But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. 1 Kings 20.30aIt was a really big wall.
Note: Benhadad (the king of Syria) somehow managed to escape the falling wall.
And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. 1 Kings 20.30bHe asked Ahab to let him live, offering to restore the cities that Syria had previously taken from Israel.
Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live … And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. 1 Kings 20.32-34aSo Ahab made a treaty with Benhadad and let him live.
Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away. 1 Kings 20.34 bGod would later kill him and his family (see here, here, here, here, and here) for this act of mercy.
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Somehow, I'm imagining that wall dropping down like a skyscraper on the Crimson Permanent Assurance building...
You don't seem to like the thought of God being able to kill men. He is God, and God can kill men whether you think it is fair(to your standards) or not. If God always agreed with you, what would that make God? God did not kill the men for calling him a hill god. Some did deny that He was God over everything. There is a difference. Also, we were not there, so there may have been other circumstances that are not mentioned. I could be wrong, but you seem to mock by saying, "It was a really big wall." If I am wrong, I apologize. Gigantic walls existed back then. Just think of the one where 6 chariots alongside each other could race on the top! That is huge! You mention that Benhadad somehow managed to escape. You quote the first part of 1 Kings 20:30. The answer to how he escaped seems to be in the last part of that verse. While it is true that God had Ahab killed for letting this man go, when he was not supposed to, it is also true, if you simply read the story, that God killed him for various other reasons as well, which are documented. People go mad over God having the Israelis kill the inhabitants of Canaan, but have no problem with the Allies killing the Nazis and the Nazis were perhaps not as evil as these people in Canaan. One false god was worshipped by throwing your babies on a fired skillet and burning them alive like bacon. Now don't tell me that they don't deserve to die.
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" Romans 3:23
"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:8-9
“Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Romans 3:19-20
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Romans 10:9-10
"Nazis were perhaps not as evil as these people in Canaan"
"throwing your babies on a fired skillet and burning them alive like bacon."
Hey, Baptist John, the Nazis burned babies and children alive AS WELL just like those Canaanites. Read a history book once in a while--an ACTUAL history book, not this collection of myths from ancient goat-herders that you hold so dear to your heart. And all those quotes you include in your post?? They were written by a bunch of primitive, deluded douchebags! What's so goddamned profound about them?
To Tony: So what is the sin you are defending? Most atheists(at least the more angry ones) defend a sexual sin in their lives, and/or feel betrayed by some religious system they were once a part of. I do not care for religions as man invents them. I am a Christian, so I follow the teachings of scripture, as opposed to the inventions and conventions of man. I am Baptistic, not reeeeeligious like Roman Popism, Mormonism, etc.
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" Romans 3:23
"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:8-9
“Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Romans 3:19-20
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Romans 10:9-10
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