Philistines

The Phenomenon of the Oppressed becoming the Oppressor The dilemma and correlation to indigenous people and ethnic conflict as they struggle to survive and thrive in a world that consistently try to strip them of their dignity and humanity. He retorted, “Am I My Brother’s Keepers?” rings loud and clear in my ears and in the deepest part of my consciousness as I study and reflect on the Palestinian and Israeli conflict. This was the response given by Cain to God when asked, “Where is your…

The Dysfunctional Personality of a Hero During my childhood and my in Sunday school years I was led to believe that Samson was a hero, a chosen men of God that fought against the enemies of Israel, the Philistines. That Perhaps, he was taken out and fell as a victim to Delilah's cunning charms. For this reason, regardless of his strength and calling he was unable to continue with his mission. On the other hand, some experts argue that it was an inside problem, that his family was very much…

if this traditional belief in prayer during the pestilence came from the ancient Hebrew tradition that all the pestilence was visited upon a sinful nation as divine retribution, as with plagues of Egypt or the epidemic that broke out among the Philistines after their capture of the ark. God’s anger had been directed at Venice and there was no time to lose, everyone knew that there was…

The first three kings of Israel, Saul, David and Solomon were men of strength and weakness. When the kings listen to the message of God’s servants the prophets, they make the right decisions and experience the blessings of God. When the leaders reject the prophet’s inspired message, the entire nation suffers. Thus, everything ultimately rises or falls spiritually, socially, militarily, and politically because of leadership. As God’s anointed leaders, the kings are held accountable to maintain…

There are not too many stories of the Bible that contain women. The few women that I am focusing on, Eve, Delilah, Vashti and the daughters of Lot, are a few of the females considered “bad” to some people. Their stories have given society an idea of what deeds are seen as moral and those that are wrong. All of these women have performed a sinful act, but there are actions that are considered bad and others that could be seen as good. From the beginning, Eve has represented women and all of…

of Israel out from the hands of these people, the Israelites slew 10,000 Moabites, all strong, courageous men and not a man escaped (Judges 3:12-30; Deuteronomy 34:3; 2 Chronicles 28:15). The children Moab, Ammon, Ishmaelites, Amalek, Edom, the Philistines and the Assyria were all mixed multitude, intermingled and intermarried together with the Ethiopians throughout ancient world, and were also allies (Psalm 83:5-9; Jeremiah 25:20-25; Genesis 36:35; Habakkuk 3:7; 2 chronicles 21:16). The…

leaving them to cry out to the Lord for relief but the Lord will not answer. David, in 1 Samuel 17:32-51, had courageously taken up the chance to fight the giant Philistine, Goliath, who challenged King Saul and his men. He went up against him in the name of the Lord Almighty, as well as with some stone and a sling. David struck down the Philistine with one blow to the head from the stone. Saul, in 1 Samuel 11:6-11, was a man of great courage. When Saul heard that the Israelites were crying…

were there so many sculpture representations of David throughout the history of art? In Book 1 Samuel of the Bible, the chronicle of the battle between David and Goliath is told. It begins with Saul and his men, the Israelites, are challenging the Philistines near the Valley of Elah. The days…

Research Paper Old Testament Survey Evelyn The word Bible comes from the Greek word Biblos, which means “book.” In a sense, the Bible is one unified Book. God speaks with one voice throughout His Book, calling us to accept His offer of eternal life and follow His commands. But the Bible is also made up of individual books—thirty-nine in the Old Testament and twenty-seven in the New Testament. These books were written under God’s inspiration by many different authors over a period of many…

One of the case studies in Ancient Israel comes from Psalms 88.In the anthropology of the dead, the nephesh is inviolable and makes the journey to Sheol (Psalms 30:3). The beginning of Psalms 88 is of a man praying to God about his afterlife, because he knows his death is coming in the near future. He prays for “salvation” and the man nephesh is still currently on earth but he is aware that he will be going to “the pit” when he dies (Psalms 88:1-4). He feels that God has forsaken him and accuses…