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Hoshama

(Encyclopedia) HoshamaHoshamahŏshˈəmə, hōshāˈ– [key], in the Bible, one of the house of David.

Athach

(Encyclopedia) AthachAthachāˈthăk [key], in the Bible, place in S ancient Palestine, visited by David.

Elnaam

(Encyclopedia) ElnaamElnaamĕlˈnāăm, ĕlnāˈ– [key], in the Bible, father of two of David's guards.

Ezel, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) EzelEzelēˈzəl [key], in the Bible, rock where David said farewell to Jonathan.

Westcott, Edward Noyes

(Encyclopedia) Westcott, Edward Noyes, 1846–98, American novelist and banker, b. Syracuse, N.Y. He is known for his popular novel, David Harum (pub. posthumously, 1898), which concerns a shrewd,…

Obil

(Encyclopedia) ObilObilōˈbĭl [key], in the Bible, keeper of David's camels. He was an Ishmaelite.

U.S. Staffed Space Flight Programs

Mercury. Project Mercury, initiated in 1958 and completed in 1963, was the United States' first human-in-space program. It was designed to further knowledge about humanity's capabilities…

Gill, Sir David

(Encyclopedia) Gill, Sir DavidGill, Sir Davidgĭl [key], 1843–1914, Scottish astronomer, educated at the Univ. of Aberdeen. He made observations of the transits of Venus and Mars and investigated the…

Brinkley, David McClure

(Encyclopedia) Brinkley, David McClure, 1920–2003, American news broadcaster, b. Wilmington, N.C. He began (1942) his lengthy journalistic career as a reporter for United Press, soon (1943) joining…

Zion, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) ZionZionzīˈən [key] or SionZionsīˈən [key], section of Jerusalem, defined in the Bible as the City of David. Originally the name referred to the Jebusite fortress conquered by David,…