Tel Lachish

Lachish's history is long, beginning in the Neolithic age and continuing to become Judah's second most important city (the first being Jerusalem). Not much is left today but the lizards

Arad, and a View of Moab

One of the distinctive features of Arad are their lookout points giving a view of the vast valleys and grand mountain ranges surrounding the area. It was an admitted thrill to stand in the foothills of what was once Judah and gaze across to the mountains of Moab.

Tel Sheva

Be'er Sheva (Beer-sheba) was so well-known in acinet Israel it became part of a saying meant to comprise the whole of the land, "From Dan to Beer-Sheba."

Minor Prophets: Malachi, Faithless Marriages

The next two offenses God listed had to do with marriage: marrying outside the faith, and divorce, problems that existed among the priests as well, even in the high priestโ€™s own family.

Minor Prophets: Malachi, Bad Attitude

After the prophet had delivered Godโ€™s message of love, he now took the priests to task who were polluting Godโ€™s altar and Godโ€™s table with blemished sacrifices.

Minor Prophets: The Book of Malachi

Malachi may be associated with the jackal, which features early in his book, for God had left Edom to jackals, yet now Godโ€™s own people were acting like jackals.