c.A piece in checkers that has been moved to the last row on the opponent's side of the board and been crowned, thus becoming free to move both forward and backward. 4.Kings(used with a sing. verb)See Table atBible. 5.A king-size bed. ...
Ezra Sent to Teach the People 7 Now after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, Read full chapter Ezra 7:1 in all English translationsEnglish Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV...
/ Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.Ezra 1:2“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to ...
There have not been many Jewish queens to sing about. Our most famous queen,Esther- crowned by virtue of her marriage to King Ahasuerus of Persia - is the subject of many songs which we will learn about inthe lecture on Purim. In the meantime, listen toEsta noche de Purim(alternatively e...
Kitto remarks that the Shatirs of Persia keep pace with ease with their masters' horses. They also are tightly girded. His object was apparently twofold. First, to honour the sovereign whom he had that day humbled in the presence of his subjects. The great prophet, by assuming the lowly ...
1 and 2 Kings (like 1 and 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Chronicles) are actually one literary work, called in Hebrew tradition simply "Kings." The division of this work into two books was introduced by the translators of the Septuagint (the pre-Christian Greek translation of the OT) and subseque...
The Kings of the South and the North - “Now then, I tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far
Ahura Mazda– The lone God of Zoroastrianism, a (dominant) belief system in Achaemenid Persia. Anshan– Ancient city in Southwestern Iran important to both the Elamites and Persians. Ashur– Important city (and sometimes capital) in the Assyrian empire. ...
B.C. Succeeding his father Esarhaddon, Ashurbanipal expanded Assyria to its broadest, when its territory included Babylonia,Persia, Egypt, and Syria. Ashurbanipal was renowned also for his library at Ninevah containing more than 20,000 clay tablets written in the wedge-shaped letters called ...
of the Jews during these campaigns). Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Rome all took captive Israel and treated them wickedly. Are any of these people (or any of their descendants) who assaulted the people of God, and brought in false idols that were imposed on the Jews, more wicked or ...