The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa—the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.New Living TranslationThis message was given to Amos, a shepherd from the town of Tekoa in...
The ancient Kingdom of Israel was located to the west of central Assyria, and relations between the two powers alternated between friendly and hostile. By the eighth century B.C., the southern Israelites had split off into the separate Kingdom of Judah, whose king Ahaz sided with Assyria whe...
At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria. / The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away captives. / The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, ...
1 Chronicles 3 King James Version 3 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: 2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur...
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These were Israelites taken captive by the men of Judah during the reign of King Ahaz.3. The SpoilGoods taken during the conflict, used here to provide for the captives.4. Jericho, the City of PalmsA significant city in Israel, known for its palm trees, where the captives were brought....
He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.2 Kings 23:...
Asa then took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple and of his own palace. He entrusted it to his officials and sent them to Ben-Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus.New Living Translation...
As he said also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. in Osee. Hosea 1:1,2 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, ...
when there was no open vision (1 Samuel 3.); in Asa's days, when Israel had long been without a teaching priest (2 Chronicles 15:3); and when the impious Ahaz "made Judah naked" (2 Chronicles 28:19); or when the people were destroyed by reason of lack of knowledge of Divine thi...