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2 Samuel 21

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1 Nos dias de Davi houve uma fome de três anos consecutivos; pelo que Davi consultou ao Senhor; e o Senhor lhe disse: E por causa de Saul e da sua casa sanguinária, porque matou os gibeonitas.

2 Então o rei chamou os gibeonitas e falou com eles (ora, os gibeonitas não eram dos filhos de Israel, mas do restante dos amorreus; e os filhos de Israel tinham feito pacto com eles; porém Saul, no seu zelo pelos filhos de Israel e de Judá, procurou feri-los);

3 perguntou, pois, Davi aos gibeonitas: Que quereis que eu vos faça. e como hei de fazer expiação, para que abençoeis a herança do Senhor?

4 Então os gibeonitas lhe disseram: Não é por prata nem ouro que temos questão com Saul e com a sua casa; nem tampouco cabe a nós matar pessoa alguma em Israel. Disse-lhes Davi: Que quereis que vos faça?

5 Responderam ao rei: Quanto ao homem que nos consumia, e procurava destruir-nos, de modo que não pudéssemos subsistir em termo algum de Israel,

6 de seus filhos se nos dêem sete homens, para que os enforquemos ao Senhor em Gibeá de Saul, o eleito do Senhor. E o rei disse: Eu os darei.

7 O rei, porém, poupou a Mefibosete, filho de Jônatas, filho de Saul, por causa do juramento do Senhor que entre eles houvera, isto é, entre Davi e Jônatas, filho de Saul.

8 Mas o rei tomou os dois filhos de Rizpa, filha de Aías, que ela tivera de Saul, a saber, a Armoni e a Mefibosete, como também os cinco filhos de Merabe, filha de Saul, que ela tivera de Adriel, filho de Barzilai, meolatita,

9 e os entregou na mão dos gibeonitas, os quais os enforcaram no monte, perante o Senhor; e os sete caíram todos juntos. Foi nos primeiros dias da sega que foram mortos, no princípio a sega da cevada.

10 Então Rizpa, filha de Aías, tomando um pano de cilício, estendeu-o para si sobre uma pedra e, desde o princípio da sega até que a água caiu do céu sobre os corpos, não deixou que se aproximassem deles as aves do céu de dia, nem os animais do campo de noite:

11 Quando foi anunciado a Davi o que fizera Rizpa, filha de Aías, concubina de Saul,

12 ele foi e tomou os ossos de Saul e os de Jônatas seu filho, aos homens de Jabes-Gileade, que os haviam furtado da praça de Bete-Sã, onde os filisteus os tinham pendurado quando mataram a Saul em Gilboa;

13 e trouxe dali os ossos de Saul e os de Jônatas seu filho; e ajuntaram a eles também os ossos dos enforcados.

14 Enterraram os ossos de Saul e de Jônatas seu filho, na terra de Benjamim, em Zela, na sepultura de Quis, seu pai; e fizeram tudo o que o rei ordenara. Depois disto Deus se aplacou para com a terra.

15 De novo tiveram os filisteus uma guerra contra Israel. E desceu Davi, e com ele os seus servos; e tanto pelejara contra os filisteus, que Davi se cansou.

16 E Isbi-Benobe, que era dos filhos do gigante, cuja lança tinha o peso de trezentos, siclos de bronze, e que cingia uma espada nova, intentou matar Davi.

17 Porém, Abisai, filho de Zeruia, o socorreu; e, ferindo ao filisteu, o matou. Então os homens de Davi lhe juraram, dizendo: Nunca mais sairás conosco à batalha, para que não apagues a lâmpada de Israel.

18 Aconteceu depois disto que houve em Gobe ainda outra peleja contra os filisteus; então Sibecai, o husatita, matou Safe, que era dos filhos do gigante.

19 Houve mais outra peleja contra os filisteus em Gobe; e El-Hanã, filho de Jaaré-Oregim, o belemita, matou Golias, o giteu, de cuja lança a haste era como órgão de tecelão.

20 Houve ainda também outra peleja em Gate, onde estava um homem de alta estatura, que tinha seis dedos em cada mão, e seis em cada , vinte e quatro por todos; também este era descendente do gigante.

21 Tendo ele desafiado a Israel, Jônatas, filho de Simei, irmão de Davi, o matou.

22 Estes quatro nasceram ao gigante em Gate; e caíram pela mão de Davi e pela mão de seus servos.

   

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Benjamin

  

In Genesis 35:18, Benjamin signifies the quality of the spiritual of the celestial, intermediate between the spiritual and the celestial. (Arcana Coelestia 4592, 5469)

In Revelation 7:8, Deuteronomy 33:12, Benjamin signifies the Word in its lowermost sense, which is natural. (Apocalypse Explained 449[10])

In Genesis 35:18, Benjamin (as Benoni) signifies a state of temptation, one of mourning. (Arcana Coelestia 4591)

In Jeremiah 6:1, Benjamin signifies people who have conjunction with the Lord in the lowest heaven. (The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms 72)

Benjamin, as the beloved of the Lord, signifies spiritual truth from celestial good. (Arcana Coelestia 4592[7])

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 449)

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Arcana Coelestia # 2130

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2130. As regards the second representation, that is to say, the idea of a Last Judgement which takes place before the eyes of the good when they are being admitted into heaven, let that too be described. In the Word it is said that the door was shut, so that they could no longer be admitted; and that they had no oil, arrived too late, and therefore were not admitted, statements which also mean a Last-Judgement state. The situation with these matters and how they are to be understood has been shown to me.

[2] I heard communities of spirits declaring in a clear voice, one community after another, that a wolf had wished to carry them off but that the Lord rescued them, and so they were restored to Him, and on that account rejoiced from the depths of their heart. Indeed they had been without hope, and so were afraid that the door had been shut, and that they had arrived too late to be admitted. Such thought had been instilled into them by those called wolves, but it vanished on their being admitted, that is, being received, by angelic communities. Being admitted into heaven is nothing else. The admission which I witnessed seemed to proceed continuously community by community, up to twelve of them, the admission, that is, the reception, of the twelfth being more difficult than that of the previous eleven. After that about eight more communities were also admitted, which, it was pointed out to me, were composed of females. Having witnessed all this I was told that this is how the process of admission, that is, of being received into heavenly communities is seen. They proceed in an orderly continuation from one place to another. I was also told that heaven can never be filled up, still less the door be shut, but that the more who enter, the more blessing and happiness there is for those in heaven, because their unanimity is made that much stronger.

[3] After these had been admitted it did at that point seem as though heaven was shut; for there were still more who wished after that to be admitted, that is, to be received. But they were told in reply that they could not yet be let in. This is meant by those arriving too late, by the door being shut, by their knocking, and by the statement about their having no oil in their lamps. The reason they were not admitted was that they were not yet ready to move among angelic communities where mutual love exists, for, as stated above towards the end of 2119, people who in the world have lived charitably disposed towards the neighbour are raised up by the Lord into heaven gradually.

[4] There were also other spirits who did not know what heaven is, namely mutual love, and who also at that time wished to be admitted. They imagined it was just a matter of being admitted. They received the reply however that it was not yet time for them, but that they would be admitted at another time when they were ready for it. The reason why twelve communities were seen was that 'twelve' means everything comprising faith, as stated above towards the end of 2129.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.