Miscellaneous

Second Kings chapter four records the story of Elisha and the Shunammite woman. The woman is described as a rich, married, and of high rank in the village of Shunem.…

The Feast of Unleavened Bread is the first feast (Nissan) in the year. The festival in itself covers seven days with the first and the last days being high Sabbaths…

The Passover was instituted in memory of Israel’s deliverance from Egyptian bondage under the leadership of Moses in 1300 BCE (Ex. 12:14, 27). God helped the Israelites flee from Egypt by exacting ten plagues…

A burnt offering was the slaying of an animal to draw closer to God. The word offering is from the Hebrew word “qorban” which means “to draw near” or “to…

Paul made three missionary journeys to preach the gospel of Christ to Asia Minor and Europe. In addition, he made a fourth journey to Rome. The following is a chronicle…

The scriptures tell us of two persons by the name Mephibosheth. The first person was the Son of King Saul who was given to the Gibeonites to die because of…

Before the capture of Jericho, God commanded that “The city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein” (Joshua 6:18). Jericho was to be under a ban, and…

The feast of dedication is mentioned in the New Testament in the gospel of John ch. 10:22. In rabbinical literature the feast is called Hanukkah, meaning “dedication.” This feast was…

The Song of Moses is a poem that is recorded in Deuteronomy 32:1–43 in the Old Testament. Most Bible scholars believe it was written between the tenth and eighth centuries…

The answer to the question: “how long did the conquest of Canaan last” is found in Joshua 11:18; 14:7, 10, 11; 23:1; 24:29. Joshua 11:18 simply reads, “Joshua made war…