Habakuk
BIOGRAPHY OF PROPHET HABAKKUK
The prophet Habakkuk lived at the time of the exile of King Jechoniah, eleven years before the destruction of the First Beth Hamikdosh in the year 3328 (after creation). He succeeded Nahum in the line of prophecy in the year 3254 and became a link in "the chain of tradition" which reaches back to Moshe Rabbenu.
Habakkuk's main prophecy was directed against the kingdoms of Babylon, Persia and Media, which were later to grow into world powers, conquering the Land of Israel and the rest of the ancient world.
Habakkuk owned several estates which he had inherited in the Land of Israel, where he remained even after the Exile.
One evening, when the laborers had finished their work in the fields and were gathered for their evening meal, G-d's word came to the prophet instructing him to take some food from the meal and carry it to Daniel, who had been cast into a lion's den in Babylon.
Habakkuk wondered how he could possibly take of this meal and transport it to Daniel, who was hundreds of miles away in Babylon. But at that very moment an angel lifted up Habakkuk by the hair of his head and, an instant later, had carried him into the lions' den where Daniel was confined.
While the hungry, savage lions prowled about their den round and round the two prophets, yet without touching them, Habakkuk and Daniel sat down together to feast in comfort of the food brought by Habakkuk. Together they praised G-d for the wonderful miracles He had shown them. At this meal Daniel related to his visitor about his life in the royal palace of Babylon and of the events that had led to his being thrown among the lions.
"When Darius, king of Media," began Daniel, "appointed me as his adviser, a post in which I had served the Babylonian kings before him, the other courtiers in the palace were filled with envy, jealous that the king had promoted me and given me so much power and honor, and more so because he showed so much respect for my religion. They
The prophet Habakkuk lived at the time of the exile of King Jechoniah, eleven years before the destruction of the First Beth Hamikdosh in the year 3328 (after creation). He succeeded Nahum in the line of prophecy in the year 3254 and became a link in "the chain of tradition" which reaches back to Moshe Rabbenu.
Habakkuk's main prophecy was directed against the kingdoms of Babylon, Persia and Media, which were later to grow into world powers, conquering the Land of Israel and the rest of the ancient world.
Habakkuk owned several estates which he had inherited in the Land of Israel, where he remained even after the Exile.
One evening, when the laborers had finished their work in the fields and were gathered for their evening meal, G-d's word came to the prophet instructing him to take some food from the meal and carry it to Daniel, who had been cast into a lion's den in Babylon.
Habakkuk wondered how he could possibly take of this meal and transport it to Daniel, who was hundreds of miles away in Babylon. But at that very moment an angel lifted up Habakkuk by the hair of his head and, an instant later, had carried him into the lions' den where Daniel was confined.
While the hungry, savage lions prowled about their den round and round the two prophets, yet without touching them, Habakkuk and Daniel sat down together to feast in comfort of the food brought by Habakkuk. Together they praised G-d for the wonderful miracles He had shown them. At this meal Daniel related to his visitor about his life in the royal palace of Babylon and of the events that had led to his being thrown among the lions.
"When Darius, king of Media," began Daniel, "appointed me as his adviser, a post in which I had served the Babylonian kings before him, the other courtiers in the palace were filled with envy, jealous that the king had promoted me and given me so much power and honor, and more so because he showed so much respect for my religion. They