“What should we learn from the life of Aaron?”……Aaron was born into a family of Levites during the time of Israel's enslavement in Egypt. The Israelites were considered the dregs of society among the Egyptians who used them as slaves Exodus 1:14 They made their lives bitter, forcing them to mix mortar and make bricks […]
Abihail [ÔöÇ├®bihÔöÇ├╝’il]-father of might. A Levite, father of Zuriel, the chief of the Merarites in the time of Moses (Num. 3:35). The head of a family of the tribe of Gad (1 Chron. 5:14). The father of Esther, the niece of Mordecai who became Queen of Persia in the place of Vashti (Esther 2:159:29). Abihail […]
Abiel[ÔöÇ├®bÔöÇ┬¢’el] –father of strength. Son of Zeror and father of Ner and of Kish and grandfather of Saul, Israel's first king (1 Sam. 9:114:51). One of David's heroes from Beth-arabah (1 Chron. 11:32). Called Abi-albon in 2 Sam. 23:31.
Ahilud [AhÔöÇ┬¢’lud]……a brother of one born. The father of Jehoshaphat, the recorder under David and Solomon …2 Sam. 8:16…Joab son of Zeruiah was commander of the army. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the royal historian.…2 Sam. 20:24…Adoniram was in charge of the labor force. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the royal historian.…1 Kings 4:3…Elihoreph and […]
Adonijah [ÔöÇ├®donÔöÇ┬¢’jah] –jehovah is lord. The fourth son of David and Haggith, born in Hebron (2 Sam 3:4). Adonijah was the victim of Oriental intrigue. After the death of Absalom, he became the rightful heir to the throne (1 Kings 2:15), but Bathsheba had other designs for her son Solomon who, when secure on the […]
Apollos [ÔöÇ├®pÔö╝├àl’los] a destroyer or youthful god of music. An eloquent and learned Jew born at Alexandria and deeply versed in Old Testament Scriptures (Acts 18:2419:11 Cor. 1:123:4-6, 224:616:12Titus 3:13). The Man Whose Influence Was Enriched This educated, cultured Alexandrian Jew was an orator and an efficient worker in the Church who knew only the […]
“Who was Asherah?”……Asherah, or Ashtoreth, was the name of the chief female deity worshiped in ancient Syria, Phoenicia, and Canaan. The Phoenicians called her Astarte, the Assyrians worshiped her as Ishtar, and the Philistines had a temple of Asherah (1 Samuel 31:10). Because of Israel's incomplete conquest of the land of Canaan, Asherah-worship survived and […]