Prophet Isaiah is considered the most outstanding prophet of the Old Testament. He is sometimes called the Old Testament Evangelist because of the great number of his prophecies concerning Christ in the New Testament. Isaiah, who preached in Jerusalem, was alive in 722 BC when the Assyrian king Sargon took the Hebrew nation occupying Israel into captivity. The Book of the Isaiah is noted for its elegant Hebrew. It has been translated into many languages even providing many of the lyrics for the famous and widely performed Messiah by Handel. In many domed Orthodox churches the icons of the prophets encircling the bottom of the dome include the Prophet Isaiah holding a scroll inscribed with one of his prophesies.