Samuel 15: 1; After this Absalom provided a chariot and HORSES for himself and an escort of fifty men, etc. - - - - - So much for your no HORSES in Israel.
1 Kings 18: 4-5; “Ahab had said to Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grass to keep the...
Domestic Animals in Ancient Israel: The Donkey
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But when we turn to the Hebrew literature, we do not find such jokes about the donkey. Rather the animal is known for its strength and its loyalty to its master (Genesis 49:14; Numbers 22:30).
Indeed, the ruler of Shechem in the time of...
Falvlun,
There are a few things to think about when it comes to disciplining of children.
The evidence recorded in the Bible seems to indicate that discipline can be delt out in several ways. A good talking to, restricting priviledges, and sometimes with the actual rod. Consider the...
The shepherd's rod was a literal tool, used to discipline and herd sheep. "First, the natural, then, the spiritual." Most everyone who reads these statements in Hebrew or English gets the point--just as when Jesus describes parts of God and God's ministry as rocks, water, seeds, etc. most people...
Here: Read and draw your own conclusions.
I know of no specific verse that defines "rod". The word must be taken in context with the
text it is found in.
King James Word Usage tribe 140, rod 34, sceptre 10, staff 2, miscellaneous 4
Matteh is another Hebrew word for rod. This word can mean...
I guess that all depends on the translation that you have.
2 Peter 2:12
12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
Genesis 2:20
20 And Adam gave names to...
I"ve just been searching for some scritpures which show animals have a different sort of mind to us and i found these:
The christian apostle Peter speaks of lawless fleshly individuals as people who are like animals...unreasoning
2Peter 2:12 But these [men], like unreasoning animals born...
Psalms and ProverbsProverbs 12:21
"There shall no evil happen to the just but the wicked shall be filled with mischief."
Proverbs 12:2
"A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord but a man of wicked devices will He condemn."
Proverbs 3:27-31
"Withold not good from them to whom it is due...