A,B, C of Bible people (4)

RitaKay said:

Vashti, 5 century B.C. A beautiful woman who was banned from the presence of King Ahasuerus (Esther 1:20).

God used this abuse and banishment to bring into view Esther, a lovely Hebrew women inwardly and outwardly who was living in exile in Persia to the throne.

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Yes He did. It's a beautiful story.

Wandering Moses ~i sometimes wonder how Moses put up with the Israelites, wandering in the desert for 40 years amidst their murmuring and even attempts to outright kill him at times....

RitaKay said:

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i gots one!!!

Young Solomon ~ God chose him for the throne, and it was a very wise thing that young Solomon asked God for, and that was wisdom....and God granted what he requested....

Zebedee

Abigail wife of David, former wife of Nabal.

Bathsheba - (2 Samuel 11) - the wife of both Uriah the Hittite and of King David (who had extramarital relations with her while she was married to Uriah, then found out she was pregnant and tried to cover it up by sending her husband to her from the battlefield. When that didn't work, King David sent him back to the battlefield and told Joab his commander to, “place Uriah in the front line of the fiercest battle and withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and die.” 2 Samuel 11:15 Her first child with King David died, but she is the mother of King Solomon who is part of the Messianic line.

Claudius 41 AD
Emperor Claudius had a nephew named Caligula who was considered one of Rome’s worst rulers.
Once Emperor Caligula was murdered in 41 A.D. Claudius took his place

David ~well he was just a man after God's own heart and God him the "apple of His eye"...awesome!

Ezekial - meaning may God strengthen him -

Ezekiel is acknowledged as a Hebrew prophet. In Judaism and Christianity, he is also viewed as the author of the Book of Ezekiel that reveals prophecies regarding the destruction of Jerusalem, the restoration to the land of Israel and the Millennial Temple visions, or the Third Temple.

Festus

Geuel
A son of Machi, a prince of Gad and the representative of the Gadite tribe sent out to explore Canaan

Habakkuk

Isaac ~the beloved and much-awaited son of Abraham and Sarah.

(Jump'n) Jehoshaphat - (1 Kings 22) - the great great great grandson of King David and Bathsheba and a forefather of Joseph, the BVM's husband (Matthew 1), he was "thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem" as the King of Judah. "He walked in all the way of Asa his father; he did not turn aside from it, doing right in the sight of the LORD."

Kish ~ the dad of Saul, the first king of the Isrealites. He may have been one of the ancesters of Mordicai

LEAH - this is the name of Jacob's first wife.

Michael (Revelation 12:7-9; Luke 10:17-19) - the archangel who will wage war with Satan and his minions and throw them down from Heaven.

Nicodemus
An elderly and somewhat wealthy Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin
Whenever Nicodemus is mentioned it is always with the label, “the same that came to Jesus by night.”

Obadiah, 11 century B.C.; 1 Chr 12:9; Gadite commander; joined David at Ziklag

Peter

PS: AND Paul .