Secular history tells us that the son of Simon Maccabee, John Hyrcanus I, was both king and priest. Simon was murdered in 134 BCE by his son-in-law Ptolemy, and was succeeded as high priest and king by his son John Hyrcanus I. There are no other king/priest combinations recorded in the Bible. In the [...]
Answers about high priest
No, King David was not a priest. The priests were from the tribe of Levi. David was from Judah. When David sent for the ephod to inquire of the LORD, he asked Abiathar the high priest to bring it. Presumably the inquiry was through Abiathar, if the precedent of the instruction given to Joshua, the [...]
The urim and thummim were used to determine God’s guidance on specific questions. For example, Saul used the urim and thummim to determine who was guilty when he thought someone had sinned. Therefore Saul said, “O Lord God of Israel, why have you not answered your servant this day? If this guilt is in me [...]
God made Aaron’s rod bud — it was a miracle. In Numbers 17:5 God says: …the staff of the man whom I choose shall sprout. Thus I will make to cease from me the grumblings of the people of Israel, which they grumble against you. After the rebellion in Numbers 16 (see especially Num. 16:3), [...]
