Esther 5:4, “And Esther answered, If it seems good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.” I have my PhD in Biblical Archaeology and I have spent many years studying the history and culture of the Persian Empire and I find
I Samuel 22:3 “And David went thence from Mizpeh of Moab and he said unto the king of Moab. Let my father and mother, I pray thee, come forth and be with you until I know what God will do for me.” David was now a fugitive running for his life from Saul who
Jeremiah 42:11 “Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid; be not afraid of him, says the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.” Jeremiah 42-43 tells us an amazing story. Judah has now been conquered by Babylon. The Babylonian army has
Exodus 1:8: “Now there arose a new king over Egypt , which knew not Joseph.” This is the only time that Pharaoh is referred to as a king. From here on he is referred to as Pharaoh. In Exodus 1:8 it refers to this new king as a melek (king) kadash (new). The word kadash means more than just a new
WORD STUDY: FOR YOURSELF Exodus 34:1: “And the Lord God said unto Moses, Hew thee two tablets of stone like unto the first and I will write upon these tablets the words that I wrote on the first tablets which thou breakest.” For Yourself – Hebrew: Leka – combination of the preposition “for or to”
Psalm 51:10: “Create in me a clean heart, O’God and renew a right spirit within me.” Rabbi Cohen, an orthodox Jewish rabbi, showed me a special room in his house. It was filled with books, all books about God. Commentaries on the Torah, the Talmud, the Mishnah. I remember how he picked up one book
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Numbers 12:1: “And Miriam and Moses spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman he had married; for he had married an Ethiopian woman.” The word for Ethiopia in Hebrew is “Cushite.” This word could come from one of two root words. The first is, of
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Daniel 6:3: “Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes because an excellent spirit was in him and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.” Someone who reads these devotionals asked about this verse and what it meant to have an
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomin: Psalms 47:6-7: “Sing praises to God, sing praises; Sing praises to our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth, Sing ye praises with understanding.” I don’t know if you noticed it or not, but apparently David is telling us to sing
