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117) Geographical locations in the book of Daniel Daniel 1: - Kingdom of Judah: Spiritual Dimension While the above summary of the history of Judah deals with the military and political vicissitudes of its course, the biblical account presents a story in which Judah's rise and fall relates...

117) Looking for Job Job 12 He makes nations grow great in order to destroy them; He enlarges nations, that he may lead them into exile. - We have good examples in the Bible! - But they opposed God! - Especially Israel which was special to God because of Abraham! - And it revealed...

9) The City Walls Today In the 16th century, Suleiman decided to rebuild the city walls on much of the remains of the ancient walls that already existed. However, much of the southern part of the city walls were omitted in the new construction. They were completed in 1538 and are the walls...

8) Agrippa I Wall Addition According to the Jewish historian Josephus, King Agrippa I (41–44 AD) began the construction of a third city wall of Jerusalem to protect a new quarter that grew north beyond the first and second city walls. Agrippa stopped work on the wall after only laying the...

7) King Herod Addition ~ Jerusalem of Jesus’ Day In 19 BC, the master-builder, King Herod the Great, began his life's most ambitious building project. He undertook the rebuilding of the temple and the Temple Mount on a massive scale. He took the expansion of the Hasmonean Temple Mount and...

6) Hasmonean Wall Addition The Jews gained their independence from the Seleucid Empire in 164 BC, led by the Maccabees and Hasmoneans. During this time, known as the Hasmonean period (164–63 BC), Jerusalem was rebuilt along with its walls. It was built to dimensions similar to King...

5) Nehemiah Rebuilds the Walls When the Babylonians conquered and destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC, they also destroyed the walls and burned the gates with fire. However, God sovereignly moved in the heart of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, to allow Nehemiah to rebuild the walls. Under his...

4) Hezekiah’s Broad Wall Expansion of the Western Hill In 701 BC, the Assyrians, headed by Sennacherib invaded Judah, the Southern Kingdom of Israel, because of their disobedience to God. According to an Assyrian stele found in the ruins of the royal palace of Nineveh, Sennacherib conquered...

3) Solomon Added to the Walls of the City After David died, Solomon built the Temple Mount Platform on Mt. Moriah upon the threshing floor of Araunah. Then he erected the temple upon it and added walls from the City of David to encompass the Temple Mount and temple.

2) David Conquered the Jebusite City and Enlarged the City Walls God was with David and allowed him to capture Jerusalem from the Jebusites. Later, he built stronger and additional walls to fortify the city, and it would become known as the City of David. 2 Samuel 5:6–10: And the king and...

1) History of the Walls & Gates of Jerusalem: Maps, Videos | HolyLandSite.com History of the Walls of Jerusalem The First Walls Were Built by the Canaanites Long before the Israelites entered the Promised Land, the Jebusites lived securely within the walls of Jerusalem. The city was...

Nehemiah 4:2 before לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face his associates אֶחָ֗יו (’e·ḥāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 251: A brother, ) and the army וְחֵיל֙ (wə·ḥêl) Conjunctive waw | Noun -...

Ezra 6:15 And this דְנָ֔ה (ḏə·nāh) Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 1836: This temple בַּיְתָ֣ה (bay·ṯāh) Noun - masculine singular determinate Strong's 1005: A house was completed וְשֵׁיצִיא֙ (wə·šê·ṣî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine...

116) 1) We can also see the books of Samuel as a warning for us! - In Chapter I, Samuel’s father has two wives! - God says one man and one woman! - Man has always done his best to do it his own way opposing God in everything! - And in everything we can see that man fails! - Man has...

116) Geographical locations in the book of Daniel Daniel 1: - Kingdom of Judah: Josiah's Star Rises and Falls In the early years of King Josiah (641/640 B.C.E.), the priestly party regained the upper hand. The young king accepted as valid the newly discovered "Book of the Law" of Moses (2...

116) Looking for Job Job 12 He reveals deep things from the darkness, And he brings deep darkness into the light; - God is definitely the source of knowledge, the creator of everything! - We can check that every day if we open our eyes and ears to look at and listen to nature! - We can...

Nehemiah 4:1 Now וַיְהִ֞י (yə·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be when כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how...

Nehemiah 3:32 And between וּבֵ֨ין (ū·ḇên) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 996: An interval, space between the upper room עֲלִיַּ֤ת (‘ă·lî·yaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 5944: Something lofty, a stair-way, a second-story room, the sky above the corner הַפִּנָּה֙...

Nehemiah 3:31 Next to him, אַחֲרָ֣יו (’a·ḥă·rāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 310: The hind or following part Malchijah, מַלְכִּיָּה֙ (mal·kî·yāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4441: Malchijah -- 'my king is Yah', the name of a number of Israelites one...

Ezra 6:14 So the Jewish יְהוּדָיֵא֙ (yə·hū·ḏā·yê) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3062: Jews -- inhabitants of Judah elders וְשָׂבֵ֤י (wə·śā·ḇê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 7868: To become aged, to grow gray built בָּנַ֣יִן (bā·na·yin) Verb - Qal -...