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651. Saul Made King

1 Samuel 10:9-27

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

... large site with good acoustics. 10:20–21 Josh. 7:14–18 and 1 Sam. 14:38–42 describe similar processes of choosing by lot. The priestly ephod, a metal object carried by priests and distinct from the garment of the same name, was sometimes used to discern God’s views (Judg. 17:5; 1 Sam. 23:9; Hos. 3:4), as was the Urim and the Thummim (Exod. 28:30; 1 Sam. 28:6). The disciples drew lots to select a replacement for Judas within the Twelve (Acts 1:26). Matri, the clan to which Saul belonged, is not ...

652. Job's Second Reply to Eliphaz

Job 16:1-17:16

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... modified use of merismus drawing on the customary pairing of heaven and earth to describe the whole of creation. While many commentators ultimately consider God to be Job’s intercessor, it may be that the cry of the earth in response to the spilling of Job’s blood is in view here. 16:20 My intercessor. Just who is this intercessor in whom Job places so much hope? The Hebrew word (melits) is not a common one and occurs only five times in the OT (twice in Job, here and in 33:23; also Gen. 42:23; 2 Chr. 32 ...

653. Bildad's Second Speech to Job

Job 18:1-21

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... . 18:2–3 With an exasperated “How long!” (emphasis added; NIV when), Bildad explodes on the scene demanding that Job cease speaking. His outburst is tantamount to an admission that the friends are unable to answer Job’s arguments or persuade him of their own views. The verb translated end here may be a jussive form expressing Bildad’s desire that Job “shut up!” The result would sound something like: “How long (must I listen to this)? Put an end to words!” This is not a request for a time ...

654. Job's Second Reply to Zophar

Job 21:1-34

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... in brackets. Neither of these words, nor the brackets, appear in the Heb. text. 21:20 One thinks immediately of Socrates drinking hemlock, but the OT contains many references to drinking the cup or the wine of divine wrath. Both God’s blessing and his wrath can be viewed as stored in a cup, and those that experience either are said to drink from it. Perhaps the image is retributive in nature. God has but one cup, but what one receives from it depends upon one’s relation to God. See Pss. 16:5; 23:5; 116 ...

655. Acquittal for the Falsely Accused (Ps. 7)

Psalm 7:1-17

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... portrays the conflict as not merely between classes of people (e.g., the righteous and the wicked, v. 9) but also between the individual speaker and “all who pursue me.” Third, the ritual oath seems to imply an actual occasion of personal accusation, especially in view of 1 Kings 8:31–32. Our psalm should probably be read in light of this passage, which also refers to a possible wrong done to a neighbor, an oath sworn at the temple altar, Yahweh’s “judging,” (cf. Ps. 7:8), “condemning the ...

656. The Lord’s Majesty and the Crowning of Humanity

Psalm 8:1-9

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Craig C. Broyles

... us this towering vision that it brings us to look at ourselves: what is man that you are mindful of him? The question is not merely, “what is man”? It is not primarily anthropological but theological: “that you are mindful of him.” In other words, in view of God’s glory that has been set on the heavens, why does God preoccupy himself with mere mortals? The question is rhetorical and cannot be answered. This psalm expands our perspective to the heavens to see that God has other alternatives for his ...

657. Praise to the God of Zion as Creator and God of Agricultural Fertility

Psalm 65:1-13

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... have with one another. What connections are there between Yahweh’s temple and atonement, his control over mountains and seas, and his care for the land with its crops and flocks? Here we moderns, who tend to compartmentalize life, can learn from the integrated world view of this psalm. Each strophe makes a distinct emphasis in connection with the psalm as a whole. In the first, we learn that the people’s status before God at the temple can influence the fertility of the land. In the second, we see that ...

658. God Judges the Gods

Psalm 82:1-8

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Craig C. Broyles

... parallel to Psalm 82, where the gods are on trial, lies in the trial speeches against the nations in Isaiah, especially 41:21–29. Here, in a courtroom setting, Yahweh challenges the gods of the nations to present evidence that they are gods, and in view of their apparent silence he declares, “See, they are all false!” Another indication that the ʾelohîm of Psalm 82 are not Israelite judges is that verses 5b and 8b give it an international, and even cosmic perspective, not one confined to the land of ...

659. Nebuchadnezzer’s Dream of a Tree

Daniel 4:1-18

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... But this verse also prepares the reader for Daniel 7, where the kingdom is given to the “people of the holy ones of the Most High” (7:27 NRSV; NIV “the saints, the people of the Most High”), who will rule forever. They are perhaps in view as the lowliest people because they were persecuted by the evil king, Antiochus IV. The author of the book of Daniel expects the holy ones (7:18, 22, 25, 27, that is, heavenly beings; NIV “saints”) and the Jews to receive “the sovereignty, power and greatness ...

660. The Calling of the First Disciples

Mark 1:14-20

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Larry W. Hurtado

... of this episode is to give the readers followers of Jesus with whom to identify themselves. The readers are thereby drawn into the story, and the Christian reader especially is to follow the calling and duties, the trials and failures, of the disciples with a view to drawing lessons for living. Additional Notes 1:14 John was put in prison: Mark does not explain John’s imprisonment and he does not tell the outcome here. In 6:14–29 he gives a rather full account of these matters. Galilee is the name ...

661. Jesus Heals Many

Luke 4:38-44

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Craig A. Evans

... demand, that he has to seek out a solitary place. Even so, he is pursued, and when he is discovered, the crowds tried to keep him from leaving them. This enthusiasm for Jesus is due primarily to his healings and aid. In keeping with popular views about the blessings associated with the coming of the Messiah, the people expected such benefits and eagerly sought them. However, as the Nazareth sermon so graphically illustrated (4:16–30), Jesus’ idea of the good news of the kingdom of God is less eagerly ...

662. The Disciples' Grief Will Turn to Joy

John 16:17-33, John 16:5-16

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... on a collision course with the world, whether of Jew or Gentile. The greater the willingness to acknowledge the world’s reality and to recognize concretely what it means for Christians to live there, the greater the possibility of a negative or even hostile view of the world. In chapter 14, the disciples and the world moved, for the most part, on tracks that never met, but in chapters 15–17 they do meet and come into conflict, even though Jesus traces only faintly the precise contours of that conflict ...

663. Hearts / Repentance

2 Corinthians 7:2-16

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... is also crucial to Paul’s apostolic self-concept (cf. Gal. 1:15–16; Isa. 49:1). Just as in 6:2 Paul views the Corinthians as in danger of forfeiting the eschatological salvation prophesied in Isaiah 49, so also in 7:6 he perceives his own relief ... ; 8:16). According to 2 Corinthians 2:13, Paul “had no rest for my spirit” when he was waiting for the news from Titus. In view of the apologetic nature of 2 Corinthians as a whole, it is interesting to note that Titus’s spirit was refreshed by all of you ...

664. Leadership in Israel: Judges and Kings

Deuteronomy 16:21--17:7

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... particular form of political authority is not. The nation can and does survive without kings both before and after the centuries of actual monarchic government. Although in other OT traditions the king can be seen as the human embodiment of Yahweh’s kingship, this is not in view here. In Deuteronomy the judge stands closer to divine functions and is a more true successor to Moses than a king. “The way of the righteous judge reflects the way of the Lord (cf. 16:18–19 with 10:17). The way of the king in ...

665. Law Courts

Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

666. Jeroboam Rebels Against Solomon

1 Kings 11:26-40

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... liberating Israel, not from Egypt, but from Judah. Additional Notes 11:14 An adversary: The Hb. here is śāṭān, which in other OT texts refers to the great adversary, Satan (e.g., Job 1:6; 2:1). It is this latter opponent who is normally in view when “satan” appears in the NT (e.g., Matt. 12:22–37), although the human contribution to “opposition” is certainly prominent in Matt. 16:21–28. 11:25 As long as Solomon lived: This is lit. “all the days of Solomon.” It has sometimes been argued ...

667. Solomon's Death

1 Kings 11:41-43

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

668. Ahab Killed at Ramoth Gilead

1 Kings 22:29-40

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... hanneḇîʾîm, which is rendered by the NIV in 18:20 as he “assembled the prophets”—this is the only other place in the OT (apart from 2 Chron. 18:5, which is parallel to 1 Kgs. 22:6) where the same phrase occurs. This is very interesting, in view of the fact that 400 prophets are missing from the assembly on Mount Carmel (cf. the additional note on 18:19) and about four hundred turn up here (v. 6). Just as interesting is the way in which verses 6–7 are worded. Jehoshaphat seeks “the word of the ...

669. Elisha Traps Blinded Arameans

2 Kings 6:8-23

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... “significant.” 6:1–7 Of the “sons of the prophets” already mentioned, it is the Gilgal group that is assuredly in view here (2 Kgs. 4:38–41; cf. in particular their “meeting” with Elisha, Hb. yšḇ lipnê, in 4:38 and 6: ... going badly (cf. 2 Kgs. 6:24–33). There is no evidence, on the other hand, that Elisha, or the authors, have changed their views about Jehoram since 2 Kgs. 3. He is an idolater throughout his reign, suffering those things that we expect wicked kings to suffer (reverses ...

670. Those Guilty of Intermarriage

Ezra 10:18-44

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

... also Matt. 19:29–30; Luke 18:29–30) as a biblical parallel, to the call that sometimes comes to believers to leave children and other family members for the sake of Jesus and the gospel. Additional Notes 10:1 For discussion of the widely held view that this chapter was an adaptation of the Ezra memoirs, see Williamson, Ezra, Nehemiah, pp. 145–48. It is not obvious why the shift to the third person was made. Daniels, “Composition,” p. 322, suggests that it was to ease transition to the first-person ...

671. The Completion of the Wall

Nehemiah 6:15-7:3

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

... three mentioned in vv. 43–45. If the gatekeepers were actually temple officers temporarily drafted to secular duties, assistance from other temple staff is feasible. 7:2 The rendering along with, rather than “that is” in the mg., is doubtless correct in view of “them” in v. 3, which seems to indicate that two individuals are mentioned here. It is less likely that the new gatekeepers were addressed, or a combination of them and Hanani, since they are mentioned in the third person. Hanani apparently ...

672. Jerusalem’s Deliverance Foretold

Isaiah 37:1-13

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... distinctives can be identified, though they have a way of disappearing when one examines them. Israel’s claim is not that its view of God is different, but that its God lives up to the theological claims made for this God. This God actually exists ... power that all peoples attributed to their gods. It is this claim that Sennacherib disputes. Additional Notes 37:8–38 A common critical view has been that these are two versions of the same events. Instead of trying to combine the two into one story, the text ...

673. Setting His Face Toward Jerusalem

Luke 9:51-62

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King Duncan

... that--a million followers for only $1,750! That sounds like a bargain if you are seeking to become a celebrity. But that’s not all. If you need to beef up views for your YouTube video, for $150 you can buy 30,000 views from a site called 500views.com. For $3,100 they’ll make your video go “viral” by getting you a million views. The article concludes with the following advice: “No matter what social network you’re on, you can buy your way to popularity.” (1) It’s a shame Jesus didn’t have ...

674. Being Neighborly

Luke 10:25-37

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Robert C. Cochran

... was ambivalent. On the one hand, there were many instances in the Bible where the people of Israel were called to hate and destroy their enemies. But there were also many places in the Old Testament (like the book of Jonah) where all people were viewed as God’s children and must be treated accordingly. Jesus answered the lawyer with the parable of the Good Samaritan. The next preconception we have to rid ourselves of before we can look at this parable with fresh eyes is its title. Passages in the Bible ...

675. Pay Attention!

Luke 10:38-42

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Robert C. Cochran

... ’re not alone. In fact, generally, if you’re not disturbed by Jesus’ actions and parables, you’re not paying attention. Jesus wanted to get people to look at life differently, and the only way to get people out of their old ways of thinking and begin viewing life from the perspective of the kingdom was to shock them. Martha was a good and faithful servant. When Jesus stopped in during his journeys, she knew what he needed: he needed to be cleaned up from the dusty road, and he needed to be fed. He ...

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