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Hosea 10
[Bible]Hosea 10 is a prophecy that rebukes the Northern Kingdom of Israel for multiplying altars and images as its prosperity grew and for serving the calf of Bethaven. It foretells the destruction of its king and its high places. Amid this judgment it issues a call to repentance: "Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy."
Eliezer (son of Dodavah)
[People]Eliezer was a prophet in the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah and the son of Dodavah of Mareshah. He rebuked Jehoshaphat for joining with King Ahaziah of the northern kingdom of Israel to build ships, and he prophesied that the ships would be wrecked (2 Chronicles 20:37).
Jews
[Bible]The term "Jew" originally referred to a member of the tribe of Judah or of the southern kingdom of Judah. After the Babylonian exile it became a name for the people of Israel as a whole, and in the New Testament it frequently appears paired with "Gentile."
Welsh Revival
[History]The Welsh Revival was a Protestant revival movement that swept across Wales, in the United Kingdom, from 1904 to 1905. Its best-known figure was Evan Roberts, a former coal miner and lay preacher, and some 100,000 conversions were reported at the time.
Joshua 12
[Bible]Joshua 12 is a conquest list recording the two kings east of the Jordan whom Moses defeated (Sihon and Og) and the thirty-one kings west of the Jordan whom Joshua defeated.
Hosea 7
[Bible]Hosea 7 is a prophecy rebuking the Northern Kingdom of Israel (Ephraim) for its court intrigues, the successive downfall of its kings, and its diplomacy that wavered between Egypt and Assyria. It laments that although God seeks to heal them, the people do not return to Him.
Hosea 8
[Bible]Hosea 8 is a fourteen-verse prophecy that indicts the northern kingdom of Israel for setting up kings without God, worshiping the calf of Samaria, relying on Assyria, and offering merely formal sacrifices, and it pronounces judgment on the nation.
Hosea 13
[Bible]Hosea 13 is a declaration of judgment against Ephraim (the northern kingdom of Israel), which had forgotten God through idolatry and pride. It foretells the fall of Samaria. Paul quoted verse 14, "O death, I will be thy plagues," in his teaching on the resurrection.
Micaiah
[People]Micaiah, the son of Imlah, was a prophet in the time of Ahab, king of Israel. When four hundred prophets predicted victory, he alone prophesied Ahab's defeat (1 Kings 22; 2 Chronicles 18).
Maachah
[People]Maachah was the wife of Rehoboam, king of Judah, and the mother of Abijah (Abijam). During the reign of King Asa, she was removed from her position as queen mother for making an abominable image for Asherah.
Jehonadab
[People]Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, joined Jehu, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, in his campaign to eradicate Baal worship. In the Book of Jeremiah he appears as "Jonadab," who left his descendants a command to drink no wine and to dwell in tents.
Letter of Aristeas
[History]The Letter of Aristeas is an ancient Jewish writing that, presented as the work of a courtier of the Egyptian king, recounts how the Pentateuch was translated into Greek at Alexandria by seventy-two Jewish elders. It contains the story from which the name Septuagint derives.
Battle of Qarqar
[History]The Battle of Qarqar was fought in 853 BC at Qarqar, near the Orontes River in Syria, between the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III and a coalition of twelve kings that included Damascus, Hamath, and Israel. Ahab, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, is recorded as a participant.
Shethar-boznai
[People]Shethar-boznai was an official during the reign of the Persian king Darius who investigated the authority for rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem. In Ezra 5–6 his name always appears together with that of Tatnai, governor of the province Beyond the River.
Remaliah
[People]Remaliah was the father of Pekah, king of the northern kingdom of Israel. His name appears in Scripture only within the phrase "Pekah the son of Remaliah."
Sinyu Persecution
[History]The Sinyu Persecution was a large-scale suppression of Catholics carried out by the Joseon court in 1801, the first year of King Sunjo's reign, while Queen Dowager Jeongsun governed on behalf of the young king. It also had a political dimension as an effort to drive the Namin faction from power. It is also known as the Sinyu Saok.
2 Chronicles 15
[Bible]2 Chronicles 15 tells how Asa, king of Judah, heeds the exhortation of the prophet Azariah son of Oded, removes the idols, and makes a covenant with the people in Jerusalem to seek the LORD.
Amos 5:21–23
[Bible Verses]In this oracle addressed by Amos to the northern kingdom of Israel, God declares that he rejects the feasts, sacrifices, and songs of a people who have abandoned justice. The passage teaches that worship and life must be consistent, and it is frequently cited together with verse 24, which immediately follows.
Tribe of Judah
[Bible]The tribe of Judah was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, made up of the descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah. It was the central tribe of the Davidic royal house and of the southern kingdom of Judah, and the New Testament presents Jesus as a descendant of this tribe.
Imperial Cult
[History]The imperial cult was the practice in the ancient Roman Empire of honoring the emperor, living or deceased, as a god and offering sacrifices to him. Early Christians who refused to take part were persecuted.