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Mount Baalhermon

A mountain east of Lebanon. Probably it may be the same as Mount Hermon, or one of its three peaks.

Judges 3:3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

1 Chronicles 5:23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.

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Mount Abarim

A mountain range across Jordan, to the east and south-east of the Dead Sea. Hebrew meaning is “‘Those-on-the-other-side’ of the Jordan.” Its northern part was called Pisgah and the highest peak of Pisgah was Mount Nebo.

Numbers 27:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
Numbers 33:47-8 And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

Deuteronomy 32:49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:

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Mountains

The land of Israel is very mountainous. Over 45 mountains are referenced in Scripture. The mountains all seem to have names, and most of the have a city with the same name. Some of the mountains have more than one name, others are part of a range of mountains or the range itself.

Land of Israel

Select a mountain for further study:

Abarim, Amana, Ararat, Baalah, Baalhermon, Bethel, Carmel
Ebal, Ephraim, Ephron, Gerizim, Gilboa, Gilead
Halak, Heres, Hermon, Hill of Bashan, Hill of Gaash, Hill of God
Hill of Hachilah, Hor, Horeb, Jattir, Jearim, Kirjatharba
Many Mountains, Moriah, Mount of Corruption, Mount of the Amalekites
Mount of Transfiguration, Mountain of the Amorites, Mountain of Judah Mountains of Moab, Mount of Esau, Mount of God
Naphtali, Nebo, Olives, Olivet, Paran, Perazim, Pisgah
Seir, Sephar, Seven Hills of Jerusalem, Shapher, Shenir, Sinai, Sion
Tabor, Zalmon, Zemaraim, Zion

There are many mountains in Scripture. They varied in size, shape, and location, but they all bring us closer to God. They bridged the gap between God and man for just the briefest of moments. Many of the mountains named were along the path of the Exodus from Egypt to the Promised land.

Mountains of Israel

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Zechariah

Name appear 39 times in the Old Testament and are recorded in:
1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Zechariah, Matthew, Luke
In Chronicles:
Appears to be more than one individual with this name.
A chief and first born son of Meshelemiah.
A Levite, priest and doorkeeper of the ark.
The son of Jehoiada the priest
Had understanding in the visions of God
Grandfather to Hezekiah
In Ezra:
A prophet the son of Iddo
The son of Bebai
The son of Elam
In Nehemiah:
The son of Shiloni
Helped build the Temple
A priest the son of Pashur
The son of Jonathan, a priest who played the trumpet
In Isaiah:
The son of Jeberechiah
In Zechariah:
The son of Berechiah

1 Chronicles 5:7, 9:21,37, 15:18,20,24, 16:5,
1 Chronicles 24:25, 26:2,11,14 27:21
2 Chronicles 17:7, 20:14, 21:2, 24:20, 26:5,
2 Chronicles 29:1,13, 34:12, 35:8
Ezra 5:1, 6:14, 8:3,11,16, 10:26
Nehemiah 8:4, 11:4-5, 11:12, 12:16,35,41
Isaiah 8:2 Zechariah 1:1,7, 7:1,8

Recorded in Matthew and Luke:
Matthew 23:35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Luke 11:51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

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Zacharias

A priest of the sons of Aaron
Husband of Elisabeth
Both righteous before God, obeying commandments and ordinances, blameless.
Childless, old.
Saw an angel, Gabriel next to the altar, in the Holy of Holy areas.
Told they would become parents.
Struck dumb because of unbelief.
The father of John the Baptist.

Luke 3:2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

An Old Testament individual.
Matthew 23:35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Luke 11:51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

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Barak

The son of Abinoam.
Believed Deborah and led 10,000 men into battle.

The Apostle Paul mentions Barak and his faith

Hebrews 11:32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:

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Abinadab

There are two:

The second of Jesse’s eight sons (1 Samuel 16:8; 1 Chronicles 2:13).
The father of Eleazar, Ahio, and Uzzah
1 Samuel 7:1 1 Samuel 17:13
2 Samuel 6:3-4
1 Kings 4:11
1 Chronicles 8:33, 13:7

One of the sons of Saul who died with his father and his two brothers on Mt. Gilboa in battle with the Philistines
(1 Samuel 31:2; 1 Chronicles 8:33; 9:39; 10:2).

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Asher

Son of Leah and Jacob, thru Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid.
One of Jacob’s 12 sons.
One of the Tribes of Israel.

41 references to Asher

Genesis 30:13, 35:26 46:17 49:20
Exodus 1:4
Numbers 1:13,40-41 2:27 7:72 10:26 13:13 26:44,46-47 34:47
Deuteronomy 27:13 33:24
Joshua 17:7 17:10-11 19:24,31,34 21:6,0
Judges 1:31 5:17 6:35 7:23
1 Chronicles 2:2 6:62,74 7:30,40 12:36
2 Chronicles 30:11
Ezekiel 48:2-3,34

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Seth

The Third Named son of Adam and Eve.
Adam was 130 years old when Seth was born.
Seth was 105 when he became the Father of Enos.
Seth lived 912 years and had many sons and daughters.

Luke mentions Seth:
Luke 3:38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

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Samson

His story is in **Judges 13:24, 14:1-20, 15:1-16, 16:1-30**

Born as an answer to prayer and blessed of the Lord.
A very strong man, perhaps the strongest.
Appears to have turned his back on the Lord.
Disobeyed his parents and married the wrong woman.
Took up with the Harlot, Delilah.
Told Delilah his secret.
Mocked and jeered by the Philistines.
Finally called upon the Lord before he Died.

The Apostle Paul mentions Samson and his faith
Hebrews 11:32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:

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