Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time? Luke 12:42 And the Lord answered, "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give the...
Who was Elijah the Prophet? Jezebel: Jezebel was a Phoenician princess who married King Ahab of Israel. Although Ahab held the title of King, she would rule more than he did because she had swayed him to her beliefs. As the Queen, she implemented the pagan beliefs of her homeland and ki...
The Chronicler was fond of mentioning and quoting prophetic voices. However, apart from Isaiah and Jeremiah, no other prophets of whom we have literary works in the Hebrew Bible feature in the Chronicler's version of history. Numerous other prophets, however, not known from the Hebrew Bible ...
Jeremiah 20:2 he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten, and he put him in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD. Jeremiah 26:15, 23 But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, on this city, an...
1Xerxes’ son Darius, who was a Mede by birth, was made ruler of the kingdom of Babylon.2In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, learned from the Scriptures the number of years that Jerusalem would remain in ruins. TheLordhad told the prophet Jeremiah that Jerusalem would remain in...
Daniel was deported as a teenager to this multi-god worshiping nation after King Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem in 587 BC, a captivity that the prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Zechariah had prophesied would happen. Although he served the kings of Babylon, Daniel didn’t simply go with the flo...
Jeremiah 36:12 sn This man has already been mentioned in Jer 26:22 as the official who was sent to Egypt to extradite the prophet Uriah, whom Jehoiakim had executed. Though he was instrumental in the death of that prophet, he appears to have been favorably disposed to Jeremiah, or at le...
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The prophecy of 70 years of captivity, as foretold by the prophet Jeremiah and referenced by Daniel in his prayers, was fulfilled around 538 BC when Cyrus the Great, the Persian king, issued a decree allowing the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple, marking the end of the ...
Who was Moses? December 21, 2024 Moses is one of the most influential and revered figures in the Bible. He is considered a prophet, a leader, … Continue reading→ Understanding Genealogies December 20, 2024 Understanding the Genealogies: At first glance, the genealogies in the Bible, such as...