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• Judea
  ...Iudaea) was the name of the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of [[Israel]] (Hebrew: ארץ ישראל‎ Eretz Yisrael) from the 8th centur ...me in use in [[English]] throughout history until the Jordanian occupation of the area. Judea was sometimes used as the name for the entire region, inclu
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• Kenite
  ...ding to the [[Tanakh|Bible]], they played an important role in the history of ancient [[Israel]]. According to Petrine Sabis, Keturah was a Kenite. ...heir encampment, apart from the latter's, was noticed by [[Balaam]] [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] xxiv.21-22.)
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• 97:9 Hebrew History
  ...es] out of [[Palestine]], notwithstanding that the [[priests]]' [[record]] of these things unhesitatingly declared that they did.[https://nordan.daynal.o ...he [[Jews]] (Judahites) always sought to defame and blacken the [[record]] of the northern [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelites Israelites] (Ephraim
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• Book of Zephaniah
  ...Gentiles, the blindness of the Jews, and their conversion towards the end of the world. (For more information, see the article [https://www.newadvent.or ...mari'ah, son of Hezeki'ah, in the days of Josi'ah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
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• Book of Micah
  ...rmation, see the article [https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10278a.htm BOOK OF MICHEAS] in the Catholic Encyclopedia.)[https://www.newadvent.org/bible/mic ...o Micah of Mo'resheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezeki'ah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Sama'ria and Jerusalem.
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• Book of Joshua
  ...understand, that Moses by his law could only bring the people within sight of the promised inheritance, but that our Saviour Jesus was to bring us into i ...he death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister,
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• Book of Judges
  ...vernment of the judges, who ruled Israel before they had kings. The writer of it, according to the more general opinion, was the prophet Samuel. (For mor [1] After the death of Joshua the people of Israel inquired of the LORD,of "Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them
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• Book of Revelation
  ...of Nero. Those who are in favour of the later date appeal to the testimony of the Christian father [[Irenaeus]], who received [[information]] [[relative] [1] The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants what must soon tak
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• Book of Numbers
  ...ning of the eleventh month of the fortieth year; that is, a history almost of thirty-nine years. (For more information, see the article [https://www.newa ...f the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
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• First Book of Kings
  ...itten by one man; nor at one time; but as there was all along a succession of prophets in Israel, who recorded, by divine inspiration, the most remarkabl [3] So they sought for a beautiful maiden throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Ab'ishag the Shu'nammite, and brought her to the king.
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• Second Book of Kings
  ...itten by one man; nor at one time; but as there was all along a succession of prophets in Israel, who recorded, by divine inspiration, the most remarkabl [1] After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.
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• Book of Esdras, 1
  ...be" than as "priest": he was "a ready scribe [a scribe skilled] in the law of Moses", and therefore especially qualified for the task to which he was des ...o his Lord in Jerusalem; he killed the passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month,
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• Paper 97 - Evolution of the God Concept Among the Hebrews
  ==PAPER 97: EVOLUTION OF THE GOD CONCEPT AMONG THE HEBREWS== ...pt]] of [[Yahweh]] as a [[Father]], if not of the [[individual]], at least of the [[race]].
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• First Book of Chronicles
  ...ecause in all probability they have been abridged from those ancient words of the days, by Esdras or some other sacred writer. (For more information, see The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
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• The Letter to the Hebrews
  [1] In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets; ...n these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
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• Book of Daniel
  ...al contents in the Hebrew text. This article will deal first with the Book of Daniel as it is found in the Hebrew Bible, and next, with its deutero-canon ...third year of the reign of Jehoi'akim king of Judah, Nebuchadnez'zar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
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• Second Book of Samuel
  ...eath of Saul until the end of David's reign, being a history for the space of about forty-six years. (For more information, see the article [https://www. [1] After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amal'ekites, David remained two days in Ziklag;
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• First Book of Samuel
  ...named by the Fathers, the First and Second Book of Kings. As to the writer of them, it is the common opinion that Samuel composed the first book, as far ...ose name was Elka'nah the son of Jero'ham, son of Eli'hu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an E'phraimite.
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• Book of Jeremiah
  ...cient tradition of the Hebrews, that he was stoned to death by the remnant of the Jews who had retired into Egypt. (For more information, see the article ...iah, the son of Hilki'ah, of the priests who were in An'athoth in the land of Benjamin,
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• Book of Esther
  ...summoned, for to do so was a capital offence. But, on the earnest entreaty of her uncle, she consented to approach after three days, which with her maids [1] In the days of Ahasu-e'rus, the Ahasu-e'rus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over one hu
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