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Bear, The

 

Bear, The

Inhabits woods - 2Ki 2:24

DESCRIBED AS

• Voracious
- Da 7:5
• Cunning
- La 3:10
• Cruel
- Am 5:19

Often attacks men - 2Ki 2:24; Am 5:19

Attacks the flock in the presence of the shepherd - 1Sa 17:34

Particularly fierce when deprived of its young - 2Sa 17:8; Pr 17:12

Growls when annoyed - Isa 59:11

Miraculously killed by David - 1Sa 17:36,37

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

• God in his judgments
- La 3:10; Ho 13:8
• The natural man
- Isa 11:7
• Wicked rulers
- Pr 28:15
• The kingdom of the Medes
- Da 7:5
• The kingdom of Antichrist
- Re 13:2
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