I. NAME OF THE BOOK. A. It is named after the Persian Queen of the day. B. Her name in Hebrew is Hadassah (BDB 213), which means "myrtle" (2:7; Neh.

Jul 1, 2004 · Introducing Esther. Esther is a popular book. It contains many winning story elements: a common girl who becomes queen; a dastardly villain ...

Feb 21, 2006 · 11:23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord had spoken to Moses, and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel ...

23:23-25; Num. 29:16). The Feast of Booths/Tabernacles starts on the 15th day ... books of the period written in Hebrew (cf. Hard Sayings of the Bible, pp ...

NASB, NRSV) in this book the LXX has “Artaxerxes.” The ruler mentioned in the Hebrew text is Xerxes I (ca. 486-465 b.c.), and a number of modern English ...

The Lord is Incomparable ... 23 He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing ;. he makes the earth's leaders insignificant . 24 Indeed , they are barely planted ;.

Israel (23:4-13). Finally, Joshua says he is near death, and as such, he must give them a dying man's statement. Though they have seen all the good that ...

The book is mostly Hebrew poetry (see Appendix One). B. It is difficult to ... The Shepherd of Israel (Psalm 23) returns to His land/people whom He abandoned ...

12 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak , along with the whole remnant of the people , obeyed the Lord their God .