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Achan ( / ˈeɪkæn /; Hebrew: עָכָן, romanized : ‘Āḵān ), the son of Carmi, a descendant of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, is a figure who appears in the Book of Joshua in the Hebrew Bible in connection with the fall of Jericho and conquest of Ai . His name is given as Achar (עָכָר֙ ‘Āḵār) in 1 ...
Blair Worden. Alastair Blair Worden, FBA (born 12 January 1945), usually cited as Blair Worden, [1] is a historian, among the leading authorities on the period of the English Civil War and on relations between literature and history more generally in the early modern period .
Joshua 7 is the seventh chapter of the Book of Joshua in the Hebrew Bible or in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the Joshua, with additions by the high priests Eleazar and Phinehas, but modern scholars view it as part of the Deuteronomistic History, which spans the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings, attributed to nationalistic and ...
Achan pillaged gold, silver, and a costly garment from Jericho, and was punished by stoning. [ 1] Herem or cherem ( Hebrew: חרם, ḥērem ), as used in the Tanakh, means something given over to the Lord, or under a ban, and sometimes refers to things or persons to be utterly destroyed. [ 2][ 3] The term has been explained in different and ...
To uncover the sin of Achan the sacred Lots were used by Joshua. [23] Abiathar joined David, who was then in the cave of Adullam (1 Sam. 22:20–23, 23:6). He remained with David, and became priest of the party of which he was the leader (1 Sam. 30:7).
Joshua 8 is the eighth chapter of the Book of Joshua in the Hebrew Bible or in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the Joshua, with additions by the high priests Eleazar and Phinehas, but modern scholars view it as part of the Deuteronomistic History, which spans the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings, attributed to nationalistic and ...
The Book of Joshua, chapter seven, relates the story from which the valley's name comes.After the problems the Israelites had as a result of Achan's immoral theft of items commanded to be destroyed, the Israelite community stoned Achan and his household.
Ajahn ( Thai: อาจารย์, RTGS : achan, IPA: [ʔāː.tɕāːn]; Lao: ອາຈານ, romanized : ācān) is a Thai - and Lao -derived term that translates as "professor" or "teacher". The term is in turn derived from the Pali word ācariya and is a term of respect, similar in meaning to the Japanese sensei. It is used as a title of ...