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1. Samuelova 11

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1 Tada dođe Nas Amonac, i stade u logor prema Javisu Galadovom. I svi ljudi iz Javisa rekoše Nasu: Učini veru s nama, pa ćemo ti služiti.

2 A Nas Amonac, odgovori im: Ovako ću učiniti veru s vama: da vam svakome iskopam desno oko i tu sramotu učinim svemu Izrailju.

3 A starešine javiske rekoše mu: Ostavi nam sedam dana, da pošaljemo poslanike u sve krajeve Izrailjeve; pa ako ne bude nikoga da nas izbavi tada ćemo izaći k tebi.

4 I dođoše poslanici u Gavaju Saulovu, i kazaše ove reči narodu; tada sav narod podiže glas svoj, i plakahu.

5 A gle, Saul iđaše za govedima svojim iz polja, i reče: Šta je narodu te plače? I kazaše mu šta su poručili Javišani.

6 Tada siđe duh Božji na Saula kad ču te reči, i on se razgnevi vrlo.

7 Pa uze dva vola, i iseče ih na komade, i razasla ih u sve krajeve Izrailjeve po istim poslanicima poručivši: Ko ne pođe za Saulom i za Samuilom, ovako će biti sa govedima njegovim. I strah Gospodnji popade narod, te iziđoše jednodušno.

8 I izbroja ih u Vezeku, i beše sinova Izrailjevih trista hiljada, a sinova Judinih trideset hiljada.

9 Potom rekoše poslanicima koji behu došli: Ovako recite ljudima u Javisu Galadovom: Sutra ćete se izbaviti, kad ogreje sunce. I poslanici se vratiše, i javiše ovo Javišanima, i oni se obradovaše.

10 I rekoše Javišani Amoncima: Sutra ćemo izaći k vama, da učinite od nas šta vam bude drago.

11 I sutradan razdeli Saul narod u tri čete, i uđoše usred logora o jutarnjoj straži, i biše Amonce dokle sunce ne ogreja, i koji ostaše, raspršaše se da ne ostaše ni dvojica zajedno.

12 Tada reče narod Samuilu: Koji je ono što reče: Eda li će Saul carovati nad nama? Dajte ih da ih pogubimo.

13 Ali Saul reče: Da se ne pogubi danas niko, jer je danas Gospod učinio spasenje u Izrailju.

14 Tad Samuilo reče narodu: Hajdete da idemo u Galgal, da onde ponovimo carstvo.

15 I sav narod otide u Galgal, i postaviše onde Saula carem pred Gospodom u Galgalu, i onde prinesoše žrtve zahvalne pred Gospodom. I proveseli se onde Saul i sav Izrailj veoma.

   

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The Lord

  
The Ascension, by Benjamin West

The Bible refers to the Lord in many different ways seemingly interchangeably. Understood in the internal sense, though, there are important differences. To some degree, the meanings all start with "Jehovah," which is the Lord's actual name. It represents the perfect, eternal, infinite love which is the Lord's actual essence. As such it also represents the good will that flows from the Lord to us and His desire for us to be good. "God," meanwhile, represents the wisdom of the Lord and the true knowledge and understanding He offers to us. The term "the Lord" is very close in meaning to "Jehovah," and in many cases is interchangeable (indeed, translators have a tendency to go back and forth). When the two are used together, though, "the Lord" refers to the power of the Lord's goodness, the force it brings, whereas "Jehovah" represents the goodness itself. In the New Testament, the name "Jehovah" is never used; the term "the Lord" replaces it completely. There are two reasons for that. First, the Jews of the day considered the name "Jehovah" too holy to speak or write. Second, they would not have been able to grasp the idea that the Lord -- who was among them in human form at the time -- was in fact Jehovah Himself. This does ultimately lead to a difference in the two terms by the end of the Bible. Thought of as "Jehovah," the Lord is the ultimate human form and has the potential for assuming a physical human body; thought of as "the Lord" He actually has that human body, rendered divine by the events of his physical life.