Herod[HÔö£Ôòùr’od]…–son of the hero or the glory of the skin. Space forbids a detailed account of the genealogical table of the family of Herod. From Antipater, Governor of Idumaea, there were many branches. Elaborating on the history of the Herods, Henry S. Nash in his Hastings Dictionary article says that they brought into history a […]
Habakkuk [HÔöÇ├╝bÔöÇ├ók’kuk]-love's embrace or he that embraces. The eighth of the Minor Prophets whose background, birthplace and age are unrecorded (Hab. 1:13:1). The Man Who Caressed the People Although he is not much more than a mere name to us, we know that Habakkuk was a prophet of Judah and of the tribe of Levi […]
“What should we learn from the life of Hannah?”……Hannah was one of two wives of a man named Elkanah who lived "in the hill country of Ephraim" near Shiloh. The other wife of Elkanah, Peninnah, had children, but Hannah had no child. Because of this, Hannah was very grieved. She desperately desired a child but […]
Ham[HÔöÇ├óm] hot or dark, colored, swarthy. The youngest son of Noah and father of Canaan and founder of many peoples (Gen. 5:326:107:139:18, 22Ps. 78:51). The Man Whose Sin Brought a Curse In consequence of the improper conduct of Ham when Noah was drunk, the heart of his father was set against him. Without doubt, Ham's […]
Hosea, Oshea, Osee, Hoshea [HÔö╝├¼zÔöÇ├┤’ÔöÇ├ó, Ôö╝├« shÔöÇ├┤’ÔöÇ├ó, HÔö╝├¼shÔöÇ├┤’ÔöÇ├ó]-jehovah is help or salvation. 1. The son of Beeri and first of the so-called Minor Prophets (Hosea 1:1). Hosea His name means: “Yahweh Has Delivered” His work: Hosea was a prophet in Israel. Like other prophets, his charge was to call the people to repentance. However, he […]
Ichabod [ÔöÇ┬╝’chabÔö╝├àd] THE GLORY IS NOT, WHERE IS THE GLORY or INGLORIOUS. The posthumous son of Phinehas and grandson of Eli. His name commemorated a tragic crisis in Israel's history, namely, the great slaughter of the people, including Hophni and Phinehas, and the capture of the Ark by the Philistines. Such terrible calamity resulted in […]
“What should we learn from the tribe of Issachar?”……Answer: Each of the twelve sons of Israel received a blessing from his father, Jacob, just before Jacob's death. The twelve sons were the progenitors of the twelve tribes of Israel, and Jacob's blessings contained prophetic information about the future of each tribe. In the case of […]