Articles About the Bible & Biblical Life

Just before crossing the Jordan River to claim the promised land of Canaan the Israelites camped in the Vale of Shittim.

One of the greatest objections to the belief in God is the existence of evil.

The Hebrew Scriptures record the history of a gentile woman named Ruth. Because of a famine in Israel, Naomi, her husband, and her two sons moved to the heathen country of Moab.

“Now there arose a new king over Egypt. He knew nothing about Yosef (Joseph) but said to his people, ‘Look, the descendants of Isra’el have become a people too numerous and powerful for us.

Perhaps one of the best known statements in the Torah is the verse “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1.

King Jehoshaphat was the 5th King after King David.

Jehoshaphat sought the LORD and walked in the ways of God's commandments. Jehoshaphat took delight in the ways of the Lord and removed the idols out of Judah. He also sent out Levites to teach the people the Bible.

How could it be possible that three young men,captives from Israel and now in Babylon, were allowed to live, and were even promoted, after defying a death decree issued by the absolute monarch?

“In the course of time, Nahash king of the Ammonites died, and his son succeeded him as king. David thought, ‘I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.