On Eagles' Wings - In the Promised Land by Maya Etkiin - HTML preview

-in the Promised Land

- In Verse

Maya Etkin_{, B.A., M.Ed.}

Clinical Member (ret’d)- American, Canadian and Ontario Associations of Marriage and Family Therapy

 

Second Edition © 2008, Maya Etkin

 

1. Exodus: 19, 4: God said to Moses: “I brought you here on eagles’ wings”

 

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CONTENTS
Chapter I – Joshua: The Conquest of Canaan . . . . . . . . . . 2

Prologue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The Lord Speaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Rahab and the Spies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
A Miracle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . 9
The Battle of Jericho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 The Sin of Achan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 15 The Ambush at Ai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 18 The Sun and the Moon Stood Still . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Joshua’s Farewell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 The Pledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Mission Completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 The Miracles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Epilogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Chapter II – Judges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Prologue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Ehud the Cunning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Deborah, Beloved Prophetess, and Barak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
The Sword of Gideon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 35
The Miracle of the Three Hundred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 37
The Mighty Samson – Strong Man of the Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Samson’s Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Samson and Delilah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Epilogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Chapter III – Kings of Israel: Saul to Solomon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

The Prophet Samuel – Anointer of Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 53
God Speaks to Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Saul – The First King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Prologue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
A Miracle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Saul Sins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
David, Future King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

ii Your Great-Grandmother Ruth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
David is Anointed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
David Faces Goliath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Saul’s Treachery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 84
David’s Exile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
David Spares Saul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
David Flees to the Philistines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
The Witch of Endor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 100
Saul’s Death – David Ascends the Throne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
David and Bathsheba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 108
Amnon and Tamar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . 113
Absalom, Treacherous Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 117
David’s Song of Gratitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
David’s Last Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
David’s Last Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
David’s Epilogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Solomon’s Reign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
King Solomon in His Prime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 130
The Judgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
The Holy Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Solomon’s Palace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Solomon’s Later Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
The Queen of Sheba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Solomon’s Epilogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Chapter IV – After Solomon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

The Dispersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
The Babylonian Exile . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Modern Return to the Promised Land . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Map – Tribes of Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Map – Israel and Judah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

 

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PREFACE

This second edition is a retitled version of “People of the Bible - in the Promised Land”-2001. The illustrations and some commentaries have been omitted and some minor changes have been made to the text of Chapter four.

The book deals primarily with material from the Holy Bible – the Books of Joshua, Judges, I and II Samuel, and I Kings – which cover the period beginning with the conquest of Canaan, and ending with the death of King Solomon. There is, however, some coverage, in Chapter IV, of events following the death of Solomon and the division of the kingdom of Israel. That section is written in much less depth and detail.

This authentic work is written in easy-to-read verse, using contemporary English.

The material that is taken directly from the Biblical text is printed in regular type. The original meaning is always preserved, even if different words are used. When the text is augmented – for example by descriptions of appearances of people - it is footnoted as “author’s image”. These augmentations are also printed in regular type. However, there are verses that originate with the author – for example, prologues and epilogues; these are printed in italics, to distinguish them from the Biblical text.

Most of the commentaries in the footnotes are not original with the author. They were selected from various Biblical sources.

Maya Etkin, B.A., M.Ed. Toronto, Ontario, Canada July, 2008.

betkin@rogers.com

 

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