King David

The Sea Peoples is the term used for a confederacy of seafaring raiders of the second millennium BC who sailed into the eastern shores of the Mediterranean, caused political unrest, and attempted to enter or control Egyptian territory during the late 19th dynasty and especially during Year 8 of Ramesses III of the 20th Dynasty.A convenient table of sea peoples in hieroglyphics, transliteration and English is given in the dissertation of Woodhuizen, 2006, who developed it from works of Kitchen cited there The Egyptian Pharaoh Merneptah explicitly refers to them by the term "the foreign-countries (or 'peoples'As noted by Gardiner V.1 p.196, other texts have N25:X1*Z4 "foreign-peoples"; both terms can refer to the concept of "foreigners" as well. Zangger in the external link below expresses a commonly held view that "sea peoples" does not translate this and other expressions but is an academic innovation. The Woudhuizen dissertation and the Morris paper identify Gaston Maspero as the first to use the term "peuples de la mer" in 1881.) of the sea" (Egyptian ''''Gardiner V.1 p.196.Manassa p.55.) in his Great Karnak Inscription.Line 52. The inscription is shown in Manassa p.55 plate 12. Although some scholars believe that they invaded Cyprus, Hatti and the Levant, this hypothesis is disputed.Several articles in Oren.

Category: File - :David gegen goliath2.jpg|thumb|David and Goliath: 13th century Jewish illustration from France.

Goliath ( ; Arabic: ????? , Jalut (Qur'anic term), ????? Julyat (Christian term)), known also as Goliath of Gath (one of five city states of the Philistines), is the Philistine warrior, famous for his battle with the young David, the future king of Israel, described in the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament) and, more briefly, in the Quran.

There are significant differences between the earliest manuscripts of the story, dating from the last few centuries before the Common Era, and those of later centuries, with Goliath's height increasing from an original six and a half feet (200 cm) to nine and a half feet (290 cm)

Post-Classical Jewish traditions stressed Goliath's status as the representative of paganism, in contrast to David, the champion of the God of Israel; Christian tradition gave him a distinctively Christian twist, seeing in David's battle with Goliath the Church's battle with Satan.

Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Although the name "sheep" applies to many species, in everyday usage it almost always refers to Ovis aries. Numbering a little over 1 billion, domestic sheep are the most numerous species in their genus.

Sheep are most likely descended from the wild mouflon of Europe and Asia. One of the earliest animals to be domesticated for agricultural purposes, sheep are raised for fleece, meat (lamb, hogget or mutton) and milk. A sheep's wool is the most widely used of any animal, and is usually harvested by shearing. Category: Wikt - :Ovine|Ovine meat is called lamb when from younger animals and mutton when from older ones. Sheep continue to be important for wool and meat today, and are also occasionally raised for pelts, as dairy animals, or as model organisms for science.

Sheep husbandry is practised throughout the majority of the inhabited world, and has been fundamental to many civilizations. In the modern era, Australia, New Zealand, the southern and central South American nations, and the British Isles are most closely associated with sheep production. Sheep-raising has a large lexicon of unique terms which vary considerably by region and dialect. Use of the word sheep began in Middle English as a derivation of the Old English word sc?ap; it is both the singular and plural name for the animal. A group of sheep is called a flock, herd or mob. Adult female sheep are referred to as ewes, intact males as rams or occasionally tups, castrated males as wethers, and younger sheep as lambs. Many other specific terms for the various life stages of sheep exist, generally related to lambing, shearing, and age.

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Being a key animal in the history of farming, sheep have a deeply entrenched place in human culture, and find representation in much modern language and symbology. As livestock, sheep are most-often associated with pastoral, Arcadian imagery. Sheep figure in many mythologies?such as the Golden Fleece?and major religions, especially the Abrahamic traditions. In both ancient and modern religious ritual, sheep are used as sacrificial animals. In contemporary English language usage, people who are timid, easily led, or stupid are often compared to sheep.

Abigail () is a female name occurring in Biblical narratives in the Books of Samuel and in the Books of Chronicles. Abigal occurs once and is thought by the vast majority of scholars to be an alternate spelling of Abigail.

There appear to be two individuals named Abigail:

*The mother of Amasa. In the Book of Chronicles and Septuagint version of the Books of Samuel, Abigail's father is Jesse,2 Samuel 17:25, LXX and she is therefore sister of David, but in the masoretic text of the Books of Samuel her father is Nahash; scholars think that Nahash is a typographic error,Peakes commentary on the BibleJewish Encyclopedia based on the appearance of the name two verses later. In the Book of Chronicles, Amasas father is Jether the Ishmaelite, but in the books of Samuel, Amasa's father is Ithra the Israelite; scholars think that the latter case is more likely.

*The wife of the wicked Nabal, who became a wife of David after Nabal's death. She had attempted to stop David from taking revenge against Nabal for his ingratitude towards David, warning him that vengeance was sinful and God would take care of the issue. Her accuracy in understanding God's will suggests that she was a true follower of God. She was the mother of one of David's sons, who is named in the Book of Chronicles as Daniel, in the masoretic text of the Books of Samuel as Chileab, and in the Septuagint text of the Books of Samuel as Daluyah.2 Samuel 3:3, LXX

It is possible that both women named Abigail are the same woman, as textual scholars regard the account in the Books of Chronicles as deriving from the Books of Samuel, and the references there to Abigail as a sister of David occur only in the passages that textual scholars attribute to the court history of David,Jewish Encyclopedia, Books of Samuel a document that does not mention Abigail as one of David's wives.

A shepherd is a person who tends to, feeds or guards sheep, especially in flocks. The word may also refer to one who provides religious guidance, as a pastor.

Category: Image - :Rumunia 5806.jpg|thumb|250px|Shepherd in F?g?ra? Mountains, Romania.

Category: File - :Un pastor en Valdunquillo.jpg|thumb|250px|Shepherd in Valdunquillo, Spain.