his son, known as Judah Maccabee, took over and called on the Maccabees to rebuild the Second Temple. Part of this was lighting the Temple's menorah(大烛台). a gold candelabrum that was meant to stay burning every night.When the Maccabees sought to light the Temple's menorah, they ...
2 Kings 18:13 Now in the 14th year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. 2 Kings 19:29 And this shall be a sign unto thee (Hezekiah), Ye shall eat THIS YEAR such things as grow of themselves, and in THE ...
The Ancient Kingdom of Judea The Ancient Israeli nation were the twelve tribes that cultivated this land as one nation, the Israeli nation that later became the Jewish nation after Israel "assimilated" with the tribe of Judah; thus, this land became known as Judea, and its people are the ...
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” (Micah 5:2; see also 1 Samuel 16) Reserve your free bible now After spending time ...
“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.Berean Standard Bible“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, ...
30 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you. 3 The days are coming,’ declares the Lord,‘when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity[a...
Until now the world power Judah had to deal with was Assyria, but in the future, the prophet is saying, Babylon will be the enemy that will conquer Jerusalem and exile Judah's leaders to a far-off land. Yahweh has miraculously delivered Jerusalem from Assyrian might, but her sins still ...
He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,Luke 1:27to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.Luke 2:4-5So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David ...
Matthew reiterated this prophecy when he recalled what the Wise Men answered Herod upon his inquiry as to where the Christ Child should be born, “So they said to him, ‘In Bethlehem of Judea; for this is what has been written by the prophet: And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are ...
and for Judah’s sins,but they will not be found,for I will forgive those I leave as a remnant. The Invasion of Babylon 21 Attack the land of Merathaim,and those living in Pekod.Put them to the sword;completely destroy them—this is the Lord’s declaration—do everything I have ...