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Today we use the Gregorian calendar from Pope Gregory,
from the 1500’s
Today is November 3, 2012
Middle
English Novembre
Latin November
Latin Novembris mensis
"ninth month"
Novembris had 30 days, until Numa
when it had 29 days, until Julius when it became 30 days long.
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Now, God’s truth
Yehovah has His own calendar
We are now inthe 8th month of God called Bul (pronounced Bool, "rain"), 18th day
1 Kgs.6 [38] And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts
thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in
building it.
(Part of October & November)
Judaism calls this month Cheshvan or Marheshvan
This is not in the Hebrew Scriptures.
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Today's Topic:
With all the news we hear today because of all the media
formats we have created, it is enough to overwhelm you.
Earthquakes,
hurricanes, floods, war, false predictions
Whom or what shall we fear?
In the future, will you ever fall down and worship other gods,
idols, or images that the world powers or system sets up?
Pss. 27 [1] Yehovah, is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
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Are you a servant of the most
high God?
Always Anti-Semitism – always accuse the Jews
Daniel, Belteshazzar
Hananiah, Shadrach;
Mishael, Meshach;
Azariah, Abed-nego
"PERSIA - IRAN IN THE PAST"
[1]
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore
cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura,
in the province of Babylon.
[2] Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes,
the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellers, the sheriffs,
and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the
dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the
king had set up.
[3] Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the
treasurers, the counsellers,
the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
[4]
Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
[5] That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp,
sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down
and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
[6]
And whoso falleth
not down and worshippeth
shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
[7]
Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet,
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages,
fell down and worshipped the golden image that
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
[8]
Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
[9]
They spake and said to the king
Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
[10] Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear
the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all
kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
[11] And whoso falleth
not down and worshippeth,
that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
[12] There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
[13]
Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abed-nego. Then they brought
these men before the king.
[14] Nebuchadnezzar spake
and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye
serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
[15]
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute,
harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down
and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour
into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall
deliver you out of my hands?
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[16]
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego,
answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer
thee in this matter.
[17] If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning
fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
[18] But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we
will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
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[19]
Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed
against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego:
therefore he spake, and
commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
[20] And he commanded the most
mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, and to cast them into
the burning fiery furnace.
[21] Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their
hats, and their other garments, and were
cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
[22] Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the
furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
[23]
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the
burning fiery furnace.
[24]
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied,
and rose up in haste, and spake,
and said unto his counsellers,
Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They
answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
[25]
He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose,
walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no
hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
[26]
Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most
high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-nego, came
forth of the midst of the fire.
[27] And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellers, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
[28]
Then Nebuchadnezzar spake,
and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abed-nego, who hath sent his
angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have
changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve
nor worship any god, except their own God.
[29]
Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak
any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their
houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver
after this sort.
[30]
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.
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"PERSIA - IRAN IN THE PAST"
[1]
It pleased Darius to set over the
kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
[2] And over these three presidents; of whom
Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them,
and the king should have no damage.
[3] Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because
an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole
realm.
[4]
Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion
against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion
nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault
found in him.
[5]
Then said these men, We shall
not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we
find it against him concerning the law of his God.
[6]
Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus
unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
[7] All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes,
the counsellers, and the
captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a
firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of
any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be
cast into the den of lions.
[8] Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be
not changed, according to the law of the Medes and
Persians, which altereth
not.
[9] Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
[10]
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and
his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his
knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did
aforetime.
[11]
Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication
before his God.
[12]
Then they came near, and spake
before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree,
that every man that shall ask a petition of any God
or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into
the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
[13] Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
[14]
Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and
set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to
deliver him.
[15] Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king,
Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians
is, That no decree
nor statute which the king establisheth
may be changed.
[16] Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
[17]
And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed
it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose
might not be changed concerning Daniel.
[18]
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the
night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went
from him.
[19]
Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den
of lions.
[20] And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto
Daniel: and the king spake
and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living
God, is thy God, whom thou servest
continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
[21]
Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
[22] My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut
the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me;
and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
[23]
Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take
Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in
his God.
[24]
And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel,
and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their
wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in
pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
[25] Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages,
that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
[26] I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men
tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his
kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto
the end.
[27] He delivereth
and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in
heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
[28]
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
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Pss. 27
[1] Yehovah
is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
Yehovah is
the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
[2]
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my
flesh, they stumbled and fell.
[3] Though an host
should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise
against me, in this will I be confident.
[4] One thing have I desired of Yehovah, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of Yehovah, all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yehovah, and to inquire in his temple.
[5]
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of
his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
[6] And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about
me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing,
yea, I will sing praises unto Yehovah.
[7]
Hear, Yehovah, when
I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
[8]
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my
heart said unto thee, Thy face, Yehovah, will I seek.
[9] Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger:
thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
[10] When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yehovah, will take me up.
[11]
Teach me thy way, Yehovah, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine
enemies.
[12] Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false
witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
[13] I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of Yehovah, in the land of the living.
[14] Wait on Yehovah,
be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on Yehovah.
Fear God, the God of Israel
Matt. 10 [28] And fear
not them which kill the body, but are not able
to kill the soul: but rather fear him
which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
[5] But I will forewarn
you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which
after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear
him.
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[35]
Who shall separate us from the love of Messiah?
shall tribulation,
or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
[36] As it is written, For
thy sake we are killed all the day long;
we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
[37] Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that
loved us.
[38] For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor
life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor
things to come,
[39] Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Messiah
Yeshua our Lord.
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"PERSIA - IRAN NOW"
Don’t forget
Ahmadinejad
Reportedly Claims U.S. is Blocking Return of Mankind's
Savior
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Trust in Yehovah
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Deut.1 [ 17] Ye shall not respect
persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall
not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause
that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
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Pss.4 [5] Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put
your trust in Yehovah.
Pss.37 [ 3] Trust in Yehovah, and do good; so shalt
thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Pss.73 [ 28] But it is good for me
to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may
declare all thy works.
Pss.115 [ 10] O house of Aaron, trust
in Yehovah: he is their help and their shield. [11]
Ye that fear Yehovah, trust in Yehovah : he is their
help and their shield.
Pss.118[ 8] It is better to trust in Yehovah
than to put confidence in man. [9] It is better to trust in Yehovah than to put confidence in princes.
Pss.125 [ 1] They that trust in Yehovah shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be
removed, but abideth for ever.
Prov.3[ 5] Trust in Yehovah
with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.[6] In all thy ways
acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.[ 7] Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear Yehovah, and
depart from evil.
Prov.29 [ 25] The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth
his trust in Yehovah shall be safe.
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Quote the Word at satan, he will flee
Matt.4:[1 ] Then was Yeshua led up of the Spirit into the
wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
[2] And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights , he was afterward an hungred.
Luke.4:[1 ] And Yeshua being full of
the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into
the wilderness,[2 ] Being forty days tempted of the devil . And
in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward
hungered.
Matt.4[3 ] And when the tempter
came to him. Yeshua, he said, If thou be the Son
of God, command that these stones be made bread.
[4] But he answered and said, It is written,
Man shall
not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth
out of the mouth of God.
Deut.8 [ 3] And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to
hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest
not, neither did thy fathers know; that He might make thee know that man
doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth
out of the mouth of Yehovah doth man live.
Matt.4[5 ] Then the devil taketh
him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a
pinnacle of the temple,
[6] And saith unto him, If thou be the Son
of God, cast thyself down: for it is written , He shall give his
angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest
at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
[7] Yeshua said unto him, It is written
again, Thou shalt
not tempt the Lord thy God.
Deut.6 [ 16] Ye shall not tempt Yehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
Matt.4[8
] Again, the devil taketh him up into an
exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the
kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
[9] And saith unto him, All these things will
I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
[10] Then saith Yeshua
unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy
God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Deut.5:[7 ] Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
[8] Thou shalt not make thee any graven
image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven
above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the
earth:
[9] Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them,
nor serve them : for I Yehovah thy God am a
jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the
third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
[10] And shewing mercy unto thousands of them
that love me and keep my commandments.
Matt.4[ 11] Then the devil leaveth Him, and,
behold, angels came and ministered unto Him.
Remember –
Use the Word
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[1] It came to pass after this also, that the
children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with
them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
[2] Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a
great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and,
behold, they be Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.
[3] And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek Yehovah,
and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
[4] And Judah gathered themselves together, to
ask help of Yehovah: even out of all the cities of
Judah they came to seek Yehovah.
[5] And
Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Yehovah, before the new court,
[6] And said, Yehovah God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the
kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine
hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
[7] Art not thou our God, who
didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
[8] And they dwelt therein, and
have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
[9] If, when evil cometh upon
us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this
house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee
in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
[10] And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir,
whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they
came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them
not;
[11] Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy
possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
[12]
O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh
against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
[13] And all Judah stood before Yehovah,
with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
[14] Then upon Jahaziel the
son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a
Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of Yehovah in the midst of the congregation;
[15] And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith
Yehovah unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of
this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
[16] To morrow go ye down
against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz;
and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
[17] Ye
shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still,
and see the salvation of Yehovah with you, O Judah
and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow
go out against them: for Yehovah will be with you.
[18] And
Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before Yehovah,
worshipping Yehovah.
[19] And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites,
stood up to praise Yehovah God of Israel with a loud
voice on high.
[20] And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the
wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth,
Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in Yehovah your God, so shall ye be established; believe his
prophets, so shall ye prosper.
[21] And when he
had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto Yehovah,
and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the
army, and to say, Praise Yehovah; for his mercy endureth for ever.
[22]
And when they began to sing and to praise, Yehovah set ambushments against
the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
[23] For the
children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the
inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and
destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
[24] And when
Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the
multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none
escaped.
[25] And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take
away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the
dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more
than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil,
it was so much.
[26] And on the fourth day they assembled themselves
in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed Yehovah:
therefore the name of the same place was called, The
valley of Berachah, unto this day.
[27] Then they returned, every man of Judah and
Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem
with joy; for Yehovah had made them to rejoice over their
enemies.
[28] And they
came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of Yehovah.
[29] And the fear of God was on
all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that Yehovah fought against the enemies of Israel.
[30] So the realm
of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
[31] And Jehoshaphat reigned over
Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's
name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
[32] And he
walked in the way of Asa his father,
and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight
of Yehovah.
[33] Howbeit the high
places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts
unto the God of their fathers.
[34] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first
and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani,
who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
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Watch after you do well, Satan is angry
Watch who or what you join
[35] And after this did Jehoshaphat
king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah
king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
[36] And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
[37] Then Eliezer
the son of Dodavah of Mareshah
prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined
thyself with Ahaziah,
Yehovah hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they
were not able to go to Tarshish.
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Be like little David
1 Sam.17
[1] Now the Philistines gathered together their
armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh,
which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
[2] And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched
by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array
against the Philistines.
[3] And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel
stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
[4] And there went
out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of
Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
[5] And he had an
helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the
weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
[6] And he had greaves of brass
upon his legs, and a target of brass between his
shoulders.
[7] And the staff of his spear
was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of
iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
[8] And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel,
and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your
battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye
servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let
him come down to me.
[9] If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your
servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our
servants, and serve us.
[10] And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel
this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
[11] When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the
Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
[12] Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah,
whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an
old man in the days of Saul.
[13] And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the
battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab,
and the third Shammah.
[14] And David
was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
[15] But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at
Bethlehem.
[16] And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented
himself forty days.
[17] And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run
to the camp to thy brethren;
[18] And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and
look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
[19] Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley
of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
[20] And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a
keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the
trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
[21] For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army
against army.
[22] And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the
carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
[23] And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the
Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
[24] And all the men
of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
[25] And the men of Israel said, Have
ye seen this man that is come up? surely
to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches,
and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
[26] And David spake
to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh
away the reproach from Israel?for
who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the
living God?
[27] And the people answered him after this manner,
saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
[28] And Eliab his eldest brother heard when
he spake unto the men; and Eliab's
anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest
thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those
few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
[29] And David said, What have I now done? Is
there not a cause?
[30] And he turned from him toward another, and
spake after the same manner: and the people answered
him again after the former manner.
[31] And when the words were heard which David spake,
they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
[32] And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy
servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
[33] And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this
Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war
from his youth.
[34] And David
said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and
a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
[35] And I went out after him,
and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me,
I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
[36] Thy servant slew both the
lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them,
seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
[37] David said
moreover, Yehovah delivered me out of the paw of the
lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of
this Philistine.
And Saul said unto
David, Go, and Yehovah be with thee.
[38] And Saul armed David with his armour, and
he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed
him with a coat of mail.
[39] And David girded his sword upon his armour,
and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I
cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
[40] And he took his staff in his hand,
and chose him five smooth stones out of the
brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his
sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
[41] And the Philistine came on and drew near unto
David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
[42] And when the Philistine looked about, and saw
David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair
countenance.
[43] And the
Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David
by his gods.
[44] And the
Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls
of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
[45] Then said
David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a
sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of Yehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom
thou hast defied.
[46] This day will Yehovah deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee,
and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the
fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may
know that there is a God in Israel.
***[47] And all this assembly shall know that Yehovah
saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is Yehovah's, and he will give you into our hands.
[48] And it came to pass, when the
Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that
David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
[49] And David put his hand in
his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and
smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead;
and he fell upon his face to the earth.
[50] So David
prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the
Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
[51] Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and
took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut
off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead,
they fled.
[52] And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and
shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the
gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines
fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and
unto Ekron.
[53] And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the
Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
[54] And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to
Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
[55] And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said
unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner
said, As thy soul liveth, O
king, I cannot tell.
[56] And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.
[57] And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head
of the Philistine in his hand.
[58] And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou,
thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
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Remember:
Trust in Yehovah, the God of
Israel
Yehovah saves not with sword and
spear:
for the battle is Yehovah's
Shabbat Shalom