Yahweh
Yahweh was the deity of early Israelites and was a precursor to the God of today. Yahwism emerged during Iron I due to contact with Midianite traditions. However, a Late Bronze Age text mentions a...
View ArticleJudean king Hezekiah
Hezekiah ruled Judah in the late 8th century BC. 1 Now in the third year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, became king of Judah. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he...
View ArticleJudean king Josiah
16 “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on its inhabitants, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read. 17 Because they have forsaken me, and have...
View ArticleJudean king Jehoiachin
Jehoiachin (aka Jeconiah) (598/597 BC) surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem (2 Kings 24:8). Jehoiachin's reign was ended after just 3 months when he was deported to...
View ArticleJudean king Manesseh
Judean king Manasseh ruled from 698-642 BC, beginning his reign when he was only 12 years old. Migrants from the destroyed Northern Kingdom had brought their Canaanite characteristics into the...
View ArticleArk of the Covenant
The Ark of the Covenant is a hierophany, the manifestation of God as king that represents his presence in the tabernacle. It may be a footstool, and is later actually referred to as the footstool of...
View ArticleLMLK seal
The lmlk seal denoted a jar belonged to the king and jars bearing lmlk seals have been found throughout Judah (although primarily at Lachish and Judah). Judean "royal stamp" storage jars date to the...
View ArticlePillared house
Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars. Proverbs 9:1 The pillared house is representative of private houses in Ancient Israel and Judah from about 1200 to 586 BC. They have been...
View ArticleAncient Israelite households
Education, work and leisure were concentrated in and around the household. According to the Bible, the ideal family in Ancient Israel was large and patriarchical. The extended family or beit 'av...
View ArticleAncient Israelite palaces
Ashlar masonry, palm capitals, ivory inlays, and the biblical record all confirm that public architecture and decorative art of Israel belonged to the Syro-Phoenician tradition. [Woe to] him who says,...
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