Jonah tries to sail to Tarshish, in the opposite direction from Nineveh, as if by doing that he could escape from the Lord , when the Lord is the one who knows ...

Occupying about 1800 acres, it was located on the east bank of the Tigris River across from the modern city of Mosul, Iraq. The site includes two tels, Nebi ...

NETBible. Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run ...

The story opens with God commissioning His prophet and Jonah rebelling against His will. 1:1 The book and verse open with a conjunction (Heb. wa, ...

1 An exhortation to constant faith, patience, and godliness. 22 A commendation of the new testament above the old. 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed ...

1 Abishag cherishes David in his extreme age. 5 Adonijah, David's darling, usurps the kingdom. 11 By the council of Nathan,. 15 Bath-sheba moves the king,. 22 ...

The name Christ is the rough equivalent of the Hebrew "Messiah"or "Anointed One."In the Old Testament it refers generally to people anointed for a special ...

The book has to be studied in conjunction with the other books of the Pentateuch. It builds on the promises made to Abraham in Genesis and the redemption from ...

... run-off from the Samaritan hills. ... ” The lamed of topic is attested in Hebrew (e.g., 1 ... Just as the Book of Proverbs contains proverbs composed by Solomon (10 ...