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1. The Unity of Isaiah
(OT Prophets Commentary/Isaiah Commentary)

... the bifid structure proposed earlier does with volume one as chapters 1-33 and volume two as chapters 34-66. It is worth noting that Hebrew scrolls of the Book of the Twelve would put three spaces between ...

2. The End of Israel and Judah (2 Kings 17-end)
(OT Prophets Commentary/Kings Commentary)

...  2 Kings 18:13, 17-37 is found also as Isaiah 36.  Remember that Isaiah is the next book of the Hebrew Scriptures.  Isaiah is the first great prophet in Judah since the division of the kingdoms.  ...

3. The Political-Prophetic Intrigue of 2 Kings 8:7-16:20
(OT Prophets Commentary/Kings Commentary)

... from his illness. Actually the Hebrew is more ambiguous.  Did Elisha tell Hazael to lie?  The text can be translated, as Leithart suggests, this way: “Say, 'not living you shall live,' and ...

4. Elijah to Elisha (2 Kings 1:1-8:6)
(OT Prophets Commentary/Kings Commentary)

... lost in the translation of 2 Kings 1:8.  The phrase “a hairy man” in Hebrew is first the word for “a man,” and second is the word “Baal” and third is the word translated “hair.”  Perhaps, “a ...

5. The Kings of Israel & Elijah the Prophet
(OT Prophets Commentary/Kings Commentary)

... contest.  Ahab was somewhat of a weak king, Jezebel was the real power in Israel, and she sent a messenger (the Hebrew word for messenger also is used in Hebrew for angels) to tell him that he could ...

6. The Style of Biblical Poetry
(OT Writings Commentary/Psalms Commentary)

... Even when the text is translated the imagery and other poetic conventions need to be translated. The conventions of “Hebrew” Poetry found in the Old Testament are not bound to the Hebrew language.  ...

7. Jeroboam and Judah (1 Kings 12-14)
(OT Prophets Commentary/Kings Commentary)

... and he shall sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who make offerings on you, and human bones shall be burned on you''” (1 Kings 13:2).  Note first that the Hebrew name Josiah looks like ...

8. An Introduction to Kings and the Death of David
(OT Prophets Commentary/Kings Commentary)

... The story of the Old Testament is about the death and resurrection of Israel. Also to put this book into the larger canonical context of the Hebrew Scriptures – which consists in the three parts: Torah, ...

9. How to Read Zechariah (especially Zechariah 1-6)
(OT Prophets Commentary/Book of 12 Commentary)

Zechariah is the longest book among The Twelve.  In some ways it also is the most fascinating.  It also has been called the “most obscure” book of the Hebrew Scriptures.  It also is a very ...

10. What It Really Means to Be Open Minded (Luke 24:36-53)
(sermons/2013 Sermons)

Luke 24:36-53 shows us what it really means to be open minded.  Some accuse Christians of being "closed-minded," and actually the first disciples of Jesus had closed minds.  We too have had our ...

11. Kings as the Climax of the Former Prophets
(OT Prophets Commentary/Kings Commentary)

... books of Samuel and Kings were called 1&2 Kingdoms/Reigns (Samuel) and 3&4 Kingdoms/Reigns (Kings).  The English names “Samuel” and “Kings” come from the Hebrew titles. Kings is among the ...

12. 2 Samuel 21-24 and the Poems of Samuel
(OT Prophets Commentary/Samuel Commentary)

... in chapter 20 though we do not know exactly when it took place.  Hebrew narrative will sometimes tell things out of chronological order, especially when writing in a chiastic framework. Saul had ...

13. Haggai and the Davidic Covenant Renewal
(OT Prophets Commentary/Book of 12 Commentary)

... tell us that Haggai comes from the Hebrew word meaning a feast or festival.  The first date would have been a new moon (lunar calendar, 1st day of the month).  Thus it would likely have been ...

14. Zephaniah and The Twelve
(OT Prophets Commentary/Book of 12 Commentary)

... to the opening of the oracle “Be silent before the Lord YHWH.” And the oracle continues, “At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are complacent (Hebrew: “thickening ...

15. The Rise of Absalom (2 Sam 13:1-15:12)
(OT Prophets Commentary/Samuel Commentary)

... and lay with her” (2 Sam 13:14).  Leithart says the Hebrew is more crude, he “laid her” instead of the normal idiom “lay with her.” Tamar tried to convince her half-brother to ask his father for ...

16. The Fall of David: 'You Da Man' (2 Sam 10-12)
(OT Prophets Commentary/Samuel Commentary)

... fall.  The lamb was Bathsheba.  It is even called like a “daughter” (Hebrew = “bath”) meant to remind us of her name.  The story even resembles modern sitcoms when the characters say something ...

17. Habakkuk: Prophet & Psalmist
(OT Prophets Commentary/Book of 12 Commentary)

... the law in a single statute: “the righteous shall live by his faith” or faithfulness.  Hebrews 10:38-39 applies the words this way; “'but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, ...

18. David and the Death of Saul (1 Sam 21-2 Sam 1)
(OT Prophets Commentary/Samuel Commentary)

... both English and Hebrew).  There is a parallel between Jacob and David throughout the text that I am not highlighting too much, but just wanted to point out here because Nabal is the Laban of the ...

19. Another Oracle Concerning Nineveh: Nahum
(OT Prophets Commentary/Book of 12 Commentary)

... of Nahum of Elkosh” (Nahum 1:1).  The book is a Hebrew literary masterpiece in many ways that are impossible to replicate in English translations.  But the message is clear in any language: Nineveh ...

20. Not Any Fish Story: Jonah
(OT Prophets Commentary/Book of 12 Commentary)

... the poetic prayer, “out of the belly of Sheol I cried.”  Sheol is the Hebrew word for the place where the dead go.  The story is telling us that Jonah had died and then experienced resurrection. ...