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The "covenant" in verse 27a most likely refers to the covenant between the Jewish hellenizers and Antiochus IV reported in 1 Maccabees 1:11, with the ban on regular worship for a period that lasted approximately three and a half years alluded to in the subsequent clause (cf. Daniel 7:25; 8:14; 12:11).
The Quran also states how God cursed the Children of Israel and made them suffer for breaking the covenant [ 4:155], [ 5:13] while also mentioning other covenants such a prophetic covenant with the Israelites in Quran 3:81, the Noahic and Abrahamic covenants in Quran 33:7, and in 5:14 and 7:169 a covenant made with the followers of Jesus ...
This is an obscure prophecy, but in combination with other passages, it has been interpreted to mean that the "prince who is to come" will make a seven-year covenant with Israel that will allow the rebuilding of the temple and the reinstitution of sacrifices, but "in the middle of the week", he will break the agreement and set up an idol of ...
Judaism. In the Hebrew Bible, God established the Mosaic covenant with the Israelites after he saved them from slavery in Egypt in the book of Exodus. Moses led the Israelites to the promised land known as Canaan after which Joshua led them to its possession. The Mosaic covenant played a role in defining the Kingdom of Israel .
The New Covenant ( Ancient Greek: διαθήκη καινή, romanized : diathḗkē kainḗ) is a biblical interpretation which was originally derived from a phrase which is contained in the Book of Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 31:31–34 ), in the Hebrew Bible (or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible ). Generally, Christians believe that the ...
The Promised Land (Hebrew: הארץ המובטחת, translit.: ha'aretz hamuvtakhat; Arabic: أرض الميعاد, translit.: ard al-mi'ad) is Middle Eastern land in the Levant that Abrahamic religions (which include Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and others) claim God promised and subsequently gave to Abraham (the legendary patriarch in Abrahamic religions) and several more times to his ...
The boundaries of the Land of Israel as defined in Genesis 15:18–21 showing the region which was promised to Abraham in the covenant of the pieces. According to the biblical story, in Genesis 15:1–4 Abram’s most important encounter is recorded when the Abrahamic God made a covenant with him.
Jehoash was 7 years old when his reign began, and he reigned for 40 years. [2] ( 2 Kings 12:1 , 2 Chronicles 24:1 ) He was succeeded by his son, Amaziah of Judah . He is said to have been righteous "all the days of Jehoiada the priest" ( 2 Chronicles 24:2 ) but to have deviated from fidelity to Yahweh after Jehoiada's death ( 2 Chronicles 24:17 ...