Whether you know your Scriptures chapter and verse or you rarely take a peek at the Good Book, these Bible facts will surprise you. Though the word Bible comes from the Greek word biblios ...

[8] For Hittite, see O.R. Gurney, The Hittites (London, 1952), pp. 120-1 ... [14] 1 Kings xvii. 4-6; see A Dictionary of the Bible... ed. James Hastings (New York, 1898-1904), s.v. 'Elijah'. [15] 810a ...

The Hittites wrote, and they wrote a lot. In their home turf of Anatolia around 4,000 to 3,000 years ago, Hittite writers recorded state dealings and decrees, myths, rites, and religious rituals.

Text engraved on the tablet was in the language of the Hurrians, who are believed to have been once powerful enough to vie for hegemony in the ancient Orient with the Hittites and the Egyptians.

Canaan was the land of Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites ... He tells his Judean followers not just to avoid outsiders but to “do nothing for their well-being.” The Bible itself, though, ...

Sidonians and Hittites. They were from nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, ‘You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.’ ...

Tarsus, Turkey, plays an important part in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. As well as its significance for the Abrahamic ...

The Hittites later conquer the city ... in the early sixth century B.C. and exiled the Hebrews to Babylon. The Bible says that he also stole sacred objects from the Jewish temple and took them ...

As the main point of access from the Taurus Mountains to the sea, the city was a major player in trade as early as 1600-1180 BCE, when it was ruled by the Hittites, an ancient civilization.