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Jabez (biblical figure) Jabez is a man appearing in the Book of Chronicles. He is implied to be ancestor of the Kings of Judah, although not explicitly included in the lineage. [1] His mother named him Jabez ( Hebrew יַעְבֵּץ [ ya'betz ]), [2] meaning "he makes sorrowful", because his birth was difficult. [3]
The Prayer of Jabez. The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life is a book by Bruce Wilkinson published in 2000 by Multnomah Books as the first book in the "BreakThrough" book series. It is based on the Old Testament passage 1 Chronicles 4:9–10 :
Bruce Wilkinson. Bruce Wilkinson is a Christian preacher, speaker and writer. He is based in the US. He is best known for his book The Prayer of Jabez. He also founded Walk Thru the Bible, an evangelical Christian educational organization, [1] with Howard Hendricks, as well as Teach Every Nation (TEN), an Evangelical parachurch organization.
Jabez A. Bostwick (1830–1892), American businessman who was a founding partner of Standard Oil. Jabez Bowen, Jr. (1739–1815), deputy governor of Rhode Island, militia colonel during the American Revolutionary War and Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Jabez Bryce (1935–2010), Anglican Archbishop of Polynesia and the first ...
October 24, 1936. " The Devil and Daniel Webster " (1936) is a short story by American writer Stephen Vincent Benét. He tells of a New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the devil and is later defended by a fictionalized Daniel Webster, a noted 19th-century American statesman, lawyer and orator. The narrative references real events in the ...
The Hebrew Bible contains the only surviving ancient text known to use the term Jebusite to describe the pre-Israelite inhabitants of Jerusalem; according to the Generations of Noah ( Genesis 10 ), the Jebusites are identified as Canaanites, listed in third place among the Canaanite groups between the biblical Hittites and the Amorites .
Terah (grandfather) Ishmael (cousin) Isaac (cousin) Lot ( / lɒt /; Hebrew: לוֹט Lōṭ, lit. "veil" or "covering"; [1] Greek: Λώτ Lṓt; Arabic: لُوط Lūṭ; Syriac: ܠܘܛ Lōṭ) was a man mentioned in the biblical Book of Genesis, chapters 11–14 and 19. Notable events in his life recorded in Genesis include his journey with his ...
He was born at Macclesfield on 10 May 1816. [1] He was educated at Eton and the University of Oxford, where his career was unusually distinguished. He was Fell exhibitioner at Christ Church, from which foundation he matriculated on 15 May 1834. He was Craven scholar in 1836, graduated B.A. in 1838, having been placed in the first-class in ...