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561 | what was the foolish thing Samuel did | 1 Sam 13:13 | Ray | 124074 | ||
Hi worknprogress, Welcome to the forum. Perhaps the commandment that Saul broke in 1 Samuel 13:13 can be related back to 12:13,14. 1 Samuel 12:14, "If you will fear the Lord and serve Him, and listen to His voice and not rebel against the command of the Lord, then both you and also the king who reigns over you will follow the Lord your God. 15 And if you will not listen to the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the command of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord will be against you, as it was against your fathers." Deuteronomy 8:5, "Thus you are to know in your heart that the Lord your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son. 6 Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him." Deuteronomy 6:4, "Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! 5 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might." These are the commands that I see Saul basically breaking. From the heart, Ray |
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562 | is this why | 1 Sam 13:13 | Ray | 124083 | ||
Hi worknprogress, Your answer sounds right and good. However, we should use capitalization of His own heart so that we can differentiate between the Lord's heart and the one who has his own agenda. I would also notice the number of pronouns in 1 Samuel 13:14, "But now your kingdom shall not endure. The Lord has sought out for *Himself a man after His own heart,..." In other words, consider that David was going to become king and ruler over the Lord's people. But God Himself is our Ruler and King. Romans 6:22, "But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life." From the heart, Ray |
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563 | Why does God repent in 1 Samuel 35? | 1 Sam 13:13 | Ray | 125127 | ||
Hi jlpangilinan, Johnny, the commentaries are helpful but our best tool is still comparing Scripture with Scripture. Numbers 23:19, "God is not a man, that **He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; 20 Has He said, and will He/ not do it? Or has He spoken, and He will not make it good? 21 Behold I [Balaam] have received a command to bless; When (He) has blessed, then I [Balaam] cannot revoke it. 22 He has not observed misfortune in Jacob; Nor has He seen trouble in Israel; The Lord his God is with him, And the shout of a king [NKJ, King] is among them." 1) God is not a man, nor a son of man. Yet I know that Jesus is the Son of Man and I believe that the shout of a King was among them. 2) 1 Samuel 15:29, "And also the **Glory of Israel will not lie..." Numbers 23:19, "God is not a man, that **He should lie..." 3) 1 Samuel 15:29, "...not lie or change ***His mind; for He is not a man that He/ should change His mind." Numbers 23:19, "...Nor a son of man, that ***He should repent; Has He said, and will He/ not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? Two times in 1 Samuel we read that the Lord regretted. 1 Samuel 15:11, "I regret that ***I have made Saul king,..." 1 Samuel 15:35, "...And the Lord regretted that ***He had made Saul king over Israel." Even though Saul did not work out as their earthly king, the fact remains that God selected the person as king, and what He says goes. 1 Samuel 8:22, "And the Lord said to Samuel, "Listen to their voice, and appoint them a king." But 1 Samuel 8:7 says, "And the Lord/ said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them. 8 Like all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up from Egypt even to this day--in that they have forsaken (Me) and served other gods--so they are doing to you also." What He wants is for us to recognize Him as our King. From the heart, Ray |
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564 | Made alive by the Word and the words | 1 Sam 17:49 | Ray | 148026 | ||
Hi Doc, I agree with you that only God can raise us who are dead in trespasses and sins. The KJ and the NKJ for your reference to Eph 2:1, reads, NKJ, "And you [He made alive] who were dead in trespasses and sins." One literal translation of Ephesians 2:5 reads, "even when we were dead in transgressions He made us alive together in Christ -- by grace you have been saved -- ..." Would you interpret both pronouns [He made alive] in your interpretation of the passage of Ephesians 2:1-5? From the heart, Ray |
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565 | Ephesians 1:20, NKJ, "seated [Him]? | 1 Sam 17:49 | Ray | 148038 | ||
Hi Doc and forum, The King James version has [hath He quickened] in italics because it is not in the Greek. So if you agree with the King James in leaving the pronoun "He" hath quickened us" for verse five out of the interpretation, then we have a double problem in determining what was meant in the Greek. Did He quicken us or did He not? From the heart, Ray |
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566 | One Way NOT to Study the Bible | 1 Sam 17:49 | Ray | 148039 | ||
Hi EdB, There are three stones in the passage of 1 Samuel 17:49,50 and a total of five stones if you add the ones spoken of in verse 40. We are living stones and even we can be used of God in fighting life's Goliaths and bringing glory to God in fighting the Lord's battles. From the heart, Ray |
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567 | One Way NOT to Study the Bible | 1 Sam 17:49 | Ray | 148040 | ||
Hi Doc, Do you have any comment for post #148039 above for your post has mail. It is too bad that our questions do not have notification to us (the question starter) when there is any addition made. We really have to review our questions often to find new entries. From the heart, Ray |
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568 | Ephesians 1:20, NKJ, "seated [Him]? | 1 Sam 17:49 | Ray | 148084 | ||
Hi Steve, I didn't mean to confuse with yet another verse that has nothing to do with the question at hand. But the question that I asked is "Did He quicken us or did He not?" Ephesians 1:20 says that "He raised Him from the dead". So I would say also that "He made us alive together with (Christ)." Eph 2:5. But it is because of the greatness of (His) power toward us who believe. Eph 1:19, parentheses mine. We are raised up with Him, seated with Him, being in the heavenly places, being in Christ Jesus. That is the "hope of His calling" and the "glory of *His inheritance in the saints", Ephesians 1:18. He calls us in love, even when we were dead in our transgressions, *He made us alive together..." Ephesians 2:5 That is the surpassing greatness of (His) power toward us who believe. Ephesians 1:19. And it is the gift of (God); not as a result of works, that no one should boast. Ephesians 2:8,9. *He made us alive together with Christ. Ephesians 2:5. And our faith is in *Him. Ephesians 3:12. We are made alive together with Christ. (By faith you have been saved). Ephesians 2:5. For this reason, I bow my knees to the Father. Ephesians 3:14. To Him be the glory in the Church... Ephesians 3:21. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8. All that being compared and said, I apologize for getting off the question in the thread. If we have further conversation and thoughts it should probably be better done in another thread. From the heart, Ray |
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569 | Ephesians 1:20, NKJ, "seated [Him]? | 1 Sam 17:49 | Ray | 148085 | ||
Hi Steve, One last comparison. Ephesians 2:5, "even when we were dead in our transgresions *He made us alive together in (Christ) (by grace you have been saved)," Ephesians 2:5, NKJ, "In *Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of (Him) who works all things..." From the heart, Ray |
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570 | Why doesn't Saul know David? | 1 Sam 17:55 | Ray | 117072 | ||
Hi redeguitar, Be sure to read Makarios's answer, #35155, to the same question concerning this verse. What came to my mind in considering "Whose son is this youth?" is a comparison to Mark 12:35 and determining who the Son of God really is. Saul should have known David and certainly we should know the Son of David. I wonder if Saul by this time in 1 Samuel 17 had begun to think that this David was more than he originally had thought. At the same time that Saul was asking of Abner, "Abner, whose son is this young man?" David was saying these words to the Philistine giant: 1 Samuel 17:45, "Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you up into my hands, and I will strike you down and remove your head from you. And I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47 and that all this assembly may know that the Lord does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the Lord's and He will give you into our hands." So in a sense, Saul may be wondering if this David was a son of God since he was coming in the name of the Lord of hosts. 1) In comparing it to Mark 12:35-37, in what sense is Jesus David's Son? Mark 12:35, NASB, "And Jesus answering began to say, as He taught in the temple, "How is it that the Scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?" Mark 12:35, NKJ, "Then Jesus answered and said, while He taught in the temple, "How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?" ******* Mark 12:37, NASB, "David himself calls Him Lord; and so in what sense is He his son?" And the great crowd enjoyed listening to Him." Mark 12:37, NKJ, "Therefore David himself calls Him 'Lord'; how is He then his Son?" And the common people heard Him gladly." 2) So the important thing about your question is not whose son is David but rather who is this Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom Goliath had taunted. I hope that you see that the Christ is the Son of this man David; even the Son of God. Matthew 22:42 and Mark 12:35. From the heart, Ray |
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571 | Evil spirit from the Lord? | 1 Sam 19:10 | Ray | 17112 | ||
Hi Shermanj, I think that you must realize that evil doesn't come from God but that He does allow evil to exist and uses it for His glory. That is the pat answer. The place where we see that very thing for your study is in the earlier chapter of 1 Samuel. 1Samuel 15:10, "Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying, 'I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following Me and has not carried out My commands." So we see that Saul was in the process of having the kingdom torn from him, verse 16, by the Lord. In 1 Samuel 16:13 we see David anointed by Samuel "and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward." Verse 14, Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord terrorized him." This spirit, whether it was his conscience bothering him, or indeed some means that God allowed to influence him; this set in motion the introduction of David into his life and the loss of his kingdom. So we see the contrast between the "evil spirit" from the (Lord) on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was playing the harp with his hand--and "the Spirit of the (Lord)" who came mightily upon David in 1 Samuel 16:13. Chapter 18 says that the Lord was with David but had departed from Saul. And the Lord's will was done and David became king. So whether it is through an "evil spirit from the Lord" or "a sound sleep from the Lord" as in 1 Samuel 26:12, God is sovereign and His will is done. |
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572 | Graceful - What are you tryng to say? | 1 Sam 28:12 | Ray | 80109 | ||
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573 | Medium summons Samuel? | 1 Sam 28:12 | Ray | 80150 | ||
Hi Itiswritten, You have given us some good things to consider. You have written: "I do not believe that she was actually able to summon Samuel. I believe this was a deliberate act of God as the witch was very shocked (she cried out)." I agree with you, for the 12th verse does not say that she did anything, only that she saw Samuel. Plus, in the 15th verse Samuel said to Saul (not the woman), "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" I believe that this is an evil spirit from the Lord terrorizing him. I compare 1 Samuel 28:18 "so the Lord has done this thing to you this day," with 1 Samuel 16:14, "and an evil spirit from the Lord terrorized him." One reason that I believe that it was an evil spirit is the fact that he allowed Saul to give him homage in verse 14. Also, the woman says that she saw "a divine being" coming up out of the earth. No, Samuel was not to be given homage. I see other comparison of Scripture that show me that God is in charge. It is God who has brought the end of Saul's kingdom, not David. From the heart, Ray |
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574 | The Lord has done for Himself or us? | 1 Sam 28:17 | Ray | 100743 | ||
In comparing the NASB and the NKJ for this verse, I would express my preference for the NASB. I was thinking of how we like to see the affect that our actions have in life's situations. And surely what we do is important in the scheme of things. What we often forget perhaps is that God is in control and ultimately He is doing these things. Samuel in chapter 28 is telling Saul that his kingdom will be torn from his hands. He did not obey the voice of the Lord and so God has rejected him from being king. 1 Samuel 15:19-23. We might like to think that the actions of man, in this case David, brought about his loss of the kingdom but it was God's judgment and will ultimately. So in considering 1 Samuel 28:17 should it read as the NKJ, "And the Lord has done for Himself as He spoke by me." The marginal note for the verse has [Or him, i.e. David]. The marginal note for the NASB has [Lit. for himself]. Notice that the note has a lower case "himself". So the thought is that the Lord has done for Saul just as Samuel spoke in 15:26 and has done it also for David here in 28:17 in giving it to Saul's neighbor David. The thought is that the Lord is doing this thing. Is He doing it for Himself or for Saul and David? How are these things being accomplished? My interest in this verse was piqued by a comparison with Amos 8:11,12 and how Saul was experiencing a "famine", both for bread and for the words of the Lord. From the heart, Ray |
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575 | Why the execution in 2 Sam 1..? | 2 Sam 1:16 | Ray | 143736 | ||
Hi Seedling, The kind of reward he would be expecting would be the kind of reward that we would expect if we returned something of value to its owner. We might expect nothing or a little token of appreciation, but this Amalekite (a people who was supposed to have been exterminated by Saul but wasn't because of Saul's disobediance) expected the value of the crown and bracelet taken from Saul's body. We know from 1 Samuel 31:4,5 that Saul's armor bearer killed Saul, so this man was a liar and a thief. Plus he was a person that David recognized as a threat to anyone who was the Lord's anointed. 2 Samuel 4:10, "when one told me, saying, 'Behold, Saul is dead,' and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news." 2 Samuel 1:13, "And David said to the young man who told him, "Where are you from? And he answered, "I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite." 15 And David called one of the young men and said, "Go, cut him down." So he struck him and he died. 16 And David said to him, "Your blood is on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the (Lord's) anointed.'" 1 Samuel 16:8-11 shows us how David felt about "stretching out his hand" against the Lord's anointed. He said that all of the people who did not protect Saul were deserving of death (see NKJ) because they did not guard the (Lord's) anointed. From the heart, Ray |
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576 | David's response - "law for man" ??? | 2 Sam 7:19 | Ray | 111608 | ||
Hi Kalos, The mention of the Masoretic Text and making sense of it, is a reference to 2 Samuel 7:16 where it would read "And your house and your kingdom shall endure before *you forever; your throne shall be established forever." The NASB reads, "And your house and your kingdom shall endure before *Me forever; your throne shall be established forever." I think that the passage looks forward to the spiritual kingdom to come and the coming of the spiritual King, even the Man Jesus Christ. So to my mind we can ask, "Is this the usual way of a man, O God/Man?" Compare Isaiah 9:7, NKJ, NASB From the heart, Ray |
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577 | "and there is is none besides You." OK? | 2 Sam 7:22 | Ray | 12168 | ||
I have been comparing Deuteronomy 4:35, 2Samuel 7:22, Isaiah 45:21, and Mark 12:32 in the NASB. I also compared Isaiah 43:11 with Savior capitalized to Mark 12:32. By the way, Savior is capitalized many times as in Isa.43:3 and 49:26. It is this study that leads to this question; for I would like to interpret 2 Samuel 7:22b as "and there is no god (no other)(no one else) besides You." Are there any scholars out there who could give any reason for necessarily capitalizing "and there is no God besides You, according to all we have heard with our ears." |
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578 | "and there is is none besides You." OK? | 2 Sam 7:22 | Ray | 12246 | ||
Hi Nolan, You got my hopes up there for a minute by your "Yes Ray". You mean however that yes there are some scholars out there rather than "yes, my interpretation is OK." Thanks for your work here for me. The question that I need to ask according to the information that you gave me is "Does elohim have the plural and the article necessary for it to be interpreted the supreme God?"in this 2Samuel passage? The people in the passage had heard over and over that there is no other, there is none else; now here in this verse, 2 Samuel 7:22 they are to interpret by the use of their ears. If it were to be capitalized I would have to see it. |
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579 | "and there is is none besides You." OK? | 2 Sam 7:22 | Ray | 12269 | ||
Hi Nolan, It's great thinking of these things with you. Two things before I continue. You had said from your sources, that the plural and the article were factors for the upper case translation but you mentioned lowercase in your last post. Also, you mentioned "no" as an article; which I question. When I think of a no god I think of no god at all. Exodus 20 says "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me." It would be interesting to look at the times where it is written "Besides Me there is no God" and compare it to our verse here from 2Samuel. 2 Samuel 7:22 should also be compared to 1 Chronicles 17:20 where this same prayer is recorded. In fact Nolan, you are familiar with my "brain teaser"; take a look at these prayers along with John 17. Another passage that I looked at originally was Isaiah 45:21 and the context in the verse before it was about praying to a god who cannot save. Thus, I would not be surprised if this "no other god besides Me" would also be appropritate. And also we cannot save ourselves for continuing in Isaiah 47:8-10 we find those who say in their hearts and in their security, "I am, and there is no one besides me." |
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580 | "and there is is none besides You." OK? | 2 Sam 7:22 | Ray | 12574 | ||
Hi Nolan, I appreciate your work in studying the Hebrew with me. I wonder if you became interested in studying the places where it says "Besides Me there is no God". I am interested in the differences in the Hebrew words of these passages for I believe that the arrangement of "Besides Me" being first, allows the introduction of that important article that we spoke of earlier. I may have to explain better what I mean; later if necessary. We spoke earlier of how Savior is capitalized in Isaiah and I'm thinking now of Isaiah 43:11. Here the besides Me is in the last part of the phrase but I see no reason what it should not be capitalized. Isn't it great to know that "there was no strange god among you." Isaiah 43:12 Later, Ray P.S. As far as Isaiah 47:8-10 is concerned, I never would consider capitalizing the words of that phrase. |
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