Hannah
Hannah is our inspiration, for she is given peace beyond all understanding in the midst of her misery and affliction. Hannah is a woman who is desperate for a child. Her struggle with infertility poses great shame and embarrassment in…
Women in Scripture
Exploring all the Women in the Bible
Women in Scripture
Exploring all the Women in the Bible
Category Old Testament Women of the Bible
Hagar: Friend or Foe?
This is the only time recorded in Biblical history that God speaks from heaven to a woman twice, showing God’s unending love, compassion, and faithfulness – even to a foreigner… Hagar is without a doubt one of the most controversial…
Bathsheba
Bathsheba was a faithful Hebrew woman who understood what it meant to receive wise counsel, and who related to the warrior, priestly life. Bathsheba, wife of King David and mother of King Solomon, was God’s chosen woman to be the…
Rebekah
But she doesn’t stop there. As a true servant of hospitality, Rebekah draws water for his camels, too. She passes the infamous “camel test,” and proves her “chessed.” Rebekah is a woman of action. Her life, personality, and legacy is…
The Proverbs 31 Virtuous Woman
A woman who Fears the Lord shall be praised. A woman who loves God, is in awe of God, has reverence for God, who respects and obeys God, who wants to know more about God. The Proverbs 31 Virtuous Woman…
Esther: A Woman Born for “Such a Time as This”
Yet Esther’s willingness to serve her God was stronger than her fear of death. Even more so, she understands that perhaps she was born “for such a time as this.” The Book of Esther, though penned nearly 2,500 years ago,…
Orpah: The Forgotten One For a Reason
You may be at the same crossroads as Orpah, where you must choose what path to take. Orpah…You don’t recognize her name? There’s probably a good reason for that, since she is only mentioned twice in the Bible, leaving her…
Herodias: Are You Her?
The Truth is hard to hear, but hear it anyway. Don’t be like Herodias, and behead the words of Truth because it inconveniences your life or because you feel ashamed. Are you her? Take a quick moment and take stock…
Jael – Most Blessed of Women
By Jael’s one act, she saves Israel from oppression, reverses the traitorious bedmates of Israel with Canaan, demolishes the law of rape under the guise of hospitality, saves her own reputation, becomes a woman warrior in her own right, and…
Sarah – The Mother of the Jewish Nation
Her womb was opened and her constant, unwavering faith in God led to her greatest blessing. Sarah, the Founding Matriarch of Judaism, is legendary for her enduring faithfulness to God, and her unswerving commitment to her husband Abraham. Characteristics abound…
The Pharaoh’s Daughter – Moses’ Adoptive Mother
The Pharaoh’s daughter, unnamed in the Bible, ultimately becomes an enormous figure in Jewish and Egyptian history, not by her name, but by her deeds and by her faithfulness to one of God’s chosen prophets. Do you notice this powerful…
The Queen of Sheba
Queen Sheba’s zeal for acquiring knowledge, especially knowledge about the one true God, was insatiable. Do you notice that the Queen of Sheba is not given a name in the Bible, only her title? And interestingly enough, any direct archaeological…
Abi(Jah)
She knows that adherence to the Law and worshiping the God of Abraham would be the key to saving the nations of Judah and Israel. ABI (ABIJAH) II Kings 18:2, II Chronicles 29:1 II Kings 18:2: He [Hezekiah] was twenty-five…
Abijah
She knows that adherence to the Law and worshiping the God of Abraham would be the key to saving the nations of Judah and Israel. II Kings 18:2: He [Hezekiah] was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he…