A leading outdoor activity in Israel is Biblical archaeology—digging up traces of heroes and villains who died thousands of years ago but who seem to enthusiasts almost as real as Israel’s Premier ...

In the Hebrew Bible’s Book of Kings, a story is told about a ruthless king of Israel who abused his authority and was punished for it by God. King Ahab’s realm was in Samaria, what is now known by ...

To the Biblical student, the name Jezebel is attributed to an evil queen married to king Ahab of Israel (see 1 Kings 16). Jezebel convinced her husband to abandon worship to Jehovah God and introduced ...