The Bible references many different peoples who interacted with the Israelites in the ancient world. One of the most politically important groups was the Assyrians, who played a key role in the history of Israel. Ancient Assyria was a powerful empire that kept written records of its own, and ...
In ancient times, the Assyrian civilization was often centered at the city of Assur (also called Ashur), named after the supreme god of Assyria and the ruins of the city are located in what is now northern Iraq. The territory the Assyrians controlled was vast, stretching from southern Iraq...
This fish god from Assyria, worshipped also by the Philistines and Babylonians, wreaked havoc throughout the biblical narrative. Even the Israelites themselves fell prey to the worship of this merman-ish idol. In this article, we’ll dive into the meaning and history of this god, especially...
The Lord God says through the prophet Isaiah that He will come to get His people (Isaiah 40:10-11) and the reason is the Lord is not defeated by Israel’s sin. God’s desire is for restoration and we note how this restoration is possible because God’s Word stands forever, God...
The descendants of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria took into exile.We don’t receive a whole lot of other information about Gog, except that he comes from ...
In2 Kings 19:32-34, Isaiah spoke a powerful prophecy to King Hezekiah of Judah that the Assyrians would not come into Jerusalem or even shoot one arrow at the city and that the Assyrian army would retreat back to Assyria. That night,one angel went into the camp of the Assyrians and ...
One of the successors to the Neo-Assyrians as rulers of the ancient Middle East was the Chaldean Empire. The Chaldeans contributed to a coalition that overthrew the Neo-Assyrians in 625 BCE, then took control of many of the lands formerly ruled by Assyria....
“Who sent out the wild donkey free? And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,Amplified Bible“Who sent out the wild donkey free [from dependence on man]? And who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey [to survive in the wild],Christian Standard BibleWho set the wild donkey ...
12When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem,he[a]will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes.13For he says: “By the strength of my hand I have done it, ...
aThe umbrella was invented about 4000 years ago in Assyria,China and Egypt.The binoculars was invented in 1854 by Ignatio Porro in Italy.The camera was invented in 1827 by Joseph Nicephore Niepce who took the first picture.The bicycle was invented in 1880s in England 伞被发明了大约4000年前...