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121ALPHABET, HEBREW, IN MIDRASH, TALMUD, AND KABBALAH — The rabbis ascribed special sanctity to the letters of the hebrew alphabet . The Psalmist s declaration that By the word of God were the heavens made (Ps. 33:6) was taken to indicate the power of the letters, which form the Word of God. Bezalel… …
122EXILE, ASSYRIAN — The mass deportation of population groups from conquered nations, as a measure to prevent these nations from rebelling, was introduced as a general policy by Tiglath Pileser III in the second half of the eighth century B.C.E. Although deportation …
123KINGDOMS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL — samuel and the beginnings of israelite monarchy the united david solomon division of the the earliest kings the last days of samaria. the kingdom of judah until its destruction Samuel and Saul: The Beginnings of Israelite Monarchy Our earliest… …
124HOSEA, BOOK OF — HOSEA, BOOK OF, the first of the 12 books that make up the minor prophets . Everything points to this book s having been produced in the kingdom of israel and redacted, after the fall of that state, in Judah; and this makes it a valuable source… …
125JOTHAM — (Heb. יוֹתָם; YHWH is perfect ; c. 758–743 B.C.E.), king of Judah; son of uzziah (Azariah) and Jerusha, daughter of Zadok (II Kings 15:32–33; II Chron. 27:1). Jotham became king at the age of 25 and, according to II Kings 15:33, reigned 16 years …
126SEAL, SEALS — In the Ancient Period The seal was employed from the beginning of the historical era as a method of identifying property, as protection against theft, to mark the clay stoppers of oil and wine jars or the strip with which packaged goods were… …
127SO — (Heb. סוֹא), according to the received text of II Kings 17:4 the name of the king of Egypt with whom King hoshea of Israel entered into relations in approximately 725 B.C.E. when he discontinued the annual payment of tribute to his Assyrian… …
