Dan [DÔöÇ├ón] –he that judges. The fifth son of Jacob, and first of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid. Dan was the full brother of Naphtali and founder of a tribal family (Gen. 30:6Exod. 31:6). The name Dan also describes the most northern city of Canaan. "Dan even to Beersheba" (2 Sam. 24:15). The Man Whose Name is […]
“Why is it important to study the various characters in the Bible?”……The Bible is filled with characters, literally and figuratively. Perhaps the best way to describe how the Bible portrays its characters is “human” because they are, in fact, human. The Bible is true and the people that inhabit its pages were real people with […]
David[DÔöÇ├╝’vid]…–beloved.…The youngest son of the eight sons of Jesse the Bethlehemite, the second and greatest of Israel's kings, the eloquent poet and one of the most prominent figures in the history of the world (Ruth 4:17, 221 Sam. 16:13). The Man After God's Own Heart Volumes have been written on the trials and triumphs of […]
“Does the Bible record the death of the apostles? How did each of the apostles die?”……The only apostle whose death the Bible records is James (Acts 12:2). King Herod had James "put to death with the sword," likely a reference to beheading. The circumstances of the deaths of the other apostles are related through church […]
Balak, Balac [BÔöÇ├╝’lÔöÇ├ók,BÔöÇ├╝’lÔöÇ├óc]……waster, emptying or destroys. …The King of Moab, and son of Zipper who hired Balaam to curse Israel when, toward the end of their wilderness journeyings they were in Balak's territory (Num. 222324Judg. 11:25Micah 6:5). Like Balaam, Balak also lives to the end of the Bible. Balac is the Greek form of Balak […]
Balaam [BÔöÇ├╝’laam] a pilgrim, consumer or lord of the people. diviner, son of Beor and resident of the town of Pethor…Num. 22; Num. 23; Num. 24; …Deut. 23:4…These nations did not welcome you with food and water when you came out of Egypt. Instead, they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in distant Aram-naharaim […]
Belshazzar[BÔöÇ├▓lshÔöÇ├óz’zar] bel protect the king or the lord's leader. …The son of Nebuchadnezzar and last of the kings of Babylon …Daniel 5…Daniel 7:1…Earlier, during the first year of King Belshazzar's reign in Babylon,(The first year of Belshazzar's reign (who was co-regent with his father, Nabonidus) was 556 b.c. (or perhaps as late as 553 b.c.). […]