Ahab

Ahab

male
Aram Damascus, YHWH, tetragrammaton, ivory, interreligious marriage, Ach'av…1King, king of Israel, Books of King, King of ancient Israel
Ahab or Ach'av was king of Israel and the son and successor of Omri ("1 Kings" 16:29-34). William F. Albright dated his reign to 869 BC-850 BC,...

Obadiah

male
Jewish, Old Testament saint, Christian, prophet, convert to Judaism, Prophet of the Hebrew Bible…1King
Obadiah is supposed to have received the gift of prophecy for having hidden the hundred and twenty eight prophets from the persecution of Jezebel....

Hazael

male
hebrew, Books of King, Jordan River, Tanakh monarch, Ahaziah, Joash…1King, 2 King
Hazael (Hebrew "Hazael," meaning "God has seen") was a court official and later an Aramean king who appeared in the Bible. He was first referred to...

Aquila Of Sinope

male
hebrew bible, Conversion to Judaism, Proselyte, 1King, 2 King, Jewish Encyclopaedia
Aquila of Sinope was a 2nd Century CE native of Pontus in Anatolia known for producing a slavishly literal translation of the Hebrew Bible into...
Rabbi Nehemiah

Rabbi Nehemiah

male
2 Chronicles, hebrew, measurements, circumference, Mishnat ha-Middot, 1King
Rabbi Nehemiah was a Hebrew priest, circa AD 150. He wrote the "Mishnat ha-Middot" (ca. AD 150), the earliest known Hebrew text on geometry. In it,...