Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart...
Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart...
Jezebel, in the Bible, the wife of King Ahab, who ruled the kingdom of Israel. By interfering with the exclusive worship of the Hebrew God, Yahweh, by disregarding the rights of the common people, and by defying the prophets Elijah and Elisha, she provok
Also known as: “The Conversion of Saul”, “The Conversion on the Way to Damascus” Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working...
Each of Handel’s coronation anthems is a setting of a biblical text appropriate to the stages of the ceremony. “Zadok the Priest,” its text drawn from the first chapter of 1Kings(in theHebrew Bible, or ChristianOld Testament), served for theanointingof the new king. The music masterfull...