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(Encyclopedia) Igal īˈgăl [key], in the Bible. 1 Spy sent by Moses into Canaan. 2 One of David's guard. ...

(Encyclopedia) Jaare-oregim jāărˈē-ŏrˈēgĭm [key], in the Bible, father of David's man Elhanan. He also appears as Jair. ...

(Encyclopedia) Saph săf [key], in the Bible, Philistine giant killed by one of David's men. An alternate form is Sippai. ...

(Encyclopedia) Elzabad ĕlˈzəbăd, ĕlzāˈ– [key], in the Bible. 1 Gadite who came to David in Judah. 2 Levitical doorkeeper. ...

(Encyclopedia) Bruce, Scottish royal family descended from an 11th-century Norman duke, Robert de Brus. He aided William I in his conquest of England (1066) and was given lands in England. His son was granted fiefs ...

(Encyclopedia) Acheson, Dean Gooderham ăchˈĭsən [key], 1893–1971, U.S. secretary of state (1949–53), b. Middletown, Conn., grad. Yale, Harvard Law School. He was (1919–21) private secretary to Louis Brande...

(Encyclopedia) Ford, Gerald Rudolph, 1913–2006, 38th president of the United States (1974–77), b. Omaha, Nebr. He was originally named Leslie Lynch King, Jr., but his parents were divorced when he was two, and w...

(Encyclopedia) Mikloth mĭkˈlŏth [key], in the Bible. 1 Son of Jehiel and Maachah. 2 Captain of a division of David's army. ...

(Encyclopedia) Pelet pēˈlĕt [key]. 1 Name in an obscure genealogy. 1 Chron. 2.47. 2 Benjamite leader with David. 1 Chron. 12.3. ...

(Encyclopedia) Mattithiah mătˌĭthīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Overseer in the temple. 2 Musician of David. 3 Assistant of Ezra. ...