JOSHUA CUBAY

David[a] is described in the Hebrew Bible as the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah.
In the biblical narrative, David is a young shepherd who first gains fame as a musician and later by killing Goliath.
TYRONE PAUL SARIT
King Solomon was the wisest man who ever lived and also one of the most foolish. God
gifted him with unsurpassed wisdom, which Solomon squandered by disobeying God's
commandments.
Solomon was the second son of King David and Bathsheba. His name means
"peaceable." His alternative name was Jedidiah, meaning "beloved of the Lord." Even
as a baby, Solomon was loved by God.
A conspiracy by Solomon's half-brother Adonijah tried to rob Solomon of the throne.
To take the kingship, Solomon had to kill Adonijah and Joab, David's general.
Once Solomon's kingship was firmly established, God appeared to Solomon in a dream
and promised him anything he asked. Solomon chose understanding and discernment,
asking God to help him govern his people well and wisely. God was so pleased with the
request that he granted it, along with great riches, honor, and longevity (1 Kings 3:11-
15, NIV).
Solomon's downfall began when he married the daughter of the Egyptian Pharaoh to
seal a political alliance. He could not control his lust. Among Solomon's 700 wives and
300 concubines were many foreigners, which angered God. The inevitable happened:
They lured King Solomon away from Yahweh into worship of false gods and idols.
Over his 40-year reign, Solomon did many great things, but he succumbed to the
temptations of lesser men. The peace a united Israel enjoyed, the massive building
projects he headed, and the successful commerce he developed became meaningless
when Solomon stopped pursuing God.
ANGEL MAE GUERRA
Dates: About the 10th century BCE.
Also known as Bilqis, Balqis, Nicaule, Nakuti, Makeda, Maqueda
The Queen of Sheba is a Biblical character: a powerful queen who visited King Solomon. Whether she actually existed
and who she was is still in question.
The Hebrew Scriptures
The Queen of Sheba is one of the most famous figures in the Bible, yet nobody knows exactly who she was or where she
came from. According to I Kings 10:1-13 of the Hebrew scriptures, she visited King Solomon in Jerusalem after hearing of
his great wisdom. However, the Bible does not mention either her given name or the location of her kingdom.
ANGELICA BLESS TACGOS

Angels are beings who have greater power and ability than humans. (2 Peter 2:11)
They exist in heaven, or the spirit realm, which is a level of existence higher than the
physical universe. (1 Kings 8:27; John 6:38) Thus, they are also referred to as spirits.
—1 Kings 22:21; Psalm 18:10.

Where do angels come from?

God created the angels through Jesus, whom the Bible calls “the firstborn of all
creation.” Describing how God used Jesus in creation, the Bible says: “By means of
[Jesus] all other things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things
visible and the things invisible,” including the angels. (Colossians 1:13-17) Angels do
not marry and reproduce. (Mark 12:25) Instead, each of these “sons of the true God”
was individually created.—Job 1:6.
Angels were created in the distant past, before the earth existed. When God created
the earth, the angels “began shouting in applause.”—Job 38:4-7.

RELLYN ANN EGONIA

Miriam (‫ ) ִמ ְריָם‬is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the sister
of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus.
The Torah refers to her as "Miriam the Prophetess"[1] and the Talmud[2] names her as one of the seven major female
prophets of Israel. Scripture describes her alongside of Moses and Aaron as delivering the Jews from exile in Egypt:
"For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, and I sent before you
Moses, Aaron, and Miriam".[3] According to the Midrash,[4] just as Moses led the men out of Egypt.

EZEKIEL

The Pharisees in the Bible were members of a religious group or party who frequently clashed
with Jesus Christ over his interpretation of the Law.

The name "Pharisee" means "separated one." They separated themselves from society to study
and teach the law, but they also separated themselves from the common people because they
considered them religiously unclean. The Pharisees probably got their start under
the Maccabees, about 160 B.C. The historian Flavius Josephusnumbered them at about 6,000
in Israel at their peak.

Middle class business men and trades workers, the Pharisees started and controlled the
synagogues, those Jewish meeting places that served for both local worship and education.
They also put great importance on oral tradition, making it equal with the laws written in the
Old Testament.

KENT BIRON
Pontius Pilate was a Roman governor under the emperor of Tiberius in the 1st
century. He is best known as the judge of Jesus's trial. In 26 A.D. the Roman
Emperor Tiberius appointed Pontius Pilate prefect of the Roman provinces of Judaea,
Samaria and Idumæa, although Pilate is best known for his leadership of Judaea. While
the typical term for a Roman prefect was 1–3 years, Pilate was to hold his post as the fifth
Roman procurator for 10 years. In assuming his position, Pontius Pilate succeeded
Valerius Gratus.

As a Roman prefect, Pontius Pilate was granted the power of a supreme judge, which
meant that he had the sole authority to order a criminal’s execution. His duties as a prefect
included such mundane tasks as tax collection and managing construction projects. But,
perhaps his most crucial responsibility was that of maintaining law and order. Pontius
Pilate attempted to do so by any means necessary. What he couldn’t negotiate he is said
to have accomplished through brute force.

Pilate lobbies for Jesus to be spared his eventual fate of execution, and acquiesces only when the crowd refuses to
relent. He thus seeks to avoid personal responsibility for the death of Jesus. In the Gospel of Matthew, Pilate
washes his hands to show that he is not responsible for the execution of Jesus and reluctantly sends him to his
death.[7] The Gospel of Mark, depicting Jesus as innocent of plotting against the Roman Empire, portrays Pilate as
reluctant to execute him.[7] In the Gospel of Luke, Pilate not only agrees that Jesus did not conspire against Rome,
but Herod Antipas, the tetrarch of Galilee, also finds nothing treasonable in Jesus' actions.[7] In the Gospel of John,
Pilate states "I find no guilt in Him [Jesus]," and he asks the Jews if Jesus should be released from custody.[8]

VINCENT PURCON

Joseph presenting his father and brethren to Pharaoh. (1896)

The passages Genesis 12:10–20 narrate how Abraham moves to Egypt to escape a period of famine in Canaan.
The unnamed pharaoh, through his princes, hears of the beauty of Abraham's wife Sarah who is summoned to meet
him. Because of her, Abraham rises in the Pharaoh's favor and acquires livestock and servants. After discovering
Sarah's true relationship to Abraham (as a result of plagues sent by Yahweh), the pharaoh chooses not to take her
as his own wife. He releases her and Abraham and orders them to take their goods and to leave Egypt.
The last chapters of the book of Genesis (Genesis 37–50) tell how Joseph, son of Jacob/Israel, is first sold by his
brothers into Egyptian slavery but is promoted by the unnamed pharaoh to vizier of Egypt and is given permission to
bring his father, his brothers, and their families into Egypt to live in the Land of Goshen (eastern Nile Delta around
modern Faqus).

Pharaohs in the Book of Exodus[edit]

The Bible tells how the Israelites are enslaved in Egypt and eventually escape under the leadership of Moses. At
least two pharaohs are involved, the "Pharaoh of the Oppression" who enslaves the Israelites, and the "Pharaoh
of the Exodus" during whose rule the Israelites escape. The biblical story does not name or give enough information
to identify the period in which the events are set.