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According to J. Gordon McConville, a conflict between good (tob) and evil (ra’) underlies the action of this chapter which is not immediately obvious in the English translation: [28] Nehemiah's face is "sad" (verses 1–3) is actually described using the word "evil", which is also used for the word "trouble" of Jerusalem (verse 17, or in 1:3 ...
He wanted to use Army regulars to confine the Seminole to south of Fort King, and pursue them within that territory. The Army destroyed camps and fields across central Florida, a total of 500 acres (2.0 km 2) of Seminole crops by the middle of the summer. General Armistead became estranged from the territorial government, although he needed ...
Ivy Julia Cromartie Stranahan (February 24, 1881 – August 30, 1971) was an American philanthropist heavily involved with the Seminoles of Southern Florida.She trained as a teacher initially, but after marrying Frank Stranahan, she settled permanently in Fort Lauderdale.
Nehemiah 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, [1] or the 13th chapter of the book of Ezra-Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible, which treats the book of Ezra and the book of Nehemiah as one book. [2]
The Catholic Bible contains 73 books; the additional seven books are called the Apocrypha and are considered canonical by the Catholic Church, but not by other Christians. When citing the Latin Vulgate , chapter and verse are separated with a comma, for example "Ioannem 3,16"; in English Bibles chapter and verse are separated with a colon, for ...
2 Kings 2 is the second chapter of the second part of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the Second Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of Israel and Judah by a Deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century BCE, with a supplement added in the sixth century BCE. [3]
Carol Meyers notes that "unlike virtually all women in biblical narratives, she is not presented as the 'wife' of someone". [2] Claudia Camp says that the woman is "both independent and maternal, powerful and pious." [3] The proposal to build a room for Elisha originates with the woman and is supported by her husband (2 Kings 4:9–10).
A contemporary map of the reservation assigned to the Seminole Indians in the Treaty of Moultrie Creek. By the Treaty of Moultrie Creek in 1823, the Seminoles had relinquished all claims to land in the Florida Territory in return for a reservation in the center of the Florida peninsula and certain payments, supplies and services to be provided by the U.S. government, guaranteed for twenty years.