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#139950 - 09/07/07 08:26 PM Taking Hold of Beard
Gail Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same Registered: 12/10/02 Posts: 13147 Loc: Buon giorno, Principessa	Joab said to Amasa, "How are you, my brother?" Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him." 2Sam.20:9 Taking hold of someone's beard and kissing him on the cheek was a customary Oriental greeting. By doing this gesture, Joab showed the base treachery of his heart by approaching Amasa as a friend. Taking hold of Amasa's beard and holding it so that he could not pull back, Joab plunged a dagger into Amasa's belly. In this culture, to touch the beard of another, except as an act of friendship and respect, was an insult. Can you think of another Biblical account regarding beards and insulting someone through an act having to do with a beard? _________________________ Gail gail@adventistforum.com And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Isaiah 32:17
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#140586 - 09/16/07 12:49 AM Re: Taking Hold of Beard [Re: Gail]
pkrause Registered: 03/24/00 Posts: 648 Loc: Lancaster,MA,USA	its taken me awhile to find it, but I remembered reading this just a short time ago. King David sent a few envoys to the King of Ammon, and they shaved half of there beards off. Which at that time was an insult to the jews. pkrause
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#140601 - 09/16/07 03:25 AM Re: Taking Hold of Beard [Re: pkrause]
Gail Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same Registered: 12/10/02 Posts: 13147 Loc: Buon giorno, Principessa	Yep! That was what I was thinking of! And not only that, didn't they rip 1/2 their garments as well, leaving 1/2 their butts bare? I would find that insulting! _________________________ Gail gail@adventistforum.com And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Isaiah 32:17
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#140726 - 09/17/07 03:10 AM Re: Taking Hold of Beard [Re: Gail]
pkrause Registered: 03/24/00 Posts: 648 Loc: Lancaster,MA,USA	Most deffinitly. Spelling? pkrause
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