The Words of
Jesus the Christ,
the Son of God:
And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.-Mark 12:38-40***In the divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible, scribes are not mentioned until the reign of King David, the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites in the Promised Land. Scribes were specifically educated Israelites who could accurately transcribe, copy, and record information. Moreover, scribes were taught, and could teach, all of the laws that the Lord God gave to Moses for the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. Solomon, the 2nd child born to David and Bathsheba, was the 3rd king to reign over all of the Israelites. Elihoreph and Ahiah served as scribes during Solomon's reign. Rehoboam, the son born to Solomon and Naamah, was the 4th king to reign over all of the Israelites in the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and to Abraham's son Isaac, and to Isaac's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), and to their descendants. After Rehoboam gave a specific answer, the Israelites split into 2 kingdoms, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of Solomon. Judah was the nation in the south, Jerusalem was the royal city, and Rehoboam was the 1st king to reign. Israel was the northern nation, Samaria was the final royal city, and Jeroboam, the son born to Nebat and Zeruah, was the 1st king to reign. Throughout the reign of Jeroboam and every king who ruled the northern nation of Israel before the Assyrians invaded the kingdom and conquered Samaria, no scribes were identified by name. Jeiel the scribe served during the reign of Rehoboam's great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson King Uzziah (Azariah), the 9th king to rule Judah. Shebna the scribe served during the reign of Uzziah's great-grandson King Hezekiah, the 12th king to rule Judah. Shaphan the scribe served during the reign of Hezekiah's great-grandson King Josiah, the 15th king to rule Judah. Elishama served as scribe during the reign of Josiah's son King Jehoiakim (Eliakim), the 17th king to rule Judah. The Babylonians (Chaldeans) invaded Judah and Jerusalem during Jehoiakim's reign and King Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of Babylon, began looting the temple of the Lord. Meanwhile, Baruch the scribe was working and assisting Jeremiah the prophet. Jehoiachin (Jeconiah/Coniah), the son born to Jehoiakim and Nehushta, was the 18th king to rule Judah. During Jehoiachin's reign, the Babylonians took more prominent Israelites, including Jehoiachin, his wives and mother, to Babylon. During the reign of Josiah's son King Zedekiah (Mattaniah), the 19th king to rule Judah, Jonathan was a scribe. In the 11th year of Zedekiah's reign, the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem and took an unnamed scribe and at least 70 other Israelites to Babylon and killed them. Less than 70 years after Jerusalem was conquered, King Cyrus, ruler of the Persian Empire, allowed Israelites to return to Judah and Jerusalem and build the Lord God a temple. Shimshai the scribe, Zadok the scribe, and Ezra the priest, prophet and scribe were working among the Israelites. Over 400 years after Ezra led the Israelites to make a confession to the Lord God, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Jacob's 4th born son Judah, the tribe of David, Solomon and all of Judah's kings, to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Approximately 30 years after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by Mary's relative John the Baptist, from the tribe of Jacob's 3rd born son Levi. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. Jesus taught of righteousness and the scribes, and the traditions that the scribes followed, and conditions for obeying the scribes. Jesus described scribes to his disciples and told his disciples that the scribes would be involved in getting him betrayed and crucified. Jesus knew the thoughts of the scribes, and proclaimed scribes to be hypocrites, and spoke of his homelessness to a scribe, and spoke of the kingdom of God to a scribe, and spoke of the righteous, sinners, sin, and his power to scribes. Jesus listened to scribes, and questioned scribes, and answered scribes, and spoke of the appearance and actions of scribes.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel 1:1-3:21, 8:1-31:13, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Isaiah 36:1-39:8, Jeremiah 36:1-39:18, 52:1-34, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26
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scribes = grammateon/grammateus/gramma = writer, to write or transcribe
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