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Judges 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel, [2] [3] but modern scholars view it as part of the Deuteronomistic History, which spans in the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings, attributed to nationalistic and devotedly Yahwistic writers during the time of the ...
— Judges 12:8–10 (King James Version) Many scholars believe that the Bethlehem referred to in this passage is the Bethlehem in the territory of the Tribe of Zebulun , in Galilee (Joshua 19:15), rather than the more famous Bethlehem in the Tribe of Judah .
Jephthah (pronounced / ˈ dʒ ɛ f θ ə /; Hebrew: יִפְתָּח, Yīftāḥ) appears in the Book of Judges as a judge who presided over Israel for a period of six years (Judges 12:7). According to Judges, he lived in Gilead. His father's name is also given as Gilead, and, as his mother is described as a prostitute, this may indicate that ...
This is the theme played out in Judges: the people are unfaithful to Yahweh and He therefore delivers them into the hands of their enemies; the people then repent and entreat Yahweh for mercy, which He sends in the form of a judge; the judge delivers the Israelites from oppression, but after a while they fall into unfaithfulness again and the ...
The judges (sing.Hebrew: שופט, romanized: šop̄ēṭ, pl. שופטים šop̄əṭīm) whose stories are recounted in the Hebrew Bible, primarily in the Book of Judges, were individuals who served as military leaders of the tribes of Israel in times of crisis, in the period before the monarchy was established.
In Canada, the name of Canada's second largest city, Montreal, is pronounced / ˌ m ʌ n t r i ˈ ɔː l / by English-speaking locals. This contrasts with the typical American pronunciation of the city as / ˌ m ɒ n t r i ˈ ɔː l /. [34] In the United States, the name of the state Nevada comes from the Spanish nevada, meaning 'snow-covered ...
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, [[Holy Land] are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.
Her name is not mentioned in the Bible, but according to tradition she was called Hazzelelponi or Zelelponith. [2] She was a daughter of Etam and sister of Ishma. Manoah and his wife [3] were the parents of famous judge Samson. According to Rabbinic tradition, they also had a daughter called Nishyan or Nashyan. [4] [5]