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Chileab
(Encyclopedia)Chileab kĭlˈēăb [key], in the Bible, son of David and Abigail. ...Machbanai
(Encyclopedia)Machbanai măkˈbənā, măkbāˈnā, măkbānāˈī [key], in the Bible, Gadite ally of David. ...Ezel, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia)Ezel ēˈzəl [key], in the Bible, rock where David said farewell to Jonathan. ...Elnaam
(Encyclopedia)Elnaam ĕlˈnāăm, ĕlnāˈ– [key], in the Bible, father of two of David's guards. ...Hoshama
(Encyclopedia)Hoshama hŏshˈəmə, hōshāˈ– [key], in the Bible, one of the house of David. ...Obil
(Encyclopedia)Obil ōˈbĭl [key], in the Bible, keeper of David's camels. He was an Ishmaelite. ...Athach
(Encyclopedia)Athach āˈthăk [key], in the Bible, place in S ancient Palestine, visited by David. ...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, humorous country b...Politzer, Hugh David
(Encyclopedia)Politzer, Hugh David, 1949–, American physicist, b. Mineola, N.Y., Ph.D. Harvard, 1974. Politzer has been a professor at the California Institute of Technology since 1977. He was a co-recipient, wit...Beatty, David Beatty, 1st Earl
(Encyclopedia)Beatty, David Beatty, 1st Earl bēˈtē [key], 1871–1936, British admiral. He served with distinction in Egypt and Sudan (1896–98) and in the Boxer Uprising (1900) in China. Made rear admiral in 1...Browse by Subject
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