Saturday, April 7, 2018

Sling

Sling

1Sa 25:29  Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

Abigail’s use of the word sling (twice!) intrigued me.  It seems a deliberate ‘play’ on words based upon David’s history with a sling (Goliath).

Sling – used in 7 verses 8 times. 

Jdg_20:16  Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling (H7049) stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
1Sa_17:40  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 (H7050) was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
1Sa_17:50  So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling (H7050) and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
1Sa_25:29  Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out (H7049), as out of the middle of a sling (H7050).
Pro_26:8  As he that bindeth a stone in a sling (H4773), so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
Jer_10:18  For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out (H7049 [H853]) the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.
Zec_9:15  The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones (H7050, [H68]); and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.

H7049 qâla - kaw-lah' - A primitive root; to sling; also to carve (as if a circular motion, or into light forms): - carve, sling (out).  Used 7 times in 7 verses.
1Sa 17:49  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.
1Ki 6:29  And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without. 

H7050 - qela - kah'-lah - From H7049; a sling; also a (door) screen (as if slung across), or the valve (of the door) itself: - hanging, leaf, sling.  Used 22 times in 22 verses.
Exo 27:9  And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
1Ki 6:34  And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 
2Ch 26:14  And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings (H7050) to cast stones. 

H4773 - margêmâh - mar-gay-maw' - From H7275; a stone heap: - sling.  Used 1 time.
H7275 - râgam - raw-gam' - A primitive root (compare H7263, H7321 and H7551); to cast together (stones), that is, to lapidate: -  X certainly, stone.  {Lapidate?  Dictionary.com – verb, to pelt with stones; to stone to death.}

Sunday, April 1, 2018

April 2018


2Ti 2:15  Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 

1Th 4:11  And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 

1-Apr
1 Samuel 21-24
PROPHETS

1 Manuscript
(1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings)
Book of the Kingdoms
2-Apr
1 Samuel 25-27
3-Apr
1 Samuel 28-31
4-Apr
2 Samuel 1-3
5-Apr
2 Samuel 4-6
6-Apr
2 Samuel 7-10
7-Apr
2 Samuel 11-13
8-Apr
2 Samuel 14-15
9-Apr
2 Samuel 16-18
10-Apr
2 Samuel 19-21
11-Apr
2 Samuel 22-24
12-Apr
1 Kings 1-2
13-Apr
1 Kings 3-5
14-Apr
1 Kings 6-7
15-Apr
1 Kings 8-9
16-Apr
1 Kings 10-11
17-Apr
1 Kings 12-14
18-Apr
1 Kings 15-17
19-Apr
1 Kings 18-20
20-Apr
1 Kings 21-22
21-Apr
2 Kings 1-4
22-Apr
2 Kings 5-8
23-Apr
2 Kings 9-11
24-Apr
2 Kings 12-14
25-Apr
2 Kings 15-17
26-Apr
2 Kings 18-19
27-Apr
2 Kings 20-22
28-Apr
2 Kings 23-25
29-Apr
Isaiah 1-4
Prophets
(Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel)
30-Apr
Isaiah 5-8