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(Encyclopedia) Joab jōˈăb [key], in the Bible, son of David's sister Zeruiah and commander of his uncle's armies. A trusted and skillful administrator, he was often vindictive and cruel, as in his killing of Abne...

(Encyclopedia) Absalom ăbˈsəlŏm [key], in the Bible, son of David. He murdered his half-brother Amnon for the rape of their sister Tamar, and fled. No sooner was he reconciled with his father than he incited a r...

(Encyclopedia) Jeiel jēīˈĕl [key], in the Bible. 1 Levite under David. 2 Musician of David. 3 Ancestor of Jahaziel (2.) 4 Scribe of Uzziah. 5 Levite of Hezekiah. 6 Levite of Josiah. 7 Companion of Ezra. ...

(Encyclopedia) Lee, George Washington Custis, 1832–1913, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Fort Monroe, Va.; eldest son of Robert E. Lee. He served in the Corps of Engineers until May, 1861, when h...

(Encyclopedia) Celle tsĕlˈə [key], city, Lower Saxony, N Germany, on the Aller River. Its manufactures in...

(Encyclopedia) Curragh, the kûrˈəkh [key], undulating plain or common, 4,885 acres (1,977 hectares), Co. Kildare, E Republic of Ireland. It has been a military camp since 1646. The Curragh racecourse is Ireland's...

(Encyclopedia) Straubing shtrouˈbĭng [key], city (1994 pop. 43,586), Bavaria, SE Germany, on the Danube (Donau) River. It is an agricultural market of Lower Bavaria and an industrial center. Manufactures include m...

(Encyclopedia) White, Stewart Edward, 1873–1946, American author, b. Grand Rapids, Mich., grad. Univ. of Michigan, 1895. The stories collected in The Claim Jumpers (1901) and The Blazed Trail (1902) reflect his ow...

(Encyclopedia) Whittredge, Thomas Worthington hwĭtˈrĭj [key], 1820–1910, American painter, b. Springfield, Ohio. He studied in Paris, Düsseldorf, and Rome before returning to the United States. He is numbered ...

(Encyclopedia) Seghers, Anna äˈnä sēgərs [key], 1900–1983, German novelist, whose original name was Netty Reiling Rádvanyi. She won fame with her first novel of social protest, The Revolt of the Fishermen, (...