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Jan 4, 2022 · King Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim and spoke out to Jeroboam and Israel about God’s covenant with David, Jeroboam’s rebellion against Rehoboam, and Jeroboam’s ridding Israel of the Levites and allowing anyone to become a priest of false gods. Abijah concluded, “God is with us; he is our leader.
A number of Biblical references appear to refer to the Gulf of Aqabah under the name yam sup. Solomon’s seaport city of Ezion-geber (Elath) situated on the Gulf is said to be on the yam sup in 1 Kings 9:26.
Apr 8, 2024 · Although the Israelites emerged victorious in this conflict, a divine curse was subsequently imposed on Amalek's descendants. Today’s article will uncover the characteristics of the Amalekites, their grave sin that caused God to want to blot them out, and what we can learn from their story.
Early Islamic remains from the Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid periods (AD 650–1100) have been discovered at Aqaba. The excavations revealed a misr, a distinctive form of Islamic city planning, that included a mosque, a governor’s residence, and houses. The misr in Aqaba was first built about AD 650.
The Gulf of Aqaba. 1. The waters of the Exodus. From comparison of Exodus 14 with 15:22, and by noting the poetic parallelism within 15:4, it is clear that the “sea” crossed by the Hebrews in ch. 14 was the yam-sup, “Sea of Reeds.”
The son of Hulagu Khan and Lady Yesünčin and the grandson of Tolui, he reigned from 1265 to 1282 and was succeeded by his brother Ahmed Tekuder. Much of Abaqa's reign was consumed with civil wars in the Mongol Empire, such as those between the Ilkhanate and the northern khanate of the Golden Horde.
Apr 21, 2019 · The Amalekites hold an exceptional place in the Old Testament. No other people are assigned a permanent place of dishonor, generation after generation. When Samuel calls for the Amalekites to be destroyed, he reminds Saul of their multiple attempts at plundering the Israelites (1 Sam. 15:2).
