moab
Philistines
: a sea people coming from Crete in 1200BC to the coast of Canaan
Puah
: son of Issachar
Red Sea
: the ocean between Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula,the sea between Egypt and Arabia
Shamir
: a town in the hill country of Judah,a town in the hill country of Ephraim,chief son of Micah (Uzziel Kohath Levi)
Sidon
: residents of the town of Sidon
Sidonians
: residents of the town of Sidon
Sihon
: the king of the Amorites in Moses time
Syria
: the country to the north of Palestine,a country of north western Mesopotamia
Tob
: a region probably north of the Jabbok in north Transjordania (OS)
Tola
: son of Issachar,son of Puah (Dodo Issachar); the judge who succeeded Abimelech
Zippor
: father of Balak, king of Moab, who opposed Moses