Separate accounts attributed this to Saul’s failure in religious duties—presumption in offering unauthorized sacrifice before battle and a reluctance to devote Amalek to destruction according to the principle of holy war. Samuel’s rejection of Saul, which was complete and irrevocable, withdrew from...
An essay is presented on the reception of sacral war and divine warrior in the Bible and in ancient Israel. The author looks into the sacral wars which occurred in ancient Near Eastern civilizations, particularly on the iconographic representation of war gods. He also looks into the ...
From 1980 to 1992 some 45,000 Beta Israel fled drought- and war-stricken Ethiopia and emigrated to Israel (see Researcher’s Note: Beta Israel migration to Israel, 1980–92). The number of the Beta Israel remaining in Ethiopia was uncertain, but estimates suggested a few thousand at most....
The War Between Israel and Benjamin - So all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, joined together before the LORD in
(the Six Day War), and 1973 (the Yom Kippur War). In 1993 Israel agreed to grant autonomous status to the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, according to the terms of a peace agreement with the PLO. Official languages: Hebrew and Arabic. Religion: Jewish majority, Muslim and Christian ...
They include spare parts for helicopters and jets as well as smaller ordinance? Sinwar, head of Hamas, has said he will release all terrorists if the IDF will let him go free and promise not to target him in the future. In the meantime, both John and I have a serious case of ...
The events that have unfolded this year indicate a season of heartache, global division and war; Israel’s enemies have risen against her from without and within. With the first Blood Moon on April 15, 2014 came an increase in Hamas missiles being fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel and...
In 1951, a newly independent Israel was two years removed from a fierce war with Palestinian fighters and neighboring Arab countries. Palestinians had constituted a large majority of the pre-war population. But by the time fighting ended, about 700,000 had fled or been expelled....
The histories of the Jewish general and writer Josephus (c. a.d. 37-103), The Jewish War and The Jewish Antiquities, are important sources esp. for the last two centuries of the history of ancient Israel. The dates below usually follow The Westminster Historical Atlas of the Bible, ...
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