Notes on Gideon and the God of Israel: Fire and Dew, Evening and Morning
The account of Gideon requiring a sign from the God who has called him to rise up as a deliverer for Israel, has…
Category: Judges
Judging Judges: The Cutting of the Concubine
I was just asked how one should deal with the story of the Levite cutting up his gang-raped concubine in Judges 19. Here…
Esther 3-4 – A Time for Action
3:1-6 – Haman…the Agagite. Whereas the last we read would have suggested that Mordecai should have been rewarded by the king, we find…
Daniel 12 – The Vision of the End
11:36-39 – The king who exalts himself. This king does have certain levels of overlap with Antiochus IV Epiphanes (and many commentators believe…
The Old Testament for Seventh Graders (in Four Weeks!) 4
Life Under the Covenant – Joshua-Malachi Story: Living in the Land (Joshua-2 Chronicles) – Israel entered the land of eternal promise, but once…
Ezekiel 24-25 – A Time To Mourn And A Time Not To Mourn
24:1-5 – The siege begins. The exact date (January 5, 587BC according to Daniel Block NICOT I:772-774) is given in order to verify…
Ezekiel 17-18 – Taking Responsibility
17:1-2 – What do “allegory” (Heb. hida “riddle”) and “parable” (Heb. mashal “proverb”) suggest for reading what follows? 17:3-4 – What effect should…
2 Kings 22-23:30 – Josiah – Is There Still Hope?
22:1 – Josiah – son of Amon. He reigned for 31 years (640-609BC) over Judah doing what was right in the sight of…