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Ahaz
King of Judah at that time Isaiah was a prophet. (735-715) TERM 2
Amaziah
DEFINITION 2 Priest of Bethel loyal to Jeroboam II; opposed Amos' preaching and presence in the Northern Kingdom. TERM 3
Amos
DEFINITION 3 One of the twelve prophets; an eighth-century prophet from Tekoa in Judah, he preached to the northern kingdom emphasizing social justice and the coming Day of Yahweh. See also Book of the Twelve. TERM 4
Call Narrative
DEFINITION 4 An account found in some historical and prophetic books that records the prophet's experience of being called into prophetic ministry; the call was usually issued in the presence of God. TERM 5
Day of YHWH
DEFINITION 5 Termed the Day of the LORD, the day God battles his enemies; derives from the holy war tradition and was cited by Amos, Joel, Obadiah, and Zephaniah
Gomer
The wife of Hosea the prophet who turned out to be unfaithful to their marriage. (CH10) TERM 7
Hezekiah
DEFINITION 7 (715-687) A king of Judah; he restored the temple, reinstituted proper worship, and received God's help against the Assyrians. (CH10) TERM 8
Hosea
DEFINITION 8 One of the twelve prophets; an eighth-century Israelite prophet who exposed the people's lack of faith in Yahweh. (CH10) TERM 9
Immanuel
DEFINITION 9 (sometimes spelled Emmanuel) The name or title of an otherwise unidentifiable person in Isaiah's prophecy (chapters 7-8); means "God is with us." (10) TERM 10
Isaiah of Jerusalem
DEFINITION 10 First Isaiah, Chapters 1-39 of the book of Isaiah, largely attributable to Isaiah of Jerusalem of the eighth century. (CH10)
Zion
(also called Mount Zion) The hill on which the city of Jerusalem first stood; David's royal palace and the temple of Yahweh were both located on Mount Zion; later Zion was used to refer to the entire city of Jerusalem; already in biblical times it began to symbolize the national homeland (see, for example, Psalm 137:1- 6); in this latter sense it served as a focus for Jewish national- religious hopes of renewal over the centuries. (CH8) TERM 17
Zion Theology
DEFINITION 17 The ideology in Israel that affirmed the divine promises to the house of David and the invulnerability of the city of Jerusalem. (CH8)
