Ahijah
A prophet from Shiloh who met Jeroboam on a road going out of Jerusalem. Ahijah said God would make Jeroboam…
People
Ahithophel
One of David’s advisers when he first became king. For reasons not stated in the Bible, Ahithophel joined Absalom in…
Alexander the Great
A great military general, one who conquered almost all of the known world for Greece. In 334 BC, he crossed…
Almighty
The English version of the word Shaddai. God called Himself “God Almighty” (El Shaddai) to Abraham, Jacob, and Moses as…
Amalekites
A fierce, warlike tribe of nomads from the family line of Esau. They seemed to wander from what is now…
Ammonites
Ammon was a son of Lot and the ancestor of the Ammonites. God told Moses not to fight with them…
Amnon
The oldest son of King David and the half brother of Absalom. Amnon’s mother is Ahinoam of Jezreel. An evil…
Amorites
A large and powerful group of people who once lived in Mesopotamia, later in Babylon, and still later in Israel.…
Amos
A sheepherder and grower of fig trees who became an Old Testament prophet. He lived in Tekoa, a few miles…
Amram and Jochebed
The parents of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. Amram was from the tribe of Levi.
Ananias of Damascus
A Jewish Christian who lived in Damascus. After Saul met the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus, he became…
Ananias of Jerusalem
Ananias and his wife, Sapphira, sold a piece of their land and pretended they were giving the church all the…