Bible Passages Blog

From the Iron Age Period a Stone manger discovered at Megiddo in Israel Away in a Manger, But Not in a Barn” is part of a title in an excellent article written by Gary Byers who argues that Jesus was born on the lower level of a typical Palestinian home of the first century. He notes that “baby Jesus [was] placed in a manger on the ground floor of David’s ancestral home in Bethlehem because the upstairs ‘guest room’ was already full” (BAR, Nov. 2021). Thus, the typical portr

It’s NOT what you might expect. Instead of a dry, dusty place, northern Israel is lush and abundant with vegetation, especially in the area of the Dan Nature Preserve. Nestled at the base of Mount Hermon, the spring and tropical environment of ancient Panias (pictured above) is situated along the geographic region of the fertile crescent near the Golan Heights. It was an ideal location for settlers, farmers, and traders who took advantage of not only the moderate temperatures

by John W. Moore When I first gazed upon what was discovered at Tel el-Qadi in the spring of 1998 my fellow students and I were in awe of what seemed to be testimony to the historicity and reliability of the biblical text. Located at the base of Mount Hermon in the northern territory of Israel, this historic place is home to some of the most significant archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. Beside the discovery of the well-known Tel-Dan stela of the 9th century B.C

Elisha could see the anguished Shunammite woman moving rapidly across the valley. What was troubling her? Was something wrong with her husband, he wondered? Had something terrible happened to her only child? As she made her way across the valley and to the base of the hill, her singular focus drove her to scale the heights of the historic hill where the prophet of God had lodged. Dismissing the inquiries of Elisha’s servant, she maneuvered her way to the feet of this powerful

The word Armageddon is a Greek amalgamation of two Hebrew words, Har meaning “hill”, and the name for the biblical city known as “Megiddo”.