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Qingu, also spelled Kingu (ð’€ð’†¥ð’„–, d kin-gu, lit. ' unskilled laborer '), was a god in Babylonian mythology, and the son of the gods Abzu and Tiamat. [1] After the murder of his father, Apsu, he served as the consort of his mother, Tiamat, who wanted to establish him as ruler and leader of all gods before she was killed by Marduk.
[5] [6] Lotan ( ltn ) is an adjectival formation meaning "coiled", here used as a proper name; [ 7 ] the same creature has a number of possible epitheta, including "the fugitive serpent" ( bṯn brḥ ) and maybe (with some uncertainty deriving from manuscript lacunae) "the wriggling serpent" ( bṯn ʿqltn ) and "the mighty one with seven ...
In Mesopotamian religion, Tiamat (Akkadian: ð’€ð’‹¾ð’€€ð’†³ D TI.AMAT or ð’€ð’Œ“𒌈 D TAM.TUM, Ancient Greek: Θαλάττη, romanized: ThaláttÄ“) [1] is the primordial sea, mating with Abzû (Apsu), the groundwater, to produce the gods in the Babylonian epic Enûma Elish, which translates as "when on high."
They saw their father, Aaron, yielding to the pressure of the multitudes and making for them a golden calf against the will of the Lord. This is a call to parents, especially Godly parents to set a good example of strict and exemplary obedience to God’s laws. [33] Nadab and Abihu are also believed to have been intoxicated at the time of their ...
The Gibeonites told King David that nothing would now compensate them but the death of seven of Saul's sons (2 Samuel 21:1–6). David accordingly handed them Armoni , Mephibosheth [the son of Saul , not to be confused with Mephibosheth , who was the son of Jonathan ], and five of Saul's grandsons (the sons of Merab and Adriel ).
Prior to the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, there was contention in academic circles regarding whether Ashur or Nimrod built the Assyrian cities of Nineveh, Resen, Rehoboth-Ir and Calah, since the name Ashur can refer to both the person and the country (compare Genesis 10:8–12 AV and Genesis 10:8–12 ESV). [1]
[6] Abishai had the command of one of the three divisions of David's army at the battle with Absalom. [7] He was the commander and "most honoured" of the second rank of David's officers, below the three "mighty men". [8] On one occasion, he withstood 300 men and slew them with his own spear. [9]
Matthew 2:16 is the sixteenth verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Joseph and Mary had been visited by an angel and told that Herod would attempt to kill Jesus, their son. Doing as told, they took their infant son and fled by night into Egypt, where they stayed until Herod had