Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do no lie unto thine handmaid. (2 Kings 4:16) When the prophet Elisha went to the town of Shunem he passed the house of a well-to-do Israelite woman. One day she saw him as he passed and invited him in for a meal. Thereafter when he came to […]
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And the Lord said unto Abraham wherefore did Sarai laugh saying Shall I of a surety bear a child which I am old.Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto to thee, according to the time of life, and Sarai shall have a son. (Genesis 18:13-14) Sarai was
And Barak said unto her ‘If thou wilt go with me, then I will go, but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.’ And she said, ‘I will surely go with thee.’ (Judges 4:8-9a) . Deborah was chosen by God to be a religious, judicial, and military leader in a
One evening David got up from his bed and walked and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman who was bathing. The woman was very beautiful, and David sent someone to find out about her. 2 Sam. 2-3 King David had many concubines. He also had three
And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him at all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. (Luke 2:38) Anna was a devout woman. She is described in the Book of Luke as a prophetess who lived at the temple and prayed and fasted night and
“ And he went in unto Hagar and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. (Genesis 16: 4) Hagar an Egyptian woman was Sarah’s (wife of Abram) servant. After years of life in the wilderness, Sarah no longer believed she would conceive the child God
And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them. (1 Samuel 25:20) David commanded King Saul’s army and defeated the Philistines. He was married to Saul’s daughter Michal and he
And they said, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? Hath he not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it. (Numbers 12:2) Miriam was Moses’ sister. Following Pharaoh’s edict that all males under the age of two years be killed, Moses’ mother Jochebed set him afloat in a basket on the river.
“I know the Lord has given you the land… for the Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath” (Joshua 2:11) The Israelites wandered in the wilderness for 40 years. It was time for them to cross the Jordan River into Jericho. God promised they would defeat the Canaanites
