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According to the legends, death had been decreed against him. Seriously. But Hezekiah, being the resourceful and pious king that he was, wasn't about to take that lying down. He pr...
He was one of the most righteous kings of Judah, a real standout. He lived way back when—around the 8th century BCE—and he's remembered for some seriously impressive things. The Ta...
The story of King Manasseh, successor to the righteous Hezekiah, offers a chilling example. According to Legends of the Jews, after Hezekiah's death, Manasseh completely abandoned ...
But, as Ginzberg tells us in Legends of the Jews, He held back, specifically because the people were leading God-fearing lives during the reign of Jehoiakim. But even the righteous...
That was Jehoiachin's fate. He was taken into exile by Nebuchadnezzar, along with members of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish high court. Now, the Sanhedrin were seriously worried. With J...
Take the story of Jeremiah, one of the major prophets in the Hebrew Bible. His life was a constant battle against not just external enemies, but also deeply rooted personal animosi...
The prophet Jeremiah certainly knew. Even as tragedy unfolded around him, he refused to sugarcoat the truth. Imagine him, standing before the king, knowing that his words could sea...
The Babylonians sacked the city, but did they get everything? Well, some say that not all the sacred objects fell into enemy hands. The prophet Jeremiah, according to tradition, ma...
Nebuchadnezzar, that infamous king of Babylon, thought he was sitting pretty. He even had a rather macabre drinking vessel made from the bones of a slain Jew. Can you imagine the a...
