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188) Looking for Samuel 2 Samuel 23 - We are told about David’s last words: The God of Israel spoke; To me the Rock of Israel said: ‘When the one ruling over mankind is righteous, Ruling in the fear of God, It is like the morning light when the sun shines, A morning without clouds. It is...

188) Amenhotep IV (Akhenaton) The earliest monuments of Amenhotep IV, who in his fifth regnal year changed his name to Akhenaton (“One Useful to Aton”), are conventional in their iconography and style, but from the first he gave the sun god a didactic title naming Aton, the solar disk. This...

188) Looking for Job Job 23 My feet have closely followed his footsteps; I have kept to his way without deviating. - His footsteps, his way! - Closely and without deviating! - It is probably difficult to understand what Job says here because we live in a superficial world! - Job lives...

187) Looking for Samuel 2 Samuel 22 - And David makes a song to God! - He speaks about the protection against his enemies he got from God! - But he doesn’t say anything about the high price he had to pay because he took somebody’s wife and he killed her husband! - And he had to pay for...

187) Foreign influences during the early 18th dynasty During the empire period Egypt maintained commercial ties with Phoenicia, Crete, and the Aegean islands. The Egyptians portrayed goods obtained through trade as foreign tribute. In the Theban tombs there are representations of Syrians...

187) Looking for Job Job 23 But if I go east, he is not there; And I return and I cannot find him. When he is working on the left, I cannot look upon him; Then he turns to the right, but I still do not see him. But he knows the path I have taken. After he has tested me, I will come out as...

186) Looking for Samuel 2 Samuel 21 There is a famine in Israel for three consecutive years because Saul killed the Gibeonites who ask in exchange seven of Saul’s sons. War between Israel and the Philistines starts again. And each time Israel beat them. - God never forgets! - There is...

186) Thutmose III proceeded to Gaza with his army and then to Yehem, subjugating rebellious Palestinian towns along the way. His annals relate how, at a consultation concerning the best route over the Mount Carmel ridge, the king overruled his officers and selected a shorter but more dangerous...

186) Looking for Job Job 23 Would he contend with me using his great power? No, surely he would give me a hearing. There the upright one could set matters straight with him, And I would be acquitted once and for all by my Judge. - Job knows his relationship to God! - That’s why he is...

185) Looking for Samuel 2 Samuel 20 A man called Sheba tells the people of Israel to go away from David and the people of Judah stay with David. David sends his men after Sheba. Joab kills Amasa. Then Joab and his brother Abishai chase after Sheba who refuses into Abel of Beth Maacah. So...

185) Amenhotep I Ahmose’s son and successor, Amenhotep I (ruled c. 1514–1493 bce), pushed the Egyptian frontier southward to the Third Cataract, near the capital of the Karmah (Kerma) state, while also gathering tribute from his Asiatic possessions and perhaps campaigning in Syria. The emerging...

185) Looking for Job Job 23 Job said in reply: “Even today I will complain stubbornly; My strength is exhausted because of my sighing. If only I knew where to find God! I would go to his place of dwelling. I would present my case before him And fill my mouth with arguments; I would...

184) Looking for Samuel 2 Samuel 19 David is sad because of his son’s death. Joab is angry at the David because of David’s attitude saying: “Today you have put to shame all your servants who this day saved your life and the lives of your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your...

184) The New Kingdom (c. 1539–1075 bce) The 18th dynasty (c. 1539–1292 bce) Ahmose Although Ahmose (ruled c. 1539–14 bce) had been preceded by Kamose, who was either his father or his brother, Egyptian tradition regarded Ahmose as the founder of a new dynasty because he was the native ruler who...

184) Looking for Job Job 21 Look! I know exactly what you are thinking And the schemes you devise to wrong me. For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prominent man, And where is the tent in which the wicked one lived?’ Have you not questioned travelers? Do you not carefully study their...

35) ONLY CORRUPTION Genesis 34: God is not mentioned in this chapter! It is easy to understand why! Genesis 35:1 = God (Elohim) / the God (lā·’êl) Genesis 35:3 = the god (lā·’êl) Genesis 35:5 = God (Elohim) Genesis 35:7 = God (Elohim) Genesis 35:9 = God (Elohim) Genesis 35:10 = God...

34) ONLY CORRUPTION Genesis 33:5 = God (Elohim) Genesis 33:10 = God (Elohim) Genesis 33:11 = God (Elohim) Genesis 33:20 = The God (El) - God (Elohim) is mentioned three times in chapter 33! - The God (El) is mentioned once in chapter 33!

33) ONLY CORRUPTION Genesis 32:1 = God (Elohim) Genesis 32:2 = God (Elohim) Genesis 32:9 = God (’ĕ·lō·hê) / God (wê·lō·hê) / the LORD (Yah.weh) Genesis 32:28 = God (Elohim) Genesis 32:30 = God (Elohim) - The LORD (Yah.weh) is mentioned once in chapter 32! - God (Elohim) is mentioned six times...

32) ONLY CORRUPTION Genesis 31:3 = the LORD (Yah.weh) Genesis 31:5 = the God (wê·lō·hê) Genesis 31:7 = God (Elohim) Genesis 31:9 = God (Elohim) Genesis 31:11 = God (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Genesis 31:13 = the God (hā·’êl) Genesis 31:16 = God (Elohim) / God (Elohim) Genesis 31:24 = God (Elohim) Genesis...

31) ONLY CORRUPTION Genesis 30:2 = God (Elohim) Genesis 30:17 = God (Elohim) Genesis 30:18 = God (Elohim) Genesis 30:20 = God (Elohim) Genesis 30:22 = God (Elohim) / God (Elohim) Genesis 30:23 = God (Elohim) Genesis 30:24 = the LORD (Yah.weh) - The LORD (Yah.weh) is mentioned once in chapter...