History of ancient Israel and Judah

Earth is no longer the creation that God intended it to be, so with plans of destroying mankind; he gave one man the responsibility of all life on Earth, as God prepared to send great floods to wipe out all the evil that had built up. As with many ancient texts it is difficult to know the exact heritage and author of even the most famous pieces, as well as determine the credibility of the source. For the Hebrew people, determining the credibility of their early texts and existence is often hard…

biblical sources used will be 1 & 2 Kings. NIVAC (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996) and The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopaedia of the Bible. An artist impression of King Ahab BIBLICA TEXT Ahab the son of Omri ascended to the throne of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of King Asa of Judah (1 Kings 16:29) a Ahab reigned over the northern Kingdom for twenty-two years with his capital in Samaria. He married Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians…

childhood, God was preparing Moses to lead His children, the Israelites, into the Promised Land. In about 1250 BCE, the leader Moses rallied the Hebrews and led them on the Exodus from Egypt, which was one of the most significant events of Jewish history. Moses molded his people under a set of ethical and societal laws, which they believed were received from God. These laws are now known as The Ten Commandments (Matthews et al., 2014). All crimes were seen as sins and all sins as crimes. Human…

After reaching the summit of its greatness during the reigns of David and Solomon in X b.C, the ancient kingdom of Israel was increasingly more vulnerable to the will of its powerful neighbors and internal struggles. Divided its royal lineage in two main branches, north and south, the Assyrians took advantage of the situation to conquer the northern kingdom. The South with capital in Jerusalem, tried to maintain their independence making strongholds between Egypt and Babylon, the latter, at the…

envisaged, but the settlement was partial (Wenham 1971:144). The next part of the narrative explained how the conquered land was allocated amongst the twelve tribes of Israel. This was followed by the creation of cities of refuge and the allocation of Levitical cities. Finally, the Book concluded with Joshua’s farewell exhortation to Israel at Shechem. 1. Allocation of the Land (Joshua 13-19) With the completion of the military campaigns, Joshua set himself to the task of allocating the land…

Kindred People-Kindred Minds The contemporary American Christian may profess to have a thorough understanding of the nature of Christianity. Yet he may have, at best, only a vague awareness of the ancient Jewish roots to which Christianity is bound. To add to his confusion, much of the text contained in the sermons delivered from many pulpits is only loosely based on academic study and may contain a great deal of emotionally charged rhetoric. This combination of lack of understanding on the…

Question 1: What did I learn about the nature and activity of God? In Isaiah 1:18-20 God sees the sins of the people of Israel and they are scarlet colour, but He promises to make them white as snow I 'd the will only obey Him. He will even feed them. However God tells Israel if they don 't listen to Him, they will be devoured by their enemies. God was revealing the need for Israel to rely upon Him. He was demonstrating that they need to depend on Him or be vanquished by their enemies. Many…

in the form of Eretz Israel, or the Land of Israel. Having seen the effects of being spread out and divided, they desired to come together, and with help brought the nation of Israel…

these abundant labor force and expensive materials used in the construction of the temple not only show King Solomon’s loyalty and respect to Lord, but also demonstrate the prosperity and wealth of his kingdom, thus enhanced the kingdom’s position in ancient Near…

The story of Joshua conquering Jericho, and Samson’s bringing about of Israel’s deliverance from the Philistines, depict the decline of Israel from faultless success and obedience. The episode “Homeland” of History Channel’s The Bible tells the astonishing story of Joshua and Samson, who are given divine power and mercy through the Lord to secure the Promise Land. Both Joshua and Samson receive a calling from the Lord through a messenger to secure the land because through the Lord both men are…