... that Ahab and his wife Jezebel were the most evil king among all king of Israel who brought worship of Baal to new height of Israel and also built the altar for Asherah pole (1 Kings 16:31-33). According to author of Kings "Ahab did more evil to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the ... -39). Later, he announced the death of Jeroboam's son (14:4-16). Shemaiah directed Rehoboam not to fight against Jeroboam (12:21-24). An unnamed prophet announced the destiny of Jeroboam's altar (13:1-10). Unnamed prophet rebuked Ahab for allowing BenHadad to escape (20:35-43). Micaia...

• Word Count: 2491
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... that Ahab and his wife Jezebel were the most evil king among all king of Israel who brought worship of Baal to new height of Israel and also built the altar for Asherah pole (1 Kings 16:31-33). According to author of Kings "Ahab did more evil to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the ... -39). Later, he announced the death of Jeroboam's son (14:4-16). Shemaiah directed Rehoboam not to fight against Jeroboam (12:21-24). An unnamed prophet announced the destiny of Jeroboam's altar (13:1-10). Unnamed prophet rebuked Ahab for allowing BenHadad to escape (20:35-43). Micaia...

• Word Count: 2491
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... to make sure Judaism was not being practiced. One day when the Syrian officials arrived in a Jewish town where Mattityahu, an old respected Jewish priest lived, A Syrian officer built an altar in the marketplace of the village and demanded that Mattityahu offer sacrifices to the Greek gods. Mattityahu replied, "I, my sons and my brothers are determined to remain loyal to the ... covenant which our God made with our ancestors!" Right after that, a Hellenistic Jew approached the altar to offer a sacrifice. Mattityahu grabbed his sword and killed him, and his sons and friends attacked the ...

• Word Count: 2310
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... into something that would allow them to practice Judaism in a new land. The Pharisees said that all of the men of the house were priests and the table was the altar. This was the transition from the written torah to the oral tradition. This new priestly tradition established rules that focused on acts of mercy and justice. Rabbinic Judaism emerged between ... ...

• Word Count: 591
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... mentioned anywhere in the Bible? This is a possibility. The prophet Isaiah may be talking about the Great Pyramid in Isaiah 19:19-20, "In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the heart of Egypt, and a monument to the Lord at its border. It will be a sign and witness to the Lord Almighty in the land of ... ...

• Word Count: 1725
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... be surely put to death.? Further in verse 14, we read:Only if one man willfully attacks another, to murder him craftily, you must take that man from my very altar and put him to death.? Capital punishment was decreed and enforced! Obviously, the death penalty for capital offenses was not consideredcruel or unusual punishment? by the early writers of the ... ...

• Word Count: 881
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... store for Israel if the nation returns to the Lord in wholehearted repentance and reformation, and accepts her divinely appointed role. In Amos 9 verse 1 "I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them ... ...

• Word Count: 1376
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School