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They helped David against the band of raiders, for they were all mighty men of courage, and [all seven] became commanders in [his] army.
The first came out red all over like a hairy garment, and they named him Esau [hairy].
When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.
And when he knocked at the gate of the porch, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.
You have loved righteousness [You have delighted in integrity, virtue, and uprightness in purpose, thought, and action] and You have hated lawlessness (injustice and iniquity). Therefore God, [even] Your God (Arthur S. Way, Way's Epistles: The Letters of St. Paul to Seven Churches and Three Friends.Godhead), has anointed You with the oil of exultant joy and gladness above and beyond Your companions.
And she conceived again and bore a son and named him Onan.
After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of [at different times], Abram is only mentioned first by way of dignity. Noah's sons also are given as "Shem, Ham, and Japheth" in Gen. 5:32, although Shem was not the oldest, but for dignity is named first, as is Abram here (Adam Clarke, The Holy Bible with A Commentary).Abram and Nahor and Haran, [his firstborn].
Meonothai was father of Ophrah, and Seraiah of Joab the father of Ge-harashim [the Valley of Craftsmen], so named because they were craftsmen.
They named that place Bochim [weepers], and they sacrificed there to the Lord.
When I made the clouds the garment of it, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,
They band themselves together against the life of the [consistently] righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
After the days of Shamgar son of Anath, after the days of Jael [meaning here Ehud] the caravans ceased, travelers walked through byways.
For we are God's [own] handiwork (His workmanship), Arthur S. Way, Way's Epistles: The Letters of St. Paul to Seven Churches and Three Friends.recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].
And a champion went out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span [almost ten feet].
These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their births: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah named Jesse, who had eight sons. [Jesse] in the days of Saul was old, advanced in years.
Then they dragged him out of the city and began to stone him, and the witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel!--because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
Hannah became pregnant and in due time bore a son and named him Samuel [heard of God], Because, she said, I have asked him of the Lord.