Biblical Israel was chosen to be the mediator between God and the nations. People were supposed to know God through the ...

The war was sparked by a complex mix of territorial disputes, mostly over the contested Shatt al-Arab waterway, a vital oil ...

There are no fewer than seven theatres of war in the world today which have invited more than our passing attention. I am ...

THE recent outbreak of war between Israel and Iran is not just another geopolitical conflict — it is a painful eruption of an ancient struggle that has reverberated through the centuries. While ...

Author: UnknownAuthor: Unknown Date Written: 848-517 BC Date of Narrative: 848-586 BC 2 Kings narrates the final decline and collapse of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The capture of Israel by ...

According to the account in 1 Kings, chapter 20, Ben-Hadad, King of Aram Damascus, fought against the Kingdom of Israel and besieged Samaria.

Living in the Land of Israel can serve as a measure of a person’s righteousness or wickedness. A person may be wicked in his private life in terms of Torah and commandments, yet be deeply ...

In Hebrew, “Bayit” means “house” and “home.” We miss both – our physical “house” (apartment) in Herzliya, and our Jewish ...

Seventy years later, the Persian King Cyrus conquered Babylonia. He invited a group of Judeans to return to the land of Israel under the leadership of Ezra and Nehemiah. With that act, he helped ...

In Genesis, Adam and Eve are told to multiply and be fruitful. But single people fill the Bible, and so do the childless.

Could this be a moment of divine judgment on Iran s leadership, paving the way for a new chapter for its people ...

The kingdom of Israel was overthrown in ca. 722 BCE by the Neo-Assyrian empire, centred in what is now Iraq (ancient Mesopotamia), and Israel” ceased to be a geographic entity of the ancient Middle ...