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Kingu, also spelled Qingu (ð’€ð’†¥ð’„–, d kin-gu, lit. ' unskilled laborer '), was a god in Babylonian mythology, and the son of the gods Abzu and Tiamat. [1] After the murder of his father, Apsu, he served as the consort of his mother, Tiamat, who wanted to establish him as ruler and leader of all gods before she was killed by Marduk.
The British Bible scholar, Hugh J. Schonfield theorized that the location of Armageddon, mentioned only in the New Testament, at (Revelation 16:16), is a Greek garbling of a supposed late Aramaic name for Ramoth-Gilead; that this location, having anciently belonged to the Hebrew tribe of Gad, was, in New Testament times, part of the Greek ...
Lulach was the son of Gruoch of Scotland, from her first marriage to Gille Coemgáin, Mormaer of Moray, and thus the stepson of Macbeth (Mac Bethad mac Findlaích). Through his mother, he was also the great-grandson of either Kenneth II or Kenneth III .
A number of writers have put forth ideas about Tiamat: Robert Graves, [19] for example, considered Tiamat's death by Marduk as evidence for his hypothesis of an ancient shift in power from a matriarchal society to a patriarchy. The theory suggested that Tiamat and other ancient monster figures were depictions of former supreme deities of ...
After the Norman Conquest, Eadulf's son Osulf briefly held the earldom of northern Northumbria in 1067 until he too was killed, succeeded by Uhtred's grandson by his third marriage (and Osulf's uncle), Gospatric, who was Earl of Northumbria from 1068 to 1072 before being forced to flee to Scotland. His replacement was Ealdred's maternal ...
According to the Book of Genesis, Zerah was the son of Tamar and Judah, and was the twin of Perez (Genesis 38:30). This same Zerah is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1:3 . Zerah is also listed as the ancestor of Achan , who was stoned to death as recounted in the Book of Joshua ( Joshua 7:1 ).
Illustration from the Morgan Bible of a story in 2 Samuel 20 of Joab pursuing Sheba as far as Abel-beth-maachah and Sheba's head being thrown down to him. Leaf from the Morgan Picture Bible, "Scenes from the Life of Absalom", c. 1250. Joab was the son of Zeruiah, a sister of king David (1 Chronicles 2:15–16).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. Scottish king from 1040 to 1057 This article is about the historical Scottish king. For for the play by William Shakespeare, see Macbeth. For for the main character of that play, see Macbeth (character). Macbeth The name Mac Beathad Mac Fhindlaích in the Annals of Ulster King of Alba ...