Jesus said something interesting in connection to what may have happened to King Saul....
“When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through waterless places in search of a resting-place and finds none. 44 Then it says, ‘I will go back to my house from which I moved,’ and on...
Exactly!!!! The bible is lyrics to a melody. One first must have the melody even to begin to understand the lyrics. Definition of muzak we start with the lyrics and we shall reason our way to the melody. Omg F@@K ME THE WORLD IS NUTS. Nature nature nature, break the bs down already. I guess...
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2 Kings 3:15
15 But now, get me a musician.” When the musician played, the Lord energized him,
1Samuel16:23
23 Whenever God’s spirit came to Saul, David took the lyre and strummed a tune. Saul got relief from his terror and...
I don't know if this is the right section for this, but here goes... What do you think of music as a method of purifying oneself or exorcising demons?
1Samuel16:23: "And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul...
But how can he make correction on the OT if he is only relying on translated text, instead of using the Hebrew text of the OT, thus the Tanakh?
I'd admit that the KJV is far from the best translation, because it is still using Middle English, not modern English.
In the new English translation...
Just as an example:
1Samuel16:23 reads, "And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him."
In the Joseph Smith Translation, the words "from God"...
1Samuel16:14
Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh troubled him.
1Samuel16:15
Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God troubles you.
1Samuel16:16
Let our lord now command your servants who are before you, to seek out a man who...