“‘Therefore, I stretched out my hand against you and reduced your provisions. I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you, the Philistine women, who were embarrassed by your indecent conduct.Holman Christian Standard BibleTherefore, I stretched out My hand against you and reduced ...
for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths. / Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist. / Wherever...
Abraham was born in 2123 BCE; his father Terah, Ur’s High Priest. Enlil sent them to the Harran in Anatolia. In 2041 BCE, Abraham led Enlil’s forces and defended the Sinai Spaceport. He reported the cities of Sodom and Gomorra were for Nabu and Marduk. In 2024 BCE Enlil sent Abrah...
The disbelievers of Makkah have been severely warned for their attitude of mockery and derision with which they were responding to the Holy Prophet's message ofTauhidand the Hereafter and for their utter refusal to accept and acknowledge his claim to Prophethood. In the end, they have been pl...
Interestingly, Solomon’s wealth here is tied to Israel’s prosperity. It doesn’t say Solomon himself had so much gold and silver that these precious metals were as common as stones. It says he made them as common as stonesin Jerusalem. Similarly, cedar trees—which were traditionally the ...
s death he had been resurrected as the god of the sun. As the sun-god, Nimrod used his sun rays to miraculously inseminate Semiramis with a child. This child was thus considered to be divinely conceived. The child’s name was Tammuz, which she claimed was the reincarnated Nimrod. (...
The Canaanites were the inhabitants of the land that God had promised to Israel. This phrase sets the stage for the ongoing conflict between the Israelites and the Canaanite nations. Historically and archaeologically, the Canaanites were known for their fortified cities and advanced culture, ...
They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger, / for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.1 Kings 11:1-2King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / ...
Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity...
Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to ...