Eliakim and the Ten Plagues is the second installment in The Witness Series by Josh Hardin, a collection of middle grade historical fiction that places young characters inside Bible stories from both the Old and New Testaments. In this book, readers join Eliakim, a twelve-year-old enslaved Hebrew boy working in the household of Egypt’s most powerful man.
When Pharaoh refuses to grant freedom to God’s oppressed people, Moses and Aaron call upon Jehovah to demonstrate His power. Water turns to blood. Frogs are everywhere. Boils break out. Death creeps closer with each plague, giving Pharaoh a chance to relent. How far will Pharaoh’s hardness and cruelty go? In these desperate times, Eliakim must hold on to words his mother spoke over him: "Jehovah never forgets His promises. He will do what is right, and He will do it at the right time."
Faithful to the biblical account in Exodus, this gripping adventure invites readers ages 8–12 to experience Scripture as living history.
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