“Isaiah tells Hezekiah, king of Judah, that his sons will be taken away captive to Babylon and made eunuchs in the service of the king of Babylon,”according toUnited Bible Societies. “This would then be the case of castration of prisoners of war, as a punishment, and certainly also to...
“Then those men spoke to the king. They said, “Daniel is one of the captives from Judah. And he is not paying attention to the law you wrote. Daniel still prays to his God three times everyday.” (Daniel 6:13, ICB) Even at the prospect of being thrown into the lions’ den for...
Nehemiah, a rather ordinary person in a servant position, became a transformational leaderwhen apprised of the discontent of the postexilic Jews in Jerusalem and Judah. By praying to God for discernment of His holy will, Nehemiah followed God's calling to rebuild the walls of the city of Jer...
As noted by the references in the passage from Jude cited in the question to "sexual immorality" and "unnatural desire", the particular sin identified in the Bible with respect to Sodom was the practice of homosexual sex between males, as indicated inGenesis 19:5. Although the Hebrew word ...
Jerusalem was the ancient capital city of Judah. To this day, it is nestled in theJudean mountainsbetween the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. In ancient times, the Jewish tribes would make the uphill journey to Jerusalem (Psalm 122:4), where they would attend the three annual pilgrimage fest...
Berean Study Bible“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”...
and the other half southward. And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then theLordmy God will come, and all the holy ones with ...
(Isaiah 40:8) The point is that God had delivered Judah and Jerusalem from Assyria (Isaiah 37:36-37) but again we see how the Lord is bringing the Babylonians to finish what was started. The idea here is related to the eternality of God’s Word according to the Torah. We note...
The Bible emphasizes city life. Archaeology, in contrast, can help us to better understand the life of most Israelites, who lived in rural settings, and supplies a better understanding of what daily life was like. | Prof. Oded Borowski
What is the Mishnah? Compiled around 200 by Judah the Prince, the Mishnah, meaning 'repetition', isthe earliest authoritative body of Jewish oral law. It records the views of rabbinic sages known as the Tannaim (from the Aramaic 'tena', meaning to teach). ...