Names folder: Changed "Definitions" to "Facts" tW Issue 42

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# Adonijah
## Definition:
## Facts:
Adonijah was the fourth son of King David.

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# Ahaz
## Definition:
## Facts:
Ahaz was a wicked king who ruled over the kingdom of Judah from 732 BC to 716 BC. This was about 140 years before the time when many people in Israel and Judah were taken as captives to Babylonia.

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Aram of Damascus, Aramaic, Aramean
## Definition:
## Facts:
"Aram" was the name of two men in the Old Testament. It was also the name of a region northeast of Canaan, where modern-day Syria is located.

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Asherah pole, Ashtoreth
## Definition:
## Facts:
Asherah was the name of a goddess that was worshiped by Canaanite people groups during Old Testament times. "Ashtoreth" may be another name for "Asherah," or it could be the name of a different goddess that was very similar.

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# Benaiah
## Definition:
## Facts:
Benaiah was the name of several men in the Old Testament.

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# Cana
## Definition:
## Facts:
Cana was a village or town in the province of Galilee, located about nine miles north of Nazareth.

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# En Gedi
## Definition:
## Facts:
En Gedi was the name of a city in the wilderness of Judah southeast of Jerusalem.

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# Goshen
## Definition:
## Facts:
Goshen was the name of a fertile region of land located along the Nile River in the northern part of Egypt.

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# Hezekiah
## Definition:
## Facts:
Hezekiah was the 13th king over the kingdom of Judah. He was a king who trusted and obeyed God.

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# Hittite
## Definition:
## Facts:
The Hittites were descendants of Ham through his son Canaan. They became a large empire located in what is now Turkey and northern Palestine.

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# Horeb
## Definition:
## Facts:
Mount Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai, where God gave Moses the stone tablets with the ten commandments.

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Jezreelite
## Definition:
## Facts:
Jezreel was an important Israelite city in the territory of the Issachar tribe, located southwest of the Salt Sea. A Jezreelite is a person from this city.

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# Joab
## Definition:
## Facts:
Joab was an important military leader for King David throughout David's entire reign.

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# Jonah
## Definition:
## Facts:
Jonah was a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament.

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# Jotham
## Definition:
## Facts:
In the Old Testament, there were three men with the name Jotham.

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# Korah
## Definition:
## Facts:
Korah was the name of three men in the Old Testament.

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# Levi
## Definition:
## Facts:
Levi was one of the twelve sons of Jacob, or Israel. The term "Levite" refers to a person who is a member of the Israelite tribe whose ancestor was Levi.

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# Memphis
## Definition:
## Facts:
Memphis was an ancient capital city in Egypt, along the Nile River.

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# Mount of Olives
## Definition:
## Facts:
The Mount of Olives is a mountain or large hill located near the east side of the city of Jerusalem. It is about 787 meters high.

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Baal Peor, Beth Peor, Mount Peor
## Definition:
## Facts:
The terms "Peor" and "Mount Peor" refer to a mountain located northeast of the Salt Sea, in the region of Moab.

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# Persia
## Definition:
## Facts:
Persia was a country that also became a powerful empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. The country of Persia was located southeast of Babylonia and Assyria in a region that is now the modern-day country of Iran.

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# Philistia
## Definition:
## Facts:
Philistia is the name of a large region in the land of Canaan, located along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

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# Rabbah
## Definition:
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Rabbah was the most important city of the Ammonite people.

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# Shimei
## Definition:
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Shimei was the name of several men in the Old Testament. The descendants of Shimei were called Shemeites.

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# Sodom
## Definition:
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Sodom was a city in the southern part of Canaan where Abraham's nephew Lot lived with his wife and children.

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# Sukkoth
## Definition:
## Facts:
Sukkoth was the name of two Old Testament cities. The word "sukkoth" (some English versions say "succoth" or "Succoth") means "shelters."