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2 days ago · The coronation scene at the end of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a powerful moment of emotional payoff for the entire trilogy. The One Ring has been destroyed, Sauron and his armies have been vanquished, and the heir of Isildur, Aragorn, is finally returning to the throne of Gondor.
2 days ago · King Solomon is a central biblical figure, who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was the builder of the First Temple in Jerusalem and the last ruler of the united Kingdom of Israel. After a reign of forty years (1 Kings 11:42), he died of natural causes, [48] at around 55 years of age.
2 days ago · Nebuchadnezzar II (/ ˌnɛbjʊkədˈnɛzər / NEB-yuu-kəd-NEZ-ər; Babylonian cuneiform: Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, [6][7][c] meaning " Nabu, watch over my heir"; [8] Biblical Hebrew: נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר, romanized: Nəḇūḵaḏneʾṣṣar), [d] also spelled Nebuchadrezzar II, [8] was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from the death of his father Nabopol...
2 days ago · Jehovah's Witnesses also identify Michael with the "Angel of the Lord" who led and protected the Israelites in the wilderness. [96] Their earliest teachings stated that Archangel Michael was not to be worshipped.
4 days ago · According to Jewish and Christian tradition, ancient Israelites carried the Ark of the Covenant through the wilderness and occasionally into battle. Under King David, the Ark was laid to rest in the city of Jerusalem.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- The Ark of the Covenant is a gold-plated wooden chest that, in Jewish and Christian tradition, houses the two tablets bearing the Ten Commandments...
- Jewish and Christian holy scriptures dictate that the Ark of the Covenant can be carried only by Levites, who constituted the ancient Jewish priest...
- The Ark of the Covenant’s final fate is unclear. Jewish tradition maintains that the Ark disappeared during the Babylonian sack of Jerusalem in 586...
5 days ago · King Gesar is a heroic epic collectively created by China's Tibetans. Originating via folk oral traditions, King Gesar was passed down through the generations in a combination of song and narration for over 1,000 years.
4 days ago · Khufu (flourished 25th century bce) was the second king of the 4th dynasty (c. 2543–c. 2436 bce) of Egypt and builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza, the largest single building to that time. It and two nearby pyramids are collectively known as the Pyramids of Giza.
