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Queen of Sheba

biblical figure

Female - Old Testament

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Quirinius

New Testament

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Raamah

Biblical character (Genesis 10)

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Rabshakeh

Assyrian Officer

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Rachel

Biblical matriarch

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Rahab

human biblical figure

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Ram

son of Hezron, belonging to the Tribe of Judah.

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Ramathite

designation given to Shimei in the Bible (First Book of Chronicles)

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Raphael

archangel featuring in Book of Tobit

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Rebecca

Biblical character

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Rebekah

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Rehoboam

First King of Judah

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The Bible is replete with complex and interesting characters. They have their place in Judeo-Christian history, in the lessons of the bible, and in greater western literature, where references to them are numerous.

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