Samuel

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Samuel or Shmu'el is an important leader of ancient Israel in the Book(s) of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. His status, as viewed by rabbinical...

Job

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Job (Arabic: أَيُّوبٌ, "ʾAyyūb"), is a character in the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible. In brief, the book begins with an introduction to Job's c...

Abner

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In the Book of Samuel, Abner (Biblical Hebrew for "father of [or is a] light"), is first cousin to Saul and commander-in-chief of his army (1...

Solomon

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King Solomon is a figure described in Middle Eastern scriptures as a wise ruler of an empire centred on the united Kingdom of Israel. Legends say...

Joab

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Joab (יוֹאָב "The LORD is father", Standard Hebrew Yoʾav, Tiberian Hebrew Yôʾāḇ) was the nephew of King David, the son of Zeruiah in the Bible. H...
Joshua

Joshua

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Joshua, Jehoshuah, or Yehoshua, born in Egypt, was an Israelite leader who succeeded Moses. His story is told in the Hebrew Bible, chiefly in the...

Esther

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Esther, born Hadassah, was a woman in the Hebrew Bible, the queen of Ahasuerus (commonly identified with either Xerxes I or Artaxerxes II), and...

Hannah

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Hannah (also occasionally transliterated as Chana) was a wife of Elkanah mentioned in the Books of Samuel. According to the Hebrew Bible she was...

Mordecai

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Mordecai or Mordechai - the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin, is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible.

Vashti

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Vashti (ושתי) is mentioned in the Book of Esther, a book included in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament).