Tobit is a devout Hebrew from the tribe of Naphtali in the Northern Kingdom of Israel. His family have turned to worshiping the golden calf “Baal” set up by King Jeroboam in Dan, but he alone goes to Jerusalem to worship God on feast days. When the Assyrians attack Israel in 722 BC Tobit andContinue reading “# 8 Apocryphal Book of Tobit”
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#7 Prophets for Nineveh in Assyria: Jonah and Nahum
JONAH Written by Jonah son of Amittai, from Gath Hepher in Zebulun. Zebulun is in Sidon in Lebanon now. Jonah was contempoary with Elisha and outlived him. Elisha was born in 910 BC and died in 800 BC, so Jonah lived after 800 BC. The prophet Jonah is mentioned in 2 Kings 14:25 during theContinue reading “#7 Prophets for Nineveh in Assyria: Jonah and Nahum”
