"Ben-Hur" is the story of Judah Ben-Hur and his boyhood friend Messala‚ who betrayed Judah’s trust and loyalty‚ and their dramatic battle to see who is the better man. The story begins with Messala and Judah reuniting after a long time. After talking‚ Messala asked Judah to help him obtain power‚ but since this involved killing his own people Judah declined the offer. This was the turning point that transformed them from childhood friends into enemies. The rest of the story revolves around this
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Historical background Tribe of Judah According to the Hebrew Bible‚ the Tribe of Judah (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה‚ Modern Yehuda Tiberian Yəhûḏā ; "Praise") was one of the Tribes of Israel.Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE‚[1] Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes. From after the conquest of the land by Joshua until the formation of the first Kingdom of Israel in c. 1050 BCE‚ the Tribe of Judah was a part of a loose confederation
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contemporary of Jeremiah. The unusual thing about Zephaniah is his ancestry. He is of the royal line of Judah‚ and more specifically of the house of David. His great-great grandfather was Hezekiah‚ one of Judah’s most righteous kings. James says‚ however‚ when Hezekiah died‚ it was Zephaniah’s great uncle‚ Manasseh‚ and not his great grandfather‚ Amariah‚ who took over the throne‚ (39). Manasseh became the most corrupt king of Judah’s history; reversing all the accomplishments his father had made
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2: Reflection paper The Gospel Matthew 1:1-17 1An account of the genealogy* of Jesus the Messiah‚* the son of David‚ the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac‚ and Isaac the father of Jacob‚ and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers‚ 3and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar‚ and Perez the father of Hezron‚ and Hezron the father of Aram‚ 4and Aram the father of Aminadab‚ and Aminadab the father of Nahshon‚ and Nahshon the father of Salmon‚ 5and Salmon the father of
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in 928BC‚ which consists of 10 of the 12 tribes originally from the United Monarch named Reuben‚ Simeon‚ Issachar‚ Zebulun‚ Dan‚ Naphtali‚ Gad‚ Asher‚ Ephraim and Manasseh with Jeroboam‚ as their king. To the south is the Kingdom of Judah‚ which begins in 926BC‚ with Rehoboam as their king and consists of only two of the 12 tribes Judah and Benjamin. The Kingdom of Israel‚ in 723BC‚ comes to an end when it is attacked‚ besieged and conquered by the Neo-Assyrians Empire followed the Neo-Babylonia Empire
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He created Adam ‚ He walked with Enoch ‚ He saved Noah ‚ and He called Abraham. In the case of Abraham‚ God had taken one man‚ uprooted him from home and family‚ moved him hundreds of miles away into a foreign and dangerous land‚ and established him in the land of Canaan. The death of Abraham in Genesis 25:8 signaled a change in the course of direction God would take with His people. The Bible next turns to Abraham’s son‚ Isaac. From Isaac comes Jacob. Jacob produces twelve sons‚ and the 12
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Ephraim Mentality Power This can be described as the control and influence over other people and their actions. It is also physical force or strength. “The men of Ephraim called out their forces‚ crossed over to Zaphon and said to Jephthah‚ "Why did you go to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We’re going to burn down your house over your head." Jephthah answered‚ "I and my people were engaged in a great struggle with the Ammonites‚ and although I called‚ you didn’t save
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food‚ but they do not recognize that Joseph is the one to whom they are making the request. Joseph tests his brothers and tricks them into bringing the youngest‚ Benjamin‚ to Egypt and he threatens to enslave Benjamin for a crime he did not permit. Judah
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Southern Kingdom- Judah • A negative view of the Canaanites 4. Identify details concerning the geographical structure of Canaan • More diversity in such a small area than in most other places in the world • More wars have been fought over this tiny piece of land than any other piece of ground in the world • The location was a major trade route- you could get to anywhere worth going in the Ancient near east from its location. 5. Know that Reuben‚ Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh occupied land
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Old Testament Kings A prophet is an orator or an orifice for God. A prophet communicates a direct message that God gives to him to the people that God has sent him to. Some prophets had written messages while some were just spoken. A king is a leader of a kingdom‚ who governs a kingdom’s people. The old testament of the holy bible majorly speaks of the kingdom of Israel and its history‚ kingship and prophesies. It speaks of different prophets a different periods in the books of 1st and 2nd Samuel
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