Tag Archives: Adoinijah

The horns of the alter- a place of protection.

In the old ages, there was a place, which the safest to the murderer- the horns of the altar. There were four horns to the altar, where the priest used to splash the blood over during the sacrifice. Due to his holiness, the altar was the place that helped to protect the people. However, if [...]

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Benaiah the son of Jehoiada- a great warrior or a terminator- part 2

After we saw what a great warrior is Benaiah, we shall go now to the beginning of the book of kings and we will examine the second option: the one that speaks about him as the terminator. From my point of view a terminator is one that kills the enemy, whether it is true enemy [...]

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The art of manipulation- Nathan the prophet

In the beginning of the book of Kings we are reading that King David is really old, the maidservant that his slaves sand him doesn’t help to recover from his coldness, and this are the days before the old king is giving his thrown to the new one. In this point after that Adonijah the [...]

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