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How many balded headed prophets in the bible?
See 2 Kings 2:23.
How many books are in the prophetic books in the old testament?
According to the Jewish count: Eight books. Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the Twelve (minor prophets). Samuel and Kings are each counted as one book (which includes 1 and 2), and the Twelve are counted as one book.
Why do Jews have 24 books in the old testament and Protestants have 39 books?
The Jewish scriptures were not separated into books. They were scrolls. I and 2 Kings and I and 2 Chronicles was each one scroll. The thirteen minor prophets was also one scroll.
How many books of prophecy are in the bible?
The major prophets and their books are: Isaiah Jeremiah (incl Lamentation) Ezekiel Daniel The other (referred to to as MINOR) prophets and their books are: Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Haggai Zephaniah Zechariah Malachi It should also be noted that certain other books also contain passages of prophecy, but are not PROPHETIC books in their own right.
Why were Elijah and Elisha excluded from the list of canonical prophets?
The lives of Elijah and Elisha are written in the books of 1 and 2 Kings. The major prophets is a classification of those prophets that wrote books in the Bible namely Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. The Minor Prophets or Twelve Prophets are the names of prophets described in the last book of the Nevi'im, the second main division of the Jewish Tanakh. This book was broken each into separate books by the name of the Prophet in the Christian Old Testament. For this reason Elijah and Elisha are neither "major" prophets or "minor" prophets, which refer to the length of the books by the prophets name not the importance of the prophet or its message.
Hebrew Bible is a series of how many books?
Twenty-four. 1 and 2 Samuel is counted as one; the same for Kings, and Chronicles; Ezra and Nehemiah are counted as one; and the twelve minor prophets (Hosea, etc.) are one.
Who were the prophets priests and Kings in 1 and 2 Samuel?
Samuel, Gad, Nathan
How many proverbs in the Old Testament?
There are many proverbs in the Old Testament, especially in the Book of Proverbs, which has around 31 chapters that are devoted to proverbs. Many proverbs can be found throughout the first five book of the Bible, which is knonw as the Law or the Books of the Law. The two books of Kings and the 2 books of Samuel, as well as many or all of the major and minor prophets have wisdom and proverbs in them, especially in Ecclesiates and Isaiah.
Was king Hezekiah a warrior or a statesman?
Both, since he did battle as needed (2 Kings 18:8); and as a statesman he led his people and he dealt with prophets (2 Kings 19:2) and foreign kings (2 Kings 18:14 and 20:12).
Is the book of kings in the old or new testemant?
There are two books with the name Kings - usually referred to as 1 Kings and 2 Kings. They are the eleventh and twelfth books of the Old Testament.
What books does the books of history consist of?
In the Bible, the books Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther make up the Books of History.
Where is it found in the bible where it talks about the school of prophets?
Called "sons of the prophets", they are mentioned several times in 2 Kings, once in 1 Kings, and once in Amos.2 Kings 2:5 And the sons of the prophetsthat were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day?
