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195) God and Samuel / Samuel and God - Then Samuel prays for Israel! - And Samuel becomes a judge over Israel! When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the Israelites heard of it, they were...

195) As was common in the Middle East in that period, the Saite kings used foreigners as mercenaries to prevent foreign invasions. An element within Egyptian culture, however, resisted any influence of the resident foreigners and gave rise to a nationalism that provided psychological security...

195) Looking for Job Job 24 The poor forage for food like wild donkeys in the wilderness; They seek food in the desert for their children. They must harvest in another’s field And glean from the vineyard of the wicked. - Job is in trouble so he can see injustice! - When he was fine...

Who were the Ammonites? Ammonite | Fossil, Cephalopod, Mollusk Ammonite, any member of an ancient Semitic people whose principal city was Rabbath Ammon, in Palestine. The “sons of Ammon” were in perennial, though sporadic, conflict with the Israelites. After a long period of seminomadic...

Who were the Moabites? Moabite | Ancient Semitic People, History & Culture Moabite, member of a West-Semitic people who lived in the highlands east of the Dead Sea (now in west-central Jordan) and flourished in the 9th century bc. They are known principally through information given in the Old...

14) About women in the Bible Genesis Chapter 19: 30-38 - Lot lives with his two daughters in a mountainous region! - His two daughters want to give their father descendants! - Thus they make him drink and have sex with him - Finally, they get pregnant! - Their children became fathers of...

77) Cold or Hot Anger? Judges 21:25 In those הָהֵ֔ם (hā·hêm) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They days בַּיָּמִ֣ים (bay·yā·mîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3117: A day there was no אֵ֥ין (’ên) Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a...

Exodus Exodus 3:1 = God (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Exodus 3:2 = The LORD (Yah.weh) Exodus 3:4 = The LORD (Yah.weh) / God (Elohim) Exodus 3:6 = The God (’ĕ·lō·hê) / The God (’ĕ·lō·hê) / The God (’ĕ·lō·hê) / The God (wê·lō·hê) / God (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Exodus 3:7 = The LORD (Yah.weh) Exodus 3:11 = God...

Paul's third missionary journey 47 - Epistle to the Romans Paul writes his epistle to the Romans to prepare for his meeting with a Church he does not know. Before his departure for Jerusalem, in the year 57, Paul wrote his epistle to the Romans, a sort of “calling card” to prepare for his...

133) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL Ezekiel 7:20 His beautiful וּצְבִ֤י (ū·ṣə·ḇî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6643: Splendor, a gazelle ornaments עֶדְיוֹ֙ (‘eḏ·yōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5716: Finery, an outfit...

132) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL Ezekiel 7:19 They will throw יַשְׁלִ֗יכוּ (yaš·lî·ḵū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7993: To throw out, down, away their silver כַּסְפָּ֞ם (kas·pām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3701...

153) Looking for Isaiah Isaiah 8:16 Bind up צ֖וֹר (ṣō·wr) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 6887: To bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or cramped the testimony תְּעוּדָ֑ה (tə·‘ū·ḏāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8584: Attestation, a precept, usage...

173) Looking for Jeremiah Jeremiah 6:22 This is what כֹּ֚ה (kōh) Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel says: אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect -...

Nehemiah 7:23 the descendants בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son of Bezai, בֵצָ֔י (ḇê·ṣāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1209: Bezai -- an Israelite name 324; שְׁלֹ֥שׁ (šə·lōš) Number - feminine singular construct Strong's 7969: Three, third...

Ezra 9:13 After וְאַֽחֲרֵי֙ (wə·’a·ḥă·rê) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 310: The hind or following part all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every that has come הַבָּ֣א (hab·bā) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine...

194) God and Samuel / Samuel and God A long time elapsed, 20 years in all, from the day of the Ark’s coming to Kiriath-jearim, and all the house of Israel began to seek after God. Samuel then said to all the house of Israel: “If you are returning to God with all your heart, put away the...

194) The 24th and 25th dynasties Meanwhile, the eastern capital in the Nile River delta, Tanis, lost its importance to Sais in the western delta. A Libyan prince of Sais, Tefnakhte, attempting to gain control over all Egypt, proceeded southward to Heracleopolis after acquiring Memphis. This...

194) Looking for Job Job 24 People move boundary markers; They carry off flocks for their own pasture. They drive away the donkey of fatherless children And seize the widow’s bull as security for a loan. They force the poor off the road; The helpless of the earth must hide from them. -...

131) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL Ezekiel 7:18 They will put on וְחָגְר֣וּ (wə·ḥā·ḡə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2296: To gird, gird on, gird oneself sackcloth, שַׂקִּ֔ים (śaq·qîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8242: A mesh, coarse...

152) Looking for Isaiah Isaiah 8:15 Many רַבִּ֑ים (rab·bîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7227: Much, many, great will stumble over these; וְכָ֥שְׁלוּ (wə·ḵā·šə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3782: To totter, waver...