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2 Kings 11: Lessons from Jehosheba, Jehoiada and Joash on Protecting Yourself from Satan’s Attacks. Introduction: Following God’s eradication of state-sanctioned Baal worship in Northern Israel, 2 Kings 11 tells how God eradicated state-sanctioned Baal worship in Judah. Queen Athaliah was so determined to maintain her influence and Baal ...
- Woman’S Place in The Shabbat Law
- Rahab and The Walls of Jericho
- The Great Woman of Shunem and The Prophet Elisha
- Why Kill A Queen on Shabbat?
- Reading Shabbat in The Stories of Three Women
The projected audience of the Decalogue consists of men. As noted by Athalya Brenner-Idan in her “The Decalogue: Are Female Readers Included?” (TheTorah2016), the pronouns are all masculine, and when women are mentioned, it is in relation to the male audience “honor your mother,” “do not covet your fellow’s wife,” etc. This is true of the Shabbat l...
The conquest of Canaan, as recounted in the book of Joshua, begins with Jericho. Before the Israelites mount their attack, Joshua sends two spies into the city, and they find themselves in the house of Rahab, a local prostitute. Soon thereafter, the king’s men come looking for the spies that they know have entered the city. Rahab does not turn them...
The book of Kings describes the אִשָּׁה גְדוֹלָה “important woman” of Shunem, who supported the prophet Elisha (2 Kgs 4:8–37); she too is connected to Shabbat. The story begins with her offering Elisha meals, but she soon convinces her husband that they should build a room on the roof, where Elisha can stay whenever he visits. The woman’s kindness ...
Another Shabbat-related story features a female antagonist. After Ahaziah, king of Judah, is assassinated in Jehu’s coup (2 Kgs 9:27–28),his mother Athaliah kills all competitors and takes the throne herself: Athaliah, the daughter of the recently deposed northern dynasty of Omri, wishes to depose the Davidic southern dynasty.However, she has misse...
The Shabbat Commandment is central to Jewish identity, and yet women play only a secondary role, if that, in its iteration in the Decalogue. Yet several of the Bible’s stories, which engage crafty and decidedly exceptional women, can be read with their relevance to Shabbat in mind, since in each narrative the number "seven" and the Shabbat play a c...
Satan will always seek to use people like Athaliah to attack you and place you under his bondage. Through this account, God reveals seven lessons for protecting yourself from Satan’s attacks. These include: (1) fellowship, (2) faithfulness, (3) sanctification, (4) repentance, (5) purity, (6) accountability, and (7) gratitude.
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Aug 22, 2019 · The genealogy of the tribe of Manasseh appears in Numbers 26 and again in Joshua 17 with slight differences. It appears a third time, in 1 Chronicles 7, wholly reconceived. This highlights how certain biblical genealogies represent tribal kinship patterns that shift over time. | Prof. Aaron Demsky.
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Jan 15, 2013 · Especially noteworthy is the statement: “Be courageous and strong. . . . Jehovah your God is with you.”. Those words of Joshua 1:9 have been chosen as the yeartext for 2013. They will surely strengthen us in the months ahead, as will the words and actions of other examples of faith and courage.
