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2 Kings 20 – Hezekiah and the Babylonian Envoys
As is sometimes the case with the scriptures, part of chapter 20 occurs chronologically before chapter 19. This chapter starts in verses 1-19 at about 713 BC – about twelve years before Sennacherib’s...
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2 Kings 25 – Fall and Captivity of Judah
The events of this chapter are recounted in Jeremiah 52, as God’s judgment on Judah comes to pass. Nebuchadnezzar and his army besieged Jerusalem for two years. There was severe famine, and no food...
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Daniel 1 – Daniel Taken to Babylon
The Book of Daniel begins in 605 BC, at the beginning of the Babylonian exile. This was the first deportation, before Jerusalem was burned and the Temple destroyed. Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and...
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Daniel 2 – Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream is troubling him, and so he seeks the usual counsel of wise men to interpret it. In the ancient cultures, a king’s dream was important to him for knowing what he might have to...
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Ezra 1 – The Proclamation of Cyrus
Cyrus Cylinder. Terracotta, Babylonian, ca. 539-530 BC. From Babylon, southern Iraq. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Ezra begins in 539 BC with the proclamation of Cyrus. This was prophesied hundreds of...
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Book of Lamentations (Major Prophets – Part 1)
In the Hebrew Bible, Lamentations is called Ekah (Hebrew for “how”), after the first word in the book, which has been referred to as either a groan or a cry of grief – therefore, a lament. The word...
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Book of Ezra – Rebuilding the Temple
English: The Jews Return to Jerusalem in the Time of Cyrus; as in Ezra 1:1-11; illustration from a Bible card published by the Providence Lithograph Company (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Book of Ezra...
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Major Prophets (part 3) Book of Jeremiah
Prophet Jeremiah, Russian icon from first quarter of 18th cen. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Book of Jeremiah is one of the books of the “major prophets,” which are so called not because they are more...
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