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Synonyms: thirstiness, dryness, parched, craving, strong desire, longing, yearning, avidity, hunger, voracity, keenness, eagerness, lust, appetite, passion, love, crave, want, covet, desire, hunger for/after, lust for/after, hanker for/after, have one's heart set on

Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

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26. David at Nob

1 Samuel 21:1-9

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

... The Priests at Nob: 21:1–9 Having accepted that Saul’s enmity was fixed and that exile was the only option, David sought initial supplies from the priest at Nob. Ahimelech’s wariness on David’s arrival may have reflected an awareness of Saul’s antipathy toward David and a fear of getting involved in a power dispute. However, it is equally possible that Ahimelech’s expression of ignorance in 22:14–15 was the truth and his fear was that David would bring Philistine troops in his wake. David’s ...

27. Daniel in the Den of Lions

Daniel 6:1-28

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... He confirms that the decree still stands (6:12). They then spring the trap by informing on Daniel and indicting him. By noting that he is one of the exiles from Judah (6:13), they are indicating their prejudice against foreigners and possibly even special antipathy toward Jews. They accuse Daniel of paying no attention to the king or to his decree, for he still prays three times a day (6:13). Unlike Nebuchadnezzar in chapter 3, who angrily seeks to destroy the three faithful Jews, Darius is here portrayed ...

28. Daniel’s Dream of Four Beasts

Daniel 7:1-14

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... would be a succession of three or four empires could date from the Persian or early Greek period. The representation of Greece as the worst and most destructive kingdom could stem from Alexander’s conquest. In the second century B.C., the extreme antipathy Antiochus IV showed the Jews could have provided impetus for the composition of this apocalypse. Antiochus pushed his program of Hellenization (1 Macc. 1:11–15), sold the high priesthood (2 Macc. 4:7–10), and plundered the Jerusalem temple (1 Macc ...

29. David at Gath

1 Samuel 21:10-15

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

30. David at Adullam and Mizpah

1 Samuel 22:1-5

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

31. Leadership in Israel: Judges and Kings

Deuteronomy 16:21--17:7

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... of men for horses—i.e., selling Israelites as mercenary soldiers in exchange for horses. Solomon exchanged Israelite towns for timber (1 Kgs. 9:11–14), and there is some hint that he may have traded in this manner so as to acquire horses (1 Kgs. 10:26–29). The antipathy to any return to Egypt is echoed in the prophets who condemned reliance on Egypt and/or horses and chariots (cf. Isa. 2:7; 30:1–7; 31:1–3; Jer. 2:18, 36; Hos. 14:3; Mie. 5:10). There is no direct record of the saying attributed to ...

32. Law Courts

Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

33. The King

Deuteronomy 17:14-20

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

34. David Makes Solomon King

1 Kings 1:28-53

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... of Gera . . .”) clearly implies that it is indeed this same Shimei who has joined Solomon’s party, and it is the natural assumption of the reader who has read thus far in Samuel—Kings. His presence in the Solomonic party is sufficiently explained by his likely antipathy to the Judean Adonijah, a king not likely to favor someone from Saul’s clan. Solomon is perhaps nothing more to him than the lesser of two evils. On the likelihood that Nathan was a prophet from the pre-David city of Jebus (2 Sam. 5 ...

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

37. More Proverbs of Solomon

Proverbs 28:1-28, Proverbs 29:1-27

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... trust in God for one’s safety (29:24–25; cf. 28:25). Although people may think that a personal meeting with a ruler will guarantee the meeting of their needs, justice comes from God alone (29:26). In light of the divine standards emphasized in this section, the mutual antipathy between the righteous and the wicked is easy to understand (29:27; cf. 29:10).

38. More Proverbs of Solomon

Proverbs 29:1-27

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

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26. David at Nob

1 Samuel 21:1-9

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

27. Daniel in the Den of Lions

Daniel 6:1-28

Understanding Series

William Nelson

28. Daniel’s Dream of Four Beasts

Daniel 7:1-14

Understanding Series

William Nelson

29. David at Gath

1 Samuel 21:10-15

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

30. David at Adullam and Mizpah

1 Samuel 22:1-5

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

31. Leadership in Israel: Judges and Kings

Deuteronomy 16:21--17:7

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

32. Law Courts

Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

33. The King

Deuteronomy 17:14-20

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

34. David Makes Solomon King

1 Kings 1:28-53

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

37. More Proverbs of Solomon

Proverbs 28:1-28, Proverbs 29:1-27

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

38. More Proverbs of Solomon

Proverbs 29:1-27

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

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