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Also Known As Hiram of Tyre • Huram • Ahiram
Title / Office king (969BC-936BC), Tyre
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Elijah
Hebrew prophet
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Luli
king of Phoenicia
Moses and the Ten Commandments
Moses
Hebrew prophet
József Molnár: The March of Abraham
Abraham
Hebrew patriarch
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Nebuchadnezzar II
king of Babylonia
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Cassius Dionysius
North African writer
The Construction of the Tower of Babel
Nimrod
biblical figure
Jacob
Jacob
Hebrew patriarch
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Sanchuniathon
ancient Phoenician writer
Samson, muscular and draped in a patterned cloth, pushes apart two large pillars as a young man clings to him, with onlookers reacting in the background.
Samson
biblical figure
David slays Goliath
Goliath
biblical figure
Painting by James Jacques Joseph Tissot showing Joshua in ancient armor, raising his arm and shield, with an army and battlefield in the background.
Joshua
Hebrew leader
Gilded bronze relief panel by Lorenzo Ghiberti shows Isaac, Jacob, and Esau in an architectural setting, with multiple figures and intricate detail, from the Gates of Paradise in Florence.
Isaac
Hebrew patriarch
The prophet Isaiah
Isaiah
Hebrew prophet

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