According to the Tanakh, however, Ahab with 7, 000 troops had previously overthrown Ben-hadad and his thirty-two kings, who had come to lay siege to Samaria, and in the following year obtained a decisive victory over him at Aphek, probably in the plain of Sharon at Antipatris ( 1 Kings 20 ).

The first encounter has to do with Elijah, whom Ahab refers to as " the troubler of Israel " ( 1 Kings 18: 17 ), in which Elijah predicts a drought ( 1 Kings 17: 1 ).

The contest ends when Elijah's God consumes the offering which the Baal worshipers could not induce their god to touch, after which Elijah slaughters the Baal prophets ( 1 Kings 18: 17 – 40 ).

The second encounter is between Ahab and two unnamed prophets in 1 Kings 20: 22.

The third is when Elijah confronts Ahab over Ahab and Jezebel's execution of Naboth and usurpation of his land in 1 Kings 21.

The fourth encounter is with Micaiah, the prophet who, when asked for advice on a military campaign, first assures Ahab he will be successful and ultimately gives Ahab a glimpse into God's plan for Ahab to die in battle ( 1 Kings 22 ).

While the above passages from 1 Kings do not view Ahab unfavourably, there are others which are less friendly.

Essentially, 1 Kings 16: 29 through 20: 40 is the story of Ahab's reign.

Indeed, he is referred to, for this and other things as being " more evil than all the kings before him " ( 1 Kings 16: 30 ).

His denunciation of the royal dynasty of Israel, and his emphatic insistence on the worship of Yahweh and Yahweh alone, illustrated by the contest between Yahweh and Baal on Mount Carmel, as told in 1 Kings 18, form the keynote to a period which culminated in the accession of Jehu, an event in which Elijah's chosen disciple Elisha was the leading figure.

1 Kings 2: 31ff.

3: 10, Matthew 1: 7, 1 Kings 14: 31 )

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When Abiathar was dismissed from the priesthood by King Solomon for having taken part in Adonijah's conspiracy against David, his life was spared because he had formerly borne the Ark ( 1 Kings 2: 26 ).

Solomon worshipped before the Ark after his dream in which God promised him wisdom ( 1 Kings 3: 15 ).

Holy of Holies ), was prepared to receive and house the Ark ( 1 Kings 6: 19 ); and when the Temple was dedicated, the Ark — containing the original tablets of the Ten Commandments — was placed therein ( 1 Kings 8: 6-9 ).

The printed edition ( Presburg, 1838 ), prepared by M. L. Bislichis, contains: ( 1 ) Preface ; ( 2 ) a treatise of eighteen chapters on the incorporeality of God ; ( 3 ) correspondence ; ( 4 ) a treatise, called Sefer ha-Yarḥi, included also in letter 58 ; ( 5 ) a defense of The Guide and its author by Shem-Tob Palquera ( Grätz, Gesch.

# The beginning of 1 Chronicles ( chapters 1 – 10 ) mostly contains genealogical lists, including the House of Saul and Saul's rejection by God, which sets the stage for the rise of David.

# 1 Chronicles ( chapters 11 – 29 ) is a history of David's reign.

# The beginning of 2 Chronicles ( chapters 1 – 9 ) is a history of the reign of King Solomon, son of David.

The Hebrew portion is, for all intents and purposes, identical to that found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, meaning chapters 1 and 8-12 were in existence before the late 2nd century BC.

The first, termed Proto-Isaiah ( chapters 1 – 39 ), contains the words of the 8th-century BCE prophet with 7th-century BCE expansions ; the second, Deutero-Isaiah ( chapters 40 – 55 ), is the work of a 6th-century BCE author writing near the end of the Babylonian captivity ; and the third, the poetic Trito-Isaiah ( chapters 56 – 66 ), was composed in Jerusalem shortly after the return from exile, probably by multiple authors.

* Historical Situation → The historical situation goes through three stages: in chapters 1 – 39 the prophet speaks of a judgment which will befall the wicked Israelites ; in chapters 40 – 55 the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple ( 587 BCE ) is treated as an accomplished fact and the fall of Babylon as an imminent threat ; and in chapters 56 – 66 the fall of Babylon is already in the past.

Judges can be divided into three major sections: a double prologue ( chapters 1: 1-3: 6 ), a main body ( 3: 7-16: 31 ), and a double epilogue ( 17-21 ).

Chapters 1: 1-2: 5 are thus a confession of failure ; chapters 2: 6-3: 6 are a major summary and reflection from the Deuteronomists, setting out the over all formula which the stories in the main text will follow: Israel " does evil in the eyes of Yahweh ;" the people are given into the hands of their enemies and cry out to Yahweh ; Yahweh raises up a leader ; the " spirit of Yahweh " comes upon the leader, the enemy is defeated, and peace is regained.

In the 20th century the first part of the prologue ( chapters 1: 1-2: 5 ) and the two parts of the epilogue ( 17-21 ) were commonly seen as miscellaneous collections of fragments tacked on to the main text, and the second part of the prologue ( 2: 6-3: 6 ) as an introduction composed expressly for the book ; this view has been challenged in the latter decades of the century, and there is an increasing willingness to see Judges as the work of a single individual, working by carefully selecting, reworking and positioning his source material to introduce and conclude his themes.

The visions, and the book, are structured around three themes: ( 1 ) judgment on Israel ( chapters 1-24 ); ( 2 ) judgment on the nations ( chapters 25-32 ); and future blessings for Israel ( chapters 33-48 ).

Chapter 3 may be an independent addition, now recognized as a liturgical piece, but was possibly written by the same author as chapters 1 and 2.

Zizhi Tongjian changed a tradition dating back almost 1, 000 years to the Shiji ; standard Chinese dynastic histories ( collectively the Twenty-Four Histories ) primarily divided chapters between annals ( 紀 ) of rulers and biographies ( 傳 ) of officials.

The book describes its own structure around ten " toledot " sections ( the " these are the generations of ..." phrases ), but many modern commentators see it in terms of a " primeval history " ( chapters 1 – 11 ) followed by the cycle of Patriarchal stories ( chapters 12 – 50 ).

It is not clear, however, what this meant to the original authors, and most modern commentators divide it into two parts based on subject matter, a " primeval history " ( chapters 1 – 11 ) and a " patriarchal history " ( chapters 12 – 50 ).

His return for the period January 1 to June 20, 1961, is due April 16, 1962.

This serum exhibited titers of 1: 16 in albumin and 1: 256 by the indirect Coombs test.

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The defense budget in 2005 totaled 1. 16 billion US Dollars.

As an example 8: 5, 16: 10 and 1. 6: 1 is the same aspect ratio.

* 16: 10 = 1. 6 ( not shown above ): Widely used widescreen computer displays ( WXGA )

* Φ: 1 = 1. 618 …: Golden ratio, close to 16: 10

* 5: 3 = 1 .: Super 16 mm, a standard film gauge in many European countries

* 16: 9 = 1 .: Widescreen TV

" There be some standing here which shall not taste of death till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom " ( Matthew 16: 28 ) ( or, " until they see that the kingdom of God has come with power " ( Mark 9: 1 ); or, " till they see the kingdom of God " ( Luke 9: 27 ).

: 16. 59 births / 1, 000 population ( 2009 est.

: Total: 16. 25 deaths / 1, 000 live births

: Section 16 ( 1 )( a ) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 ( c. 2 ) provided that it was an offence to, amongst other things, assault any person duly engaged in the performance of any duty or the exercise of any power imposed or conferred on him by or under any enactment relating to an assigned matter, or any person acting in his aid.

* 1388 – Despite being outnumbered 16 to 1, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious over the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Näfels.

* ( Part 1 ) NASA film on the Apollo 16 mission from the Internet Archive

The New Testament verses typically referenced are Matthew 26: 30 ; Acts 16: 25 ; Romans 15: 9 ; 1 Corinthians 14: 15 ; Ephesians 5: 19 ; Colossians 3: 16 ; Hebrews 2: 12, 13: 15 ; James 5: 13, which reveal a command for all Christians to sing.

For comparison, a Roman 1st BC century catapult using stones of 6. 55 kg fired with a kinetic energy of 16, 000 joules, while a mid 19th century 12 pound cannon firing projectiles of 4. 1 kg fired the projectile with a kinetic energy of 240, 000 joules.

Antares is a type LC slow irregular variable star, whose apparent magnitude slowly varies from + 0. 88 to + 1. 16.