-Hagarenes/Hagarites:.Easton's
Bible Dictionary: in the reign of Saul
a great war was waged between the trans-Jordanic tribes and the Hagarites,
a people dwelling to the east of Palestine, with whom the tribes of Reuben
made war in the time of Saul and who were overcome in battle:.1Chronicles
5:19. A great booty
was captured by the two tribes and a half and they took possession of the
land of the Hagarites.
The Hagarenes still residing
in the land on the east of Jordan, entered into a conspiracy against Israel:.Psalms
83:2-11. They are distinguished from the main body of Ishmaelites.
-hagiographa:
The hagiographa were the holy writings, a term which came early into use
in the Christian church to denote the third division of the Old Testament
scriptures, called by the Jews Kethubim, i.e.,
'Writings'. It consisted of five books, viz.,
Job, Proverbs and Psalms and the two books of Chronicles.(*).
The ancient Jews classified their sacred books as the
Law, the Prophets
and the Kethubim or Writings. In the New Testament we find three corresponding
divisions, viz., the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms:.Luke
24:44.
-Heave
Offering and Wave
Offering:
From.Easton's
Bible Dictionary:."Heave
Offering means simply an offering, a present, including all
the offerings made by the Israelites as a present. This Hebrew word
is frequently employed. Some of the rabbis attach to the word the meaning
of elevation and refer it to the heave offering, which consisted in presenting
the offering by a motion up and down, distinguished from the wave offering,
which consisted in a repeated movement in a horizontal direction, a 'wave
offering to the Lord as ruler of Earth, a heave offering to the Lord as
ruler of heaven'. The right shoulder, which fell to the priests in presenting
thank offerings, was called the heave shoulder:.Leviticus
7:34; Numbers 6:20. The first
fruits offered in harvest time were heave offerings:.Numbers
15:20,21."
Such things as these and
the other over
600 laws, rules, regulations and practices listed in the Old Testament
Mosaic Law, were done, not just because of the old
covenant the ancients
had agreed to, but because, the
ordinary consciousness the people back then had.(except
for a few, such as those who took a Nazarite
vow and the few such as David).was
the same consciousness we have today that requires something strong over
it.(*).to
keep society
in line. Higher consciousness has something even better:.Romans
13:10; Matthew 22:36-40.
-Herods:
The name of four princes,
Idumeans.(they
were from the area now known as Petra,
where there were dwellings carved out of a huge rock; the Idumaeans took
the land from the cave dwelling Horites:.Genesis
14:6).by
descent, who governed either the whole or a part of Judea under the Romans
and are mentioned in the New Testament.
-Herod
the Great:.Matthew
2:1-23; Luke 1:5. He was the son
of Antipater, an Idumaean, who was
in high favor with Julius
Caesar. At the age of fifteen years, Herod was constituted by his father
procurator
of Galilee under Hyrcanus II, who was
then at the head of the Jewish nation.(Judah),
while his brother Phasael was entrusted
with the same authority over Judea.(also
spelt
in New Testament, 'Judaea', a a kingdom ruled by the Herods and part of
the Roman province of Syria),
about the year B.C.E. 41.
He put to death his wife
Mariamne with her two sons Alexander and Aristobulus when he himself was
at the point of death. He caused a number of the most illustrious of his
subjects to be thrown into prison at Jericho and exacted from his sister
a promise that they should be murdered the moment he expired, in order,
as he said, that tears should be shed at the death of Herod. Herod the
Great was Herod the nutcase.
This promise, however, was
not fulfilled. His son Antipater was executed for conspiring to poison
his father and five days after, Herod died anyway in 2 A.D.,
aged sixty-eight, having reigned as king about thirty-seven years.
It was during his reign
that Emmanuel was born at Bethlehem
and Herod, in consequence of his suspicious temper and in order to destroy
Emmanuel, gave orders for the destruction of all the children of two years
old and under in the place:.Matthew
2:8,12,13,16.
After the death of Herod,
half of his kingdom, including Judea, Ideumaea and Samaria was given to
his son Archelaus with the title of Ethnarch,
while the remaining half was divided between two of his other sons, Herod
Antipas and Philip, with the title of Tetrarchs;
the former having the regions of Galilee and Perea and the latter Batanea,
Trachonitis and Auranitis.
-Herod
Archelaus: circa.B.C.E.
4. From the.International
Standard Bible Encyclopedia:."He
was the oldest son of Herod the Great by
Malthace, the Samaritan. He was a man of violent temper, reminding one
a great deal of his father. Educated like all the Herodian princes at Rome,
he was fully familiar with the life and arbitrariness of the Roman court.
In the last days of his father's life, Antipater.(the
name of one of two envoys
sent by the senate of the Jews to the Romans),
who evidently aimed at the extermination of all the heirs to the throne,
accused him and Philip, his half-brother, of treason. Both were acquitted.(Antiquities
of the Jews XVI, iv, 4; XVII, vii, 1).
By the will of his father, the greater part of the Herodian kingdom fell
to his share, with the title of "ethnarch".
The will was contested by his brother Antipas
before the Roman court. While the matter was in abeyance, Archelaus incurred
the hatred of the Jews by the forcible repression of a rebellion, in which
some 3,000+ people were slain. They therefore opposed his claims at Rome,
but Archelaus, in the face of all this opposition, received the Roman support.(Antiquities
of the Jews XVII, xi, 4). Archelaus,
once invested with the government of Judea, ruled with a hard hand, so
that Judea.(capital
of Judah).and
Samaria.(capital
of Israel).were
both soon in a chronic state of unrest. The two nations, bitterly as they
hated each other, became friends in this common crisis and sent an embassy
to Rome to complain of the conduct of Archelaus and this time they were
successful. Archelaus was warned by a dream of the coming disaster, whereupon
he went at once to Rome to defend himself, but wholly in vain. His government
was taken from him, his possessions were all confiscated by the Roman power
and he himself was banished to Vienna in Gaul.(Antiquities
of the Jews XVII, xiii, 2, 3).
He, too, displayed some of his father's taste for architecture, in the
building of a royal palace at Jericho and of a village, named after himself,
Archelais. He was married first to Mariamne and after his divorce from
her to Glaphyra, who had been the wife of his half-brother Alexander.(Antiquities
of the Jews XVII, xiii). The
only mention made of him in the Gospels is found in Matthew
2:22.
-Herod
Antipas:
Comprised
with.American
Tract Society Bible Dictionary: Herod Antipas, B.C.E.
21 to 39 A.D., was a son of Herod
the Great by Malthace his Samaritan
wife and his own brother to Archelaus.(just
above), along with whom he was educated
at Rome. After the death of his father, he was appointed by Augustus.Caesar
to be tetrarch
of Galilee and Perea, that is, the southern part of the country east of
the Jordan river.(Luke
3:1), whence also the general appellation
of king is sometimes given to him:.Mark
6:14.
Emmanuel,
as a Galilean, was under his jurisdiction:.Luke
23:6-12. He first married a daughter of Aretas IV, an Arabian king,
B.C.E.
9 to 40 A.D.,
but afterwards becoming enamored
of Herodias, the wife of his brother Herod Philip, his own niece, he dismissed
his former wife and induced.Herodias.to
leave her husband and connect herself with him.
At her instigation
he afterwards went to Rome to ask for the dignity and title of the king,
but being there accused before Caligula,
at the instance of Herod Agrippa, his nephew
and the brother of Herodias, he was banished to Lugdunum.(now
Lyons).in
Gaul.(corresponds
roughly to modern-day France and Belgium),
about 41 A.D. and the provinces which he governed were given to Herod Agrippa.
It was Herod Antipas who caused John
the Baptist to be beheaded.
-Herod
Philip: circa
4 A.D. From the.International
Standard Bible Encyclopedia:."Herod
Philip was a son of Herod the Great and
Cleopatra of Jerusalem. Philip apparently was utterly unlike the rest of
the Herodian family, retiring, dignified, moderate and just. He was also
wholly free from the intriguing spirit of his brothers and it is but fair
to suppose that he inherited this totally un-Herodian character and disposition
from his mother. He died in the year 34 A.D. and his territory was given
three years later to Agrippa I, his nephew and the son of Aristobulus,
together with the tetrarchy of
Lysanias.(Jewish
Antiquities., XVIII, iv, 6; XIX, v, 1).
-Herod
Agrippa I: called Agrippa by the great
Jewish historian Josephus,
this Agrippa was the son of Aristobulus and Bernice and the grandson of
Herod
the Great and Mariamne. Educated at Rome with Claudius.(Jewish
Antiquities., XVIII, vi, 1, 4),
he was possessed of great shrewdness and tact.
Returning to Judea for a little while, he came back to Rome in 37 A.D.
He hated his uncle Antipas and left no stone
unturned to hurt his cause. He's also known as Herod Agrippa Major:.Acts
12.1-25.
On the accession of Caligula
to the imperial throne, Agrippa was taken from prison where he had been
confined by Tiberius
and received from the emperor in 38 A.D., the title of king, together with
the provinces which had belonged to his uncle Philip
the tetrarch.
In order to ingratiate
himself with the Jews, he commenced a persecution against the Christians,
but seems to have proceeded no further than to put to death James
and to imprison Peter,
since he soon after died suddenly and miserably at Cesarea
in 44 A.D.
-Herod
Agrippa II:
aka
Herod Agrippa Minor.(Acts
25:1 to 26:32), was the son of
Herod
Agrippa I and was educated at Rome, under the care of the emperor Claudius.
On the death of his father, when he was seventeen years old, instead of
causing him to succeed to his father's kingdom of Chalcis, which had belonged
to his Uncle Herod, he was afterwards transferred in 53 A.D.
from Chalcis, with the title of king, to the government of those provinces
which his father at first possessed, namely, Batanea, Trachonitis, Auranitis
and Abilene, to which several other cities were afterwards added.
It was before him that Paul
was brought by Festus:.Acts
25:13-27: 26:32. This Herod died
on the third year of Trajan's reign, at the age of seventy years.
-Hezekiah:.2Kings
18:1-3 "Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea
son of Elah
king of Israel, that Hezekiah
the son of Ahaz
king of Judah began to reign. Twenty and five years old was he when
he began to reign and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His
mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. And he did that
which was right in the sight of God, according to all that David
his father did."
2Kings
18:5 "He trusted in the God of Israel, so that after him was none like
him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him."
King Hezekiah's history
is contained in these three accounts:.2Kings
18:13-19:37,
Isaiah chapters
36-39 and 2Chronicles
chapters 29-32. Each account adds more on this most interesting true
story. Be sure to read all three. Some of it is below if you don't have
time now.
The accounts cover Hezekiah's
massive trouble with king Sennacherib
and how it was solved.
Micah
the prophet lived
and prophesied
in the reign
of Hezekiah:.Jeremiah
26:18.
Hezekiah had a good mother
and was a good king of Judah:.2Chronicles
29:1,2..His
great grandfather was Uzziah.
Hezekiah means 'whom God
has strengthened'. And God did strengthen him, but only after Hezekiah
asked.(so,
ask for what.you.need
and want:.Matthew
7:7).
He reigned from B.C.E.
726 to 698, after his father passed.
His reign is memorable for
his faithful efforts to restore the worship of the true God:.2Kings
18:6.
Hezekiah is noted for his
pride and presumption toward the Assyrians and for the distractions of
the invading host against him, provided by God in answer to his prayer.
He's also known for his sickness and humiliation and the prolonging of
his life by fifteen years and that of peace:.2Kings
20:6.
Hezekiah refused to pay the
tribute
which his father Ahaz
had paid and."rebelled
against the king of Assyria
and served him not":.2Kings
18:7. This led to the invasion of Judah by Sennacherib
who took forty cities and besieged
Jerusalem:.2Kings
18:13; Isaiah 36:1-17.
Sennacherib tried to intimidate
Hezekiah into leaving his reliance
on the true God:.2Kings
19:10-13. But Hezekiah knew better.
Sennacherib the king of Assyria
had dealt treacherously
with Hezekiah. Hezekiah at this time should have been more trusting of
God:.Isaiah
31:1-3.
Sennacherib eventually got
his comeuppance:.2Kings
19:5-7,35,37.
Later, Hezekiah had a serious
illness and was on his death bed:.2Kings
20:1. He was told by the ancient prophet
Isaiah
that he was in his last days. But after Hezekiah prayed, the Creator did
something wonderful for him, adding another 15 years to his life and God
also took over defending his city and gave Hezekiah an amazing sign.
The
narrative
of Hezekiah's sickness and miraculous recovery is here:.Isaiah
38:1-8. After hearing that he was going to be ok and not on his way
out, Hezekiah needed some sign of reassurance. God gave him that too!.2Kings
20:8-11.
From.Easton's
Bible Dictionary:."Various
ambassadors came to congratulate him on his recovery and among them Merodach-baladan.(the
name Merodach frequently occurs as a surname {family name} to the ancient
kings of Assyria and Babylon; it means 'thy rebellion'; Merodach was the
chief deity of
the Babylonians in the time of Nebuchadnezzar-II),
the viceroy
of Babylon.(2Chronicles
32:23; 2Kings 20:12),
to whom Hezekiah was a bit too open, a tad too naive.(God
loved Hezekiah and wanted Hezekiah to become even better, so a lesson was
taught so that Hezekiah's character would always have the learning from
the lesson:.2Kings
20:12-21).
Merodach-baladan here is Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon.
Hezekiah is spoken of as
a great and good King of the ancient
southern kingdom of Judah:.2Kings
20:2,3. He set himself to abolish
idolatry from his kingdom and among other things which he did for this
end, he destroyed the."brazen
serpent".which
had been removed to Jerusalem and had become an object of idolatrous
worship:.2Kings
18:4.
He closed his days in peace
and prosperity and was succeeded by his unworthy son Manasseh.
He was buried in the."chiefest
of the sepulchres of the sons of David":.2Chronicles
32:33 "And Hezekiah slept with his fathers and they buried him in the
chiefest of the sepulchres
of the sons of David and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did
him honor at his death. And Manasseh
his son reigned in his stead."
2Kings
18:5 "He trusted in the God of Israel so that after him was none like
him among all the kings of
Judah, nor any that were before him."
-Holy
Days.(Old
Testament):.The
ancient Holy Days, part of the now done away physically burdensome Mosaic
Law, are described in Leviticus
23rd chapter, of which seven special
convocations
occurred as feasts. They were commemorated
annually right up through the time of Emmanuel and the disciples:.Matthew
26:17; John 5:1; 7:2,14;
Acts
18:21; 20:6;
20:16.
These Holy Days were a foreshadow
of what was to come and that was Christ. In Christ they are all fulfilled.
Christ is the culmination
of all their meanings.
The feasts were kept in the
early New Testament church for awhile because they were convocations people
were used to and identified with as a time to get together, such as we
have today with Thanksgiving holiday. The ancient practices as delineated
in the Mosaic Law are, like all physical requirements of it, are no longer
required.
These feasts or festivals
pointed to a future time, the
time of Christ, the turning point of all history.."We
have no festival that clearly appears to have been instituted by our Savior
or his apostles."....Amtract
Dictionary. All these festivals were of the Old
Testament.
The ancient feasts or festivals
are the weekly Sabbath and the seven
festivals when people got together: the
Passover; days of Unleavened
Bread.(also
known as the offering of firstfruits).leading
to
Pentecost.(means
'fifty count'); the feast
of Trumpets; the day of Atonement;
feast
of Tabernacles; the
day of Atonement.
Details.
The festivals or feasts began
at sundown and ended at sundown.
The Passover was a day separate
from the seven days following it. The entire time is often referred to
as Passover time. This year, 2022, is the 3,334 Passover since the ancient
Israelites left their bondage
to the Egyptians.
It has a parallel for us
today as excplained in this short video
https://rumble.com/vf2ryj-dare-to-be-free.html
-Hoshea:.Elah
was Hoshea's father. Hoshea was an evil king as was his father and grandfather
and he reigned nine years over Israel, beginning in B.C.E.
729:.2Kings
17:1,2.
The wicked reign of Hoshea
ended with Shalmaneser coming against
him and putting him in prison: 2Kings
17:3,4. Shalmaneser cruelly stormed Betharbel.(a
ruin southwest of the sea of Galilee and north of Tiberias, remarkable
for its caves, hard to approach, a safe place from surprise attack {map}).and
made Hoshea tributary.
But Hoshea secretly made
alliance
with
So also called
Sabacho II, king of Egypt and got himself into big trouble for the seriousness.of
the conspiracy he concocted:.2Kings
17:4 "And the king of Assyria found conspiracy
in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt and brought no
present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore
the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison."
Hoshea was the 18th and last
king of Israel. The time was one of social revolution and dynastic
change. Of the last five kings of Israel, four had met their deaths by
violence. Hoshea himself being a murderer of one of them:.2Kings
15:30.
Hoshea, though called 'king'
was only a satrap
to Tiglath-pileser III, an
Assyrian
king..Hoshea
held his so-called
kingship only by good behavior. The realm
which he administered was but the shadow of its former self.
Tiglath-pileser had already
carried into captivity the northern tribes of Israel, them being, Zebulun,
Naphtali, Asher and Dan as also the two and a half tribes East of the Jordan:.2Kings
15:29. Apart from those still forming the kingdom
of Judah, there remained only Ephraim, Issachar and the half-tribe.(Numbers
34:14-29).of
Manasseh.
-Huldah:.Huldah,
means weasel, a prophetess;
the wife of Shallum. She was consulted regarding the
"book of the law" discovered by the high priest Hilkiah:.2Kings
22:14-20; 2Chronicles
34:22-28. She resided in that part of Jerusalem called the Mishneh.('the
college'), supposed by some to be the
suburb between the inner and the outer wall, the second or lower city,
Akra. She obviously had the smarts to be a college girl.
Anna,
Miriam
and Deborah are the only others who
bear the title of."prophetess".