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8 results for "Warning against apostasy"
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Jezebel Character
Jezebel was the daughter of a Phoenician king who married Israel's ruler Ahab and used her royal authority to establish the worship of Baal and Asherah as state…
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Abimelech Character
Abimelech, the son of Gideon by a concubine from Shechem, seized power after his father's death by convincing the Shechemites to fund his coup and then murderin…
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Ahab Character
Ahab ruled as king of the northern kingdom of Israel in the ninth century BC and is portrayed in Scripture as one of its most corrupt rulers because of his marr…
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Balaam Character
Balaam was a pagan prophet from Mesopotamia hired by Balak, king of Moab, to curse the Israelites as they approached the Promised Land during their exodus from …
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Jephthah Character
Jephthah served as a judge in Israel during the pre-monarchic period, leading the people against Ammonite oppression after being chosen as a military leader des…
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Jude Character
Jude, identified as the brother of James and a half-brother of Jesus in the Gospels, emerged as an early Christian leader who authored the brief New Testament e…
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Jehoram (of Judah) Character
Jehoram was a king of Judah who married Athaliah, daughter of Ahab, and walked in the wicked ways of the kings of Israel. He murdered all six of his brothers to…
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Diotrephes Character
Diotrephes was a church leader rebuked in the apostle John's third epistle for loving to have the preeminence. He refused to welcome the traveling brothers, spo…