Posts tagged Matriarchs and Prophets

Of all the Old Testament women whose stories we include, only two stories link to each other: Abigail, whom we have already looked at, and …

Bathsheba. The name brings with it a tangled web of lust, infidelity, intrigue, treachery, murder. She has been portrayed as a seductress, flaunting her nakedness …

Now Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise, and go, you and your household, and stay for …

She answered, “It is well.” Once again the strangely calm answer. Perhaps is expresses her strong faith; perhaps she simply refuses to discuss her situation …

He [Elisha] said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the door. He said, “At this season, when the time comes around, …