fear. This fear would escalate when I heard a messenger for the king of Assyria‚ as stated in Isaiah 36‚ mocking God‚ insulting His power and doubting His saving grace on Jerusalem. He goes on to try and convice us‚ the people of Jerusalem‚ that Hezekiah is not trustworthy‚ and that we will not find help in Egypt because they are not reliable. Finally‚ knowing the path of destruction that Assyria has already created‚ and their hunger for more‚ in addition to the messenger’s statement that
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The king of Assyria Sennacherib’s primary tactic was defeating the different cities or countries one by one‚ or accepting tribute from the different kings to avoid conflict. Sennacherib accepted being paid tribute in money or goods‚ and through sources insists that the kings should pay tribute instead of trying to fight the Assyrian army. The Assyrian army’s failure was due to an unknown disease possibly plague. This disease caused them to retreat before attempting to take Jerusalem ultimately making
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of Abijah‚ and Abijah the father of Asaph‚* 8and Asaph* the father of Jehoshaphat‚ and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram‚ and Joram the father of Uzziah‚ 9and Uzziah the father of Jotham‚ and Jotham the father of Ahaz‚ and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah‚ 10and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh‚ and Manasseh the father of Amos‚* and Amos* the father of Josiah‚ 11and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers‚ at the time of the deportation to Babylon. 12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah
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in 697 BC. Manasseh was in that point 12 years old boy‚ and he was co-regent with his father Hezekiah. Manasseh sole-reign began in 686 BC and ended with his death in 642 BC . Manasseh ruled for quite a while‚ and during his reign he systematically paganized the society‚ he did everything that was in his power to destroy God’s system of values. Thereby he also destroyed the legacy of his father Hezekiah‚ because he did not follow his example. We should keep in mind the fact that Manasseh was
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C.‚ which makes him a contemporary of Jeremiah. The unusual thing about Zephaniah is his ancestry. He is of the royal line of Judah‚ and more specifically of the house of David. His great-great grandfather was Hezekiah‚ one of Judah’s most righteous kings. James says‚ however‚ when Hezekiah died‚ it was Zephaniah’s great uncle‚ Manasseh‚ and not his great grandfather‚ Amariah‚ who took over the throne‚ (39). Manasseh became the most corrupt king of Judah’s history; reversing all the accomplishments
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115 prevalent view‚ some critical scholars propose a different historical setting for chapter 40 and following. K. Baltzer argues for a later date of Isaiah 40-55‚ the period of Nehemiah (between 450 and 400 B.C.) by observing the parallels between chapters 40-55 and the book of Nehemiah.93 Watts allocates Isaiah 40-55 into several different historical contexts: 40:1- 44:23 (550-539 B.C.)‚ 44:24-48:22 (539-522 B.C.)‚ 49:1-52:12 (522-486 B.C.)‚ 52:13-57:21 (485-465 B.C.).94 The lack of explicit markers
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American minister‚ educator‚ scholar‚ and social activist. Mays was born on August 1st‚ 1894 in a rural area outside Ninety-Six‚ South Carolina. He was the youngest of eight children born to the tenant farmers and former slaves‚ Louvenia Carter and Hezekiah Mays. An ongoing occurrence in Mays’s boyhood and early adulthood was his dedication for education against overwhelming odds. As Mays’s grew older‚ and after stumbling quite a bit‚ he gained acceptance to Bates College in Maine. After completing
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Essay 1 When reading the book‚ “Who wrote the Bible”‚ by Richard Friedman‚ Friedman presents a strong case for the Documentary Hypothesis as it relates to the first five books of the Old Testament‚ also known as the Pentateuch or the Torah. This hypothesis proposes that the Torah was derived from originally independent‚ parallel and complete narratives‚ which were subsequently combined into the current form by a series of redactors‚ or editors. These four sources came to be known as the Yahwist
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2. Describe the military campaigns of Sennacherib Sennacherib was a prominent king within the Sargonid period that ruled Assyria when it was at its peak. Unlike his predecessors‚ Sennacherib’s reign was largely marked by military campaigns however he did have nine prominent military campaigns which were documented in his famous ‘Palace without Rival’ which will be elaborated on throughout this response. The first military campaign of Sennacherib was to the south in 703 BCE. This was caused
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most of you all know King Solomon was known for his great writings‚ wealth‚ and most of all‚ wisdom. Solomon is the son of King David and Bathsheba. During his reign (971 B.C.- 931 B.C.)‚ King Solomon began to write down his wise sayings. Now King Hezekiah is in power and his men have compiled all of Solomon’s proverbs into a final book. The book also includes several of King Lemuel and Argur’s writings as well. King Solomon’s new book is named the Book of Proverbs. According to dictionary.com‚ a proverb
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