And there was a prophetess,Annathe daughterof Phanuel,of the tribeof Asher.She was advancedin yearsand had livedwith [her] husbandsevenyearsafterher marriage,
Then Leahsaid,"Happyam I! For womenwill callme happy."So she namedhim Asher.
So Hilkiahthe priest,Ahikam,Achbor,Shaphan,and Asaiahwentto Huldahthe prophetess,the wifeof Shallumthe sonof Tikvah,the sonof Harhas,keeperof the wardrobe(now she livedin Jerusalemin the SecondQuarter); and they spoketo her.
"You will cometo the gravein fullvigor,Like the stackingof grainin its season.
They will stillyieldfruitin oldage;They shall be fullof sapand verygreen,
Miriamthe prophetess,Aaron'ssister,tookthe timbrelin her hand,and allthe womenwentout afterher with timbrelsand with dancing.
"Now you, sonof man,setyour faceagainstthe daughtersof your peoplewho are prophesyingfrom their own inspiration.Prophesyagainstthem
and a swordwill pierceevenyour ownsoul--to the endthat thoughtsfrom manyheartsmay be revealed."
At that verymomentshe cameup and [began] giving thanksto God,and continued to speakof Him to allthosewho were lookingfor the redemptionof Jerusalem.
EVENON MY BONDSLAVES, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN,I WILL IN THOSEDAYSPOUR FORTHOF MY SPIRITAnd they shall prophesy.
Nowthis manhadfourvirgindaughterswho were prophetesses.
But everywomanwho has her headuncoveredwhile prayingorprophesyingdisgracesher head,for she is oneand the sameas the womanwhose head is shaved.
Nowconcerningspiritual[gifts], brethren,I do not wantyou to be unaware.
An overseer,then,mustbe above reproach,the husbandof onewife,temperate,prudent,respectable,hospitable,able to teach,
A widowis to be put on the listonly if she is not lessthan sixtyyearsold, [having been] the wifeof oneman,
Now the fifthlotfellto the tribeof the sonsof Asheraccording to their families.
from the tribeof Ashertwelvethousand,from the tribeof Naphtalitwelvethousand,from the tribeof Manassehtwelvethousand,
Now Deborah,a prophetess,the wifeof Lappidoth,was judgingIsraelat that time.
He had twowives:the nameof onewas Hannahand the nameof the otherPeninnah;and Peninnahhadchildren,but Hannahhadnochildren.
