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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (GOD OF THE HILLS AND VALLEYS)

May 31, 2021Uncategorized1 Kings, 2 Kings, ahab, army, battle, belief, bible customs and curiosities, country, curiosities, customs, earth, fought, gods, hill, hills, hills and valleys, Israel, King Ahab, level plains, Lord, multitude, NIV, plains, prove, regional, rise, successfully, syrians, thine, true God, valley, valleys, victoryabarkley8

King Ahab of Israel had won a previous battle against the Syrians (1 Kings 20:21), apparently among the hills and mountains of Israel. The victory gave rise to the Syrian claim that the God of Israel was a god of the high country, not of the level plains. The Syrians reflected the typical pagan belief that different nations and different parts of the earth had their own regional gods.

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BIBLE SIGNS AND SYMBOLS “MOUNTAIN/HILL”

March 19, 2016Uncategorizedbible signs and symbols, hills, Isaac, jesus, Moses, Mount sinai, mount zion, Mountain of God, mountain/hills, mountainsabarkley8

Although most Westerners would think of mountains and hills as very different from one another, in the biblical landscape the two terms were used almost interchangeably. We often see mountains and hills used in parallel to illustrate the same idea. For instance, in Psalm 114 we read, “The mountains jumped like rams. The hills jumped like lambs” (v. 4). The two terms are not contrasted, but rather represent the same idea.

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