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  2. 1 Samuel 25 - Wikipedia

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    1 Samuel 25 is the twenty-fifth chapter of the First Book of Samuel in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible or the first part of the Books of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel , with additions by the prophets Gad and Nathan , [ 2 ] but modern scholars view it as a ...

  3. Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New ...

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    The books of the New Testament frequently cite Jewish scripture to support the claim of the Early Christians that Jesus was the promised Jewish Messiah.Scholars have observed that few of these citations are actual predictions in context; the majority of these quotations and references are taken from the prophetic Book of Isaiah, but they range over the entire corpus of Jewish writings.

  4. Books of Samuel - Wikipedia

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    Ark narrative (1 Samuel 4:1b–7:1 and 2 Samuel 6:1–20): the ark's capture by the Philistines in the time of Eli and its transfer to Jerusalem by David – opinion is divided over whether this is actually an independent unit. [30] Jerusalem source: a fairly brief source discussing David conquering Jerusalem from the Jebusites.

  5. Abigail - Wikipedia

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    Abigail became the mother of one of David's sons, who is listed in the Book of Chronicles under the name Daniel, in the Masoretic Text of the Books of Samuel as Chileab, [2] and in the Septuagint text of 2 Samuel 3:3 as Δαλουια, Dalouia. [3] Her name is spelled Abigal in 2 Samuel 17:25 in the American Standard Version.

  6. Polygamy in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    In the time around Jesus' birth, polygamy (also called bigamy or digamy in texts) was understood as having several spouses consecutively, as evidenced for example by Tertullian's work De Exhortatione Castitatis. [32] Paul the Apostle allowed widows to remarry (1 Cor. vii. 39. and 1 Tim 5:11–16).

  7. Man of God - Wikipedia

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    The angel of the Lord who appeared to Samson's mother (Judges 13:6, 8) whom she may have taken to be a prophet (Leviticus Rabbah 1:1) The man who chastised the Priest Eli (1 Samuel 2:27) whom Sifre identifies as Samuel's father Elkanah (Sifre to Deuteronomy 342:4) Samuel (1 Samuel 9:6, 7, 8, 10) David (Nehemiah 12:24, 36; 2 Chronicles 8:14)

  8. Religious perspectives on Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Jesus is said to have lived a life of piety and generosity, and abstained from eating flesh of swine. Muslims also believe that Jesus received a Gospel from God, called the Injil. However, Muslims hold that Jesus' original message was lost or altered and that the Christian New Testament does not accurately represent God's original message to ...

  9. Gospel harmony - Wikipedia

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    One challenge with any form of harmonizing is that events are sometimes described in a different order in different accounts – the Synoptic Gospels, for instance, describe Jesus overturning tables in the Temple at Jerusalem in the last week of his life, whereas the Gospel of John records a counterpart event only towards the beginning of Jesus ...