Tag: kings
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Construction of a King’s Character (1 Sam. 16:14-23) :: By Donald Whitchard
David had just been anointed as the next king of Israel by the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 16:1-13), much to the amazement of his father and brothers. He had been in the fields of Judea tending the family flocks, seemingly consigned like the majority of the populace to live a life of productive obscurity known…
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Did King Josiah engage in Human Sacrifice? (2 Kings 23)
"The altar which was at Bethel, the high place built by Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin—this same altar and high place he tore down and burned, grinding the high place to powder and burning the asherah. 16 When Josia….
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Abijah or Abijam? 1 Kings 14-15
The NIV translates Rehoboam’s son as Abijah. When you compare it on the Bible app, to all the other translations every other translation calls him Abijam. There was confusion for me because Abijah, Jeroboam’s son, died. So this led me to t…
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What is meant by “loose the loins of kings”?
What is meant by “loose the loins of kings” in Isaiah 45:1?
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Israeli Hiker Discovers 2,800-Year-Old Seal Dating to Time of Solomon’s Temple in 2 Kings
“I told him to take a good look at the other side of the scarab — the flat side — and check if it was also engraved. I immediately heard exclamations of excitement on the phone, and he told me that he could see a figure or image.”