Hilkiah[HÔöÇ┬ílkÔöÇ┬¢’ah]…Portion of jehovah or jehovah is protection. The father of Eliakim who was over Hezekiah's household (2 Kings 18:18, 26, 37Isa. 22:2036:3, 22). High priest in king Josiah's reign (2 Kings 22:4-1423:4, 24). A descendant of Merari, son of Levi (1 Chron. 6:45). A son of Hosah, descendant of Merari, and a gatekeeper at the […]
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 […]
Ishbosheth[ÔöÇ┬╝shbÔö╝├¼'sheth] a man of shame. One of Saul's younger sons who was made king over Israel by Abner. He was originally called Eshbaal, "The Lord's man" but his name was changed after Saul's departure (2 Sam. 2:8 with 1 Chron. 8:339:39). Ishbosheth contested the throne of Israel with David for seven years. Ultimately he was […]
Festus [FÔöÇ├▓s’tus]……joyful, festal, prosperous.…Porcius Festus was a Roman governor of Judea in the reign of Nero (Acts 24:272526:24, 32). The Man Who Called Paul Mad Felix, seeking to court the favor of the Jews, left Paul in prison, thinking that the Jews would compensate him for such a favor. This act was an investment in […]
Ezekiel [ÔöÇ├ÂzÔöÇ├┤kÔöÇ┬íel] god is strong or the man god strengthens.…The son of Buzi, a priest who prophesied to the exiles by the river Chebar, and fourth of "The Greater Prophets" (Ezek. 1:324:24). “What should we learn from the life of Ezekiel?”……For the first-time reader of the Bible, the book of Ezekiel is mostly a perplexing […]