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NASB | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
Subject: Why did David choose five stones? |
Bible Note: Interesting Indeed... I didnt intend to mean that what David was speaking was "casual insults". If anything, he may have been truly undone by the "uncircumsised Philistine" and the way he blasphemed David's God. Making David truly incensed and thinking in the harshest terms he knew how, at his young age. And I feel a need to entertain your presumption of me, that David had a lack of faith. Hence, the need for 5 stones instead of one. Could David's pouch have been empty? Could he have considered gathering more stones in case other memebers of the Philistine Army decided to not honor the vow made by Goliath about his defeat meaning all is over? But I need to ask about the rest of the family of Goliath. If the covenant issue was what David was preparing for, why did he not pick up stones for the other four "born" to the giant of Gath (inference of Goliath?) who fell to the hands of David and his servants? These 4 born of the giant in Gath were called Rephaim. (Gen14:5; 15:20; 2Sam5:18,22; 23:13; 1Chron11:15; 14:9; Isa 17:5) Since this is not the brothers but the offspring of the giant, should not David had prepared his sling bag with stones for them? I am not trying to make light with my questions, I truly am interested in the direction of this dialogue. I agree that when the Word of God is not clear on some things, we have liberty to deduce from the Scripture what could have been. But I hope not to be 'dogmatic' on an issue that is silent in the Word. ...help me Lord not to convolute the story... *Shalom* D |