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119 Bathsheba inhabits a 16th-century world in this painting by Hans Sebald (1500–1550). She may have been taking a mikveh, a ri ...
120 S olomon is one of the Bible’s most charismatic figures. His 40-year reign is widely regarded as a golden age, but it is dur ...
121 See also: The Ark and the Tabernacle 86–87 ■ David and Bathsheba 118–19 ■ The Fall of Jerusalem 128–31 ■ Rebuilding Jerusale ...
122 THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON Solomon builds the Temple, which, with pillars and courtyards, reflects the style familiar to the Phoe ...
123 Solomon’s Temple was similar to the Tabernacle but incorporated Phoenician elements such as the two columns “Jachin” and “Bo ...
124 See also: Ruth and Naomi 108–09 ■ Elijah and the Prophets of Baal 125 ■ The Suffering of Job 146–47 ■ The Good Samaritan 216 ...
125 See also: The Fall 30–35 ■ Tower of Babel 42–43 ■ The Golden Calf 84–85 T he story of the religious duel on Mount Carmel is ...
126 LET ME INHERIT A DOUBLE PORTION OF YOUR SPIRIT 2 KINGS 2:9, THE CHARIOT OF FIRE E lijah’s impressive exit from this world st ...
127 A fiery chariot carries Elijah to heaven in this 16th-century Russian icon. Although the Bible mentions horses of fire, the ...
128 SO JUDAH WENT INTO CAPTIVITY, AWAY FROM HER LAND 2 KINGS 25:21, THE FALL OF JERUSALEM I n 586 bce, after a long siege, the B ...
129 See also: Entering the Promised Land 92–93 ■ The Fall of Jericho 98–99 ■ The Wisdom of Solomon 120–23 ■ Rebuilding Jerusalem ...
130 murder of his children. The king’s own eyes are then gouged out by the Babylonians, so that the last thing he ever sees is t ...
131 explanation was that Judah, and Israel before it, had neglected their worship of God. The Lord had repeatedly warned both na ...
132 See also: Ruth and Naomi 108–09 T he story of Esther is one of only two books in the Bible that makes no reference to God (t ...
133 See also: Entering the Promised Land 96–97 ■ The Fall of Jerusalem 128–31 M ost scholars agree that Nehemiah’s existence is ...
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T wo of the most crucial, defining moments in Israelite history are the “exile,” when the Israelites were forced to leave their ...
else, while Song of Songs is joyful love poetry, replete with erotic imagery and descriptions of physical intimacy. Ecclesiastes ...
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I LACK NOTHING PSALM 23:1, THE PSALMS US_138-143_Psalms_of_David.indd 138 21/09/17 11:30 am US_138-143_ ...
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