Shethar is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Shethar was one of the seven princes of Persia and Media who served under King Ahasuerus, the ruler whose vast empire and lavish court form the backdrop of the Book of Esther. These seven men are … Read more
Olympas is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Olympas was a Christian living in Rome in the first century, mentioned by the apostle Paul in his letter to the Romans. Paul names him in Romans 16:15, within a long list of greetings sent to … Read more
Taphath is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Taphath was a daughter of King Solomon. She is named only once in the King James Bible, in the register of Solomon’s officials and provisions officers in 1 Kings 4. The setting is the height of … Read more
Hasenuah is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Hasenuah was a leader of the tribe of Benjamin, mentioned in the genealogies of the tribe in 1 Chronicles. He appears in a single verse of the King James Bible, 1 Chronicles 9:7, which records: “And … Read more
Zacher is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Zacher was a man of the tribe of Benjamin, named in the genealogical records preserved in 1 Chronicles. He appears in the section of that book devoted to the descendants of Benjamin, Israel’s youngest son, and … Read more
Hezrai is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Hezrai was one of David’s mighty warriors, listed among the thirty men who served as his elite guard. He is identified in the text as “the Carmelite,” a designation that likely points to his origin in … Read more
Ishuai is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Ishuai was a descendant of Asher, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, and he is named in the tribal genealogies recorded in 1 Chronicles. The Chronicler, writing after the Babylonian exile, gathered the family records … Read more
Poratha is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Poratha was one of the sons of Haman, the chief enemy of the Jews in the Persian Empire during the reign of King Ahasuerus. Haman had devised a plot to destroy all the Jews throughout the … Read more
Boanerges is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Boanerges was a name that Jesus gave to two of His apostles, James and John. In the Gospel of Mark, we read that Jesus called James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, … Read more
Sergius is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Sergius Paulus was the Roman deputy of the country of Cyprus. In the King James Bible he is called “the deputy of the country,” a title for the Roman governor or proconsul of the island. He … Read more
Mara is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Mara is not a separate person in the biblical record but the name that Naomi asked to be called upon her return to Bethlehem. Naomi had left Bethlehem with her husband Elimelech and their two sons … Read more
Jedidiah is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Jedidiah is a name given to Solomon, the son born to David and Bathsheba. The setting is the aftermath of David’s sin with Bathsheba and the death of the child conceived in that sin. In 2 … Read more