Biblical locust name. Bible Encyclopedic Dictionary - locust
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AGAV
AGAV (locust; Acts 11:28) - one of the prophets who predicted in 43 A.D. famine, which, as secular historians assure, befell the country the next year. A few years later (Acts 21:11) he met the apostle Paul in Caesarea and allegorically predicted the suffering that awaited him in Jerusalem if he continued his journey to that city. Some believe that Agav was one of the seventy disciples of the Lord, and that he suffered martyrdom in Antioch. His memory is January 4 and April 8.
ACRIDA
ACRIDA(Matthew 3:4) - a kind of locust that John the Baptist ate in the wilderness. Locust, according to the law of Moses, was considered a clean animal and belonged to the category of winged reptiles, walking on four legs (Lev. 11:21). Locusts are even now eaten in many Eastern countries, and this dish is considered very elegant, especially if it is well cooked. cm. Locust.
HUNGER
HUNGER(Gen 12:10). On the famine in Palestine and neighboring countries, in St. Scripture is mentioned many times. The most remarkable was the seven-year famine in Egypt under Joseph. It was distinguished by its duration, severity and ubiquity. Famine in Judea was often due to wars, sieges, and the like. (2 Kings 8:12), but sometimes it was also a natural phenomenon, as, for example, when the Nile did not flood sufficiently in Egypt, or when there was no rain in Judea at the usual seasons in spring and autumn, or when worms, locust and other insects devoured all vegetation and fruits. Hungry times in Egypt were sometimes distinguished by their duration, for 7 years or more, and by their severity. - There were times when they ate the inside! and animals and even human corpses. The famine in Samaria, briefly described in 2 Kings 8:1-2, also lasted seven. Etc. Amos threatens Israel with a famine more terrible than a famine resulting from a lack of ordinary human food - hunger and thirst for hearing the words of the Lord(Amos 8:2).
CATERPILLAR
CATERPILLAR(Joel 1:4, Amos 4:9) - one of the types of locusts, without wings. cm. Locust. GUSLI the national stringed instrument of the Jews is undoubtedly one of the first musical instruments that man met. The invention of the harp in Genesis 4:21 is attributed, like the invention of the flute, to Jubal son of Lamech. Jews kinnor(harp) from ancient times served mainly to express joy and fun (Gen 31:37, Job 21:12, etc.). David was especially distinguished by playing the harp (1 Samuel 21:17-23). David took the harp and played says the priest historian, and it became more pleasant for Saul, and the evil spirit departed from him(Article 23). Playing the harp was accompanied by the Jews religious (1 Kings 10:12) and civil celebrations. With the accompaniment of the kinnor, the Jews sang most of the psalms and doxologies (Ps 32:2, 42:4, etc.). Regarding the external form of the harp, opinions are very contradictory. Some give them the form of the newest harp, others claim that they looked like the Greek letter delta (D). Joseph claims that they had ten strings, and that they were played with a bow, while others increase the number of kinnor strings to 24 and even to 47.
ENAK, ENAKIM, SONS OF ENAK
ENAK, ENAKIM, SONS OF ENAK(tall; De 1:28, Numbers 13:23, etc.). - the name of giants or tall people, mentioned 1 time in Numbers 13:22. He descended from Arba, who, it seems, was one of the leaders of the ancient settlers in the south. Palestine, and where it became so strong that the ancient city of Hebron was named after him (Gen. 23:2; Jos. 21:11). It was divided into three generations from Ahiman, Sesai and Talmai, the children of Anakim (Numbers 13:22). Together with the tall Ammorites, who lived on the mountain and were subordinate to Anak, they brought with their appearance intense fear spies sent by Joshua to spy on the Promised Land There we saw giants, the sons of Anakov, the spies said and we were in our eyes before them, as locust: we were the same in their eyes(Numbers 13:34). Therefore, the Israelites refused this time to go against them, but when they went up the mountain against them against the will of God, they were crushed on their heads (Numbers 14:45). However, from their later history we see that the victory of the Israelites over the Amorites of northern Palestine encouraged them to completely destroy this terrible people (Josh. 11:21). Joshua struck them so hard that, according to the priest. writer, not a single Anakim remained in the land of the children of Israel. remained only in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod(Josh 11:21-22). And indeed, subsequently, individual descendants of them are found scattered throughout the various cities of the Philistines, as we see in the person of Goliath and in the person of gigantic warriors from the offspring of Rephaim, named in 2 Kings 21:15-22.
ANIMALS
ANIMALS. The animals of the Bible were divided into four classes: land-dwelling animals, four-footed animals large and small (Lev. 11:2), fish of the sea (vv. 9, 10), birds of the sky (v. 13), and reptiles (v. 20, 29, 41). Again these classes were distinguished: the clean, who were eaten, and the unclean, who were not allowed to eat (Lev. 11:80, 14). The division of animals into clean and unclean existed even before the Flood. In Genesis 7:2 we read that God commanded Noah to bring into the ark seven fallow from every livestock clean and two from unclean cattle. More about clean and unclean animals is given in Lev 10. Of the animals living on land (domestic and field), those with cloven hooves and chewing cud were considered clean, such as: bulls, cows, sheep, goats; unclean are all the rest that do not have these signs or any of them, such as donkeys, camels, etc. Of the field animals, they were used for food and were considered clean: deer, chamois, buffalo, fallow deer, etc. (De 14:5 ), unclean: hare, jerboa, hedgehog, pig and all predatory animals. Of the animals living in the waters, all those with swimming feathers and scales were considered clean and fit for consumption; however, in St. Scripture does not have names for certain types of fish. Of the birds, birds of prey were considered unclean, such as: ravens, eagles, kites, falcons, hawks, storks, etc. (Lev 11:13-19, Deut 14:12-18). Of the reptiles, only those whose shins were higher than their legs were allowed to eat, in order to jump, somehow: locust in four types:- solam, hargol, hagab s their kinds (Lev 11:21-22). the unclean were recognized: a mole, a mouse, a crocodile. lizard, anaka, chameleon, etc. (vv. 29-30).
PADAN-ARAM
PADAN-ARAM(Gen 24:10, 25:10; field, plain of Syria) - a geographical term meaning the upper or more northern part of Mesopotamia, irrigated by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. cm. Aram and Mesopotamia. PALESTINE- have a common name land of the Jews(Gen 40:15), also called the land of the Lord(Hos 9:3), holy ground(Zech 2:12) the land of Israel(Ezekiel 7:2), the promised land(Heb 11:9). Originally the name was used only for the seashore of the land occupied by the Philistines (Ex 15:14, Is 14:29,31, Joel 3:4), and is used in this single sense in EC Hebrew word Peleshet, to which the word corresponds Palestine and which is translated by the word land of the Philistines or philistine(Ps 86:4, 107:10). The borders of Palestine were first defined by the Jordan and the Dead Sea, Stony Arabia, mediterranean sea and Syria, but then it also included the lands on the other side of the Jordan from Arnon to Hermon and Anti-Lebanon. In this stretch of its border to the south. extend from the southern reaches of the Dead Sea to Idumea, Rocky Arabia, and the river of Egypt (Num. 34:4-5; Deut. 2:4-8). K h. Palestine borders the Mediterranean Sea, the land of the Philistines and Phoenicia (Numbers 34:6, Deut 11:24, etc.). To s. it extends from the mountains of Hor and Hermon to Sidon and the Great Sea, to the mountains of Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon and Damascus in Syria (Num. 34:7-9; Jos. 1:4; Deut. 11:24, etc.). K in. the borders of its Euphrates and the limits of the possessions of the tribes of Reuben, Gadov, half a tribe of Manasseh to the land of the Ammonites and Moabites (Josh 1:4, Deut 2:9, 1 Chronicles 5:9-10, etc.). For all its seclusion, Palestine lay, so to speak, in the very center ancient world and how close it was to the inhabited parts of Africa, it was just as close to the then known states of Europe and Asia. Therefore, the Lord himself says in the prophet: "Jerusalem I have set among the nations and around its land"(Ezekiel 5:5), and from here light and salvation were to pour out for the whole world. Palestine is a very mountainous country. Its main mountains are Lebanon (that is, the white mountain, so called part of the snow, covering the top of it for 6 months, part of the limestone rocks and cliffs) and Anti-Lebanon going to Damascus and known in the Holy. Scripture also under the name of Lebanon (Song 7:6); to the south from them the mountains of Naphtali, Mount Tabor (Mount of Transfiguration) on the high plain of Jezreel, the mountains of Ephraim with the mountains of Ebal, Garizin, Carmel and others. ) and others. The dominant formations of the aforementioned mountains are chalk and lime with flint. Of the plains, the most remarkable are: Ezdrilon, Zebulun, Saran, Sephel, irrigated by small streams that dry up in summer and the rivers Kison, Kidron, etc. The border between eastern and western Palestine is the Jordan River, on both sides of which the well-known Jordan Valley stretches. The Jordan River, flowing from the foot of Lebanon, passes through the lakes of Marron and Tiberias and flows into the Dead Sea. The eastern part of Palestine is a large high plain, lost in the desert, and to the south. towering in the form of Mr. Pisgah. Rivers flow here: the Hieromax, which flows into the Jordan, and the Arnon stream (now Ued-Mojeb). Of the lakes and seas, the Fial Lake at the foot of Anti-Lebanon, Merom or the Samokhonit, Gennesaret or Galilee Lake are remarkable. The Dead Sea, otherwise Asphalt or Salt Lake, the Mediterranean Sea, called in the Holy. Scripture Western, Great, and sometimes just the sea (see each of them under its own name). Of the deserts of Palestine, the most remarkable are: the desert of Judea, Jordan, Fekop. Jericho and some others. In these words St. Jeremiah describes the wilderness where the Jews wandered for forty years: Jehovah "He led us through the wilderness, over a land empty and uninhabited, over a dry land, over a land of the shadow of death, on which no one walked, and where no man dwelt"(2:6). The climate of Palestine is different: in mountainous places it is moderate, and in places more even it is hot. But it actually has only two seasons - summer and winter. Summers are hot and winters are cold, or rather dry, clear and rainy seasons (Gen. 8:22; Zech. 14:8). The rainy season corresponding to our autumn begins in mid-October or November, but not suddenly, but little by little (Deut. 11:14, 2 Sam. 21:10). The cold reaches its highest degree in December and January, when snow often falls, and sometimes hail. Harvest begins in April, and at the same time the dry or hot season continues, with some changes, until October. The heat is especially felt from the last half of July to the second half of August. Then the earth is enlivened only by dew, and that is why dew is considered a great beneficence of God. At this time, all the greenery of the fields dries up, especially when a sultry east wind blows, harmful to gardens and fields and disastrous for sea ships(Hos 13:15, John 4:8). The climate of Palestine is generally beneficial for health. But it is impossible not to notice that, under all favorable climatic conditions, the aforesaid country has its own disasters. There are frequent plagues, earthquakes, locust, drought, famine, etc. By its position and even climate, Palestine belongs to the most fertile countries. If in our time there are many empty places and uncultivated lands, if all the inhabited places are only large sparsely populated villages, then it must be remembered that this was clearly predicted by St. Moses (Deut. 28:15-29). It is known from history that this country was repeatedly devastated by the Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syrians, Romans, Saracens and Turks. And that in ancient times it was the most beautiful and most fertile country, all ancient writers unanimously testify to this, presenting it richly decorated with beautiful valleys, rich fields and meadows, cool forests, magnificent cities and villages. Indeed, the fertility in Palestine in biblical times was extraordinary: wheat, grapes, barley, rice, lentils and cotton paper were planted here in great abundance; roses, lilies, daffodils and other fragrant flowers in abundance covered and adorned the flowering fields; balsam shrub, cypress, oak, almond, oil tree, pomegranates, palm trees, cedars, etc. grew in it in all its beauty and splendor. Galilee, the plain of Sarron, the mountains of Divan, Carmel, the valleys of Bashan and Hebron were especially distinguished by vegetation, fertility and richness of their products. Among the animals there were sheep, goats, oxen, cows, camels, donkeys, hinnies and various birds. Beekeeping was also an important economic activity in Palestine. The Israelites did a significant honey trade with Tyre. Fishing was no less important, especially for the coastal inhabitants of coastal countries. The most common minerals are lime, chalk, basalt, rock salt, sulfur, asphalt, etc., copper, silver, gold, and even precious stones (De 8:9, 33:19, Eze 22:18-19, etc.) . In the Bible, Palestine is presented as the most beautiful and fertile land, and flowing with honey and milk and who shall drink water from the rain of heaven. Diodorus Siculus, Tacitus, Pliny, Joseph Flanius and others unanimously testify to the richness of the nature of Palestine. In primitive biblical times, villages, villages and cities in Palestine were insignificant. The name of the city is found already in the family of Adam. Cain, after he killed Abel, having moved away from the rest of the Adam family to the east, built a city here and named it after his son. Enoch(Gen 4:17). After the flood, not only many cities, but also entire states are mentioned early (Gen. 10:10-12), as, for example, in the land of Shinar Babylon; in Assyria Nineveh and others. The Canaanite cities are further mentioned: Sidon, Gaza, Sodom, Gomorrah, Adam, Zeboim(v. 19), as well as in the days of Moses and Joshua, Jericho, surrounded by a high wall (Josh 6:19) Guy s 12,000 inhabitants (Josh 8:25). gavaon(Josh 10:2), Azor, a strongly fortified city, which was the head of all the northern kingdoms (Josh. 11:10). During the time of David and Solomon, the capital city of Palestine, Jerusalem, was especially fortified, expanded and decorated. In addition, Solomon built and renewed the following cities: Tadmor, Palmyra, Gezer, Bethoron, Hatzor, Baalath and Megiddo(1 Kings 9:12-19). Solomon's Temple was a wonder of the world. According to the division of the kingdoms, the city of Samaria was no less remarkable, both in its charming location, and in wealth, fortification and population, which numbered in all Palestine in tens of millions, as, for example, under David it extended to 5,000,000, and even more in the time of the Savior. About the large population, as well as about the improvement and flourishing state of cities, in addition to the evidence of St. The writings and instructions of secular writers are still evidenced by the ruins of the destroyed cities of Palestine. Travelers in many places find piles of hewn stones, pillars of granite and marble columns, ruins of cobbled streets, temples, palaces, castles, towers, reservoirs and aqueducts. Almost all of Palestine is filled with such ruins, such as in Jerusalem, Hebron, Gaza, Ascalon, Azoth, Samaria, Nablus, Tire and Beirut, Damascus, Lebanon and many other places. Initially, Palestine was divided, according to the twelve tribes of Israel, into 12 destinies, which formed one state during the life of the prophet and judge Samuel, the first king of which was Saul. This kingdom, after almost a century and a half of existence, was divided into two: Judaic and Israel. The kingdom of Israel was briefly destroyed by the Assyrians, and the kingdom of Judah was conquered by the Babylonians. After the Babylonian captivity, Judea was divided into small destinies under Persian rule, and the Jews each returned to their city, and to the Holy. Scripture indicates cities from different tribes, although those who returned are listed not by tribe, but partly by city and partly by families and clans (1 Ezr 2:8-10, Nehemiah 7:11), but the tribal difference is not lost sight of until the latest times. (Mt 1, 2, 4:13-16, Luke 2:4, 36, Acts 26:7, Rom 11:1, Philipp. 3:5). Around the time of Jesus Christ and during His earthly life, Palestine was divided into four parts: Galilee, Samaria, Judea and Perea (about - he is the floor, those. on the other side of the river Jordan; Flav. about the Judas War. Book. 3, ch. III. see about each of the indicated parts under own name). In later times, under the dominion of the Romans, we find the division of Palestine into three parts: Palestine first, second and third. The first included Judea and Samaria, the second - Galilee, the country of Trachonitida and Iturea, the third - Perea and Idumea. All these parts of the administration were dependent on Syria, which remains to this day under the dominion of the Mohammedans, who took possession of it in 637 AD. Palestine is currently divided into four Turkish sanjak: Damascus, Jerusalem, Nablus and Gazsky. Initially, Palestine was inhabited by numerous Canaanite tribes, such as: the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Gergeseans, the Canaanites, the Kineas (the gigantic people of Enoch's children), the Philistines and others; however, they were little by little subdued by the Israelites and for the most part exterminated. At present, its population consists of Arabs, Turks, Egyptians, Druze, Armenians and Christians. different peoples and confessions. Further history of Palestine, see under the words: Jews, Jews, Egypt and Syria. PALESTRA (2 Mac 4:12-14, 1 Mac 1:14) - a public school where young people were engaged in gymnastic bodily exercises. The high priest Jason, with the intention of setting up such a school in Jerusalem under the very fortress, in order to please the pagans, to spread pagan customs among his people and to cultivate in them the disposition and inclination towards Hellenism. The games in the palestra were so attractive that because of them the priests ceased to be zealous in serving the altar and, despising the temple and not caring about the victims, hurried to take part in the illegal games of the palestra at the call of the thrown disc.
±ARANCHA
LOCUST(Naum. 3:15, Mt 3:4, From 9:3-7, etc.) - an insect belonging to the category of jumping, orthopterous and herbivores; It spreads in countless multitudes and is distinguished by its gluttony and therefore is considered one of the most terrible scourges of God in the East. The eighth plague sent by God against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, was in the form of locusts (Ex 10:4-15, Ps 77:46). "U locusts have no king, says the wise one, but she performs harmoniously"(Proverbs 30:27), and in Revelation she is likened to horses prepared for war(9:7). In the Holy Scripture often refers to the locust as a special instrument of divine wrath (De 28:38-42, 1 Kings 8:37, 2 Chronicles 6:28). Even the most pagans looked at the locust as a terrible punishment from God. Pliny testifies that a strong manifestation of the wrath of the gods is found in the locust. By its infinity, he says, locust the sun darkens, and the peoples have always looked at her with restless excitement and terrible expectation; her strength is indefatigable, so that she swims across the oceans and everywhere fills vast fields and groves with herself. She covers the harvest with terrible clouds and finally devours it. Her very touch with the fruits of the earth acts destructively and disastrously on them. Locust, according to the law of Moses, was considered a clean animal, as an insect having shins above legs(Lev 11:21) and could be eaten. Some species of locust are still eaten in the East and are even considered a tasty meal, especially if well cooked. The Bedouins dry it and crush it with salt in large pieces, which they carry in leather bags, eating as needed; however, in general, its taste is disgusting and its nutritional value is negligible. John the Baptist also fed on locusts in the wilderness (Mt 3:4, Mk 1:6). That the ancients valued the locust as a delicious, tasty meal is shown by the carvings on the walls of the ruins of the palace of Sennacherib in Kuyunjuk, where among various servants who brought all kinds of fruits, flowers, etc. to the royal table, there are those carrying dried locusts, strengthening it on wands.
GALMAY
FALMAY(bold, courageous): 2 Samuel 3:3, 13:37; son of Emihud, king of Gessur (in the land of Hamahad), father of Maaha, one of David's wives. During his flight, after the murder of Amnon, Absalom lived in Gessur with Talmai for three years. Numbers 13:23, Joshua 15:14, Judgment 1:10 - from the three children of Enak, the Canaanites, who lived in Hebron. These are the giants about whom the spies of the Promised Land, who aroused in the whole society of Israel a cry, lamentation and grumbling against Moses and Aaron, gave the following opinion: "We also saw giants, the sons of Enan from a gigantic generation; and we were in our eyes before them, as locust We were the same in their eyes"(Numbers 13:34). When they conquered the land of Canaan, they were expelled by Caleb. cm. Enak.
µAGABA, HAGAWA
HAGABA, HAGAVA (locust; 1 Ezr 2:45, Neh 7:48) - one of the Nephites, whose sons returned from captivity with Zerubbabel. 2 Ezra 5:29 reads: Agrava.
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now, as before, is a grave calamity in the countries of the East. The Hebrew Bible mentions many different names for this insect; some of them probably only mean different kinds of the same breed. In Lev. 11.22 four different edible breeds of these insects are named: "arbe", "solam", "hargol" and "halav" - locust, solam, hargol and hagab (Russian Bible). The crossings and flights of swarms of locusts are described as being led by God and used by Him to punish the nations (Deut. 28:38; 1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chr. 6:28). The locust plague was one of the plagues of Egypt, it covered the whole earth and devoured all the greenery on the ground and all the fruits that survived from the hail (Ex 10:14ff.). best description we see this insect and its all-destroying power in the prophets. Joel 2:3 and gave. It should be noted that the four kinds of insects that are listed in Joel. 1:4 under the name “gazam”, and “arbe”, “gelek” and “khazil” (caterpillar, locust: worms and beetles - Russian Bible) - probably are only different breeds of locusts; as you know, some of them are devoid of wings. The following excerpts are from the notes of Shaw and Mr. Morier, confirmed by Niebur, Burckhard and other travelers, give us a visual illumination of these places in the Bible.Dr. The show describes the locust invasion as follows: “The kind of locust that I observed was much larger than our ordinary grasshoppers. She had mottled brown wings, legs and torso were light yellow in color. She arrived at the end of March. south wind . By mid-April, she was so overtaken that at noon she gathered in large clouds, flew through the air like dark clouds, and, as the prophet Joel says, "darkened the sun." When the wind began to blow, these clouds were carried away, replaced by others. This made clear to us the words of the psalmist: “They persecute me like locusts” (Ps. 109:23). In the month of May, the locusts gradually retired to Metiah and other neighboring plains, where they laid their eggs. In June, as soon as the young hatched, each brood united in a tight rectangular column and went straight to the sea, overcoming all obstacles and leaving nothing in the way: she she destroyed not only greenery, but even ate pomegranate trees, palm trees, apple trees, and in general all trees (Joel 1:12). At the same time, she relentlessly moved forward, climbing over everything that served as an obstacle to her path: walls or trees, climbing into houses and bedrooms. To prevent its movement, pits and ditches were dug, which were filled with water or put heather, branches and other combustible material in them, which were lit when insects approached. But in vain, the ditches soon overflowed and the fire was extinguished by myriads of locusts, closely following one another. After a day or two, new hordes would appear and in turn devour what the previous ones had left behind, such as tree bark and gnawed twigs. The Prophet rightly compares the locust with an army, and the land before its appearance with a beautiful garden, and after its departure with a desert. Maurier relates the following: “On June 11, we heard strange sounds from our tents, reminiscent of the noise of a distant storm. When we looked at the sky, we saw a huge cloud, partly completely black, spreading throughout the sky and after a while covered the sun. It was the locusts that descended in large clouds to the ground around us. She was red. It seemed to me that she was of the same breed as the locusts in Egypt at the time of Moses. It seemed that her actions were controlled by a strong will and she moved forward like a close-knit army under the leadership of the leader (Joel 2:7 and gave) ”By law, the locust belongs to clean insects (Lev. 11:21 ff.) and was used in food by the poor (Matt. 3:4; Russian translation of locusts). Until now, locusts are eaten in the East and some even consider them a delicacy. “Locusts are sold strung on a string in all the bazaars in Arabia,” says Niebuhr, from Bab el-Mandeb to Basra. On Mount Shamora I saw an Arab picking up a sack full of locusts Locusts are prepared in various ways. One Arab in Egypt, whom we asked to eat locusts in our presence, threw a handful on the coals and then began to eat one after another, tearing off the head and legs. When the Arabs have a lot of locusts, they dry them in stoves or boil and eat them with salt. Morocco is first boiled and then dried on the roofs. Whole baskets of such locusts are sold in the market. In symbolic language, locusts mean something insignificant1 “We were in our eyes before them, like locusts, so were we in their eyes” (Numbers 13-34). Those who live on earth are like locusts before God (Is 40:22), etc. Ecclesiastes 12-5 speaks of the signs of senile weakness “the locust will grow heavy” (according to the Russian Bible - a grasshopper). Sargon, the Assyrian king who conquered Azoth during the time of Isaiah (Isaiah 20:1). Except for this single passage in Isaiah, who mentions Sargan in order to determine the time of one prophecy he made about Ethiopia and Egypt, there was no information about this Assyrian king either in the Bible or in world history, so scholars assumed that Sargon was another name for Shalmaneser or Sennacherib. Excavations carried out at the end of the 19th century ancient city Nineveh, gave a brilliant confirmation of the words of Isaiah In Nineveh, they found not only the name of Sargon, but also his image, his palace and his boastful inscriptions. The Biblical Sargon, contemporary to the prophet Isaiah (759-698 BC), is the Sarrukin of Assyrian monuments, the successor of Shalmanassar and the father of Sennacherib, the builder of northern Nineveh, Dur-Sarrukin (i.e. the palace of Sarrukin, present-day Khorsabad). According to the Assyrian king records, he reigned from 722 to 706 BC. The name Sarrukin means either "the king is firm", or "he (God) approved Darya." This king of Sargon or Sarrukiah, about whom the world knew nothing before, is now one of the brightest personalities of ancient Assyria. There are detailed records of the fifteen years of his reign and, in addition, a large number of physical evidence of his power, artistic taste, exploits, such as the remains of walls, bas-reliefs, colossal stone bulls, domestic vessels, etc. By the way, a glass flask was found, now preserved in the British Museum, 31/4 inches high, with the inscription "Gekal of Sarrukin", i.e. Sargon's palace A fragment of a large alabaster vase with the same inscription is kept in the Berlin Museum Among the inscriptions of Sargon there is one that especially confirms the indication of Isaiah 20. Sargon tells in it that the king of Azot Atzur raised a rebellion against him, so he sent troops to Azot, overthrew Atzur from the throne and put his brother Ahi-met in his place. When this one, after some time, was overthrown from the throne by Yaman, Sargon himself opposed Azot. Yaman fled in the direction of Egypt, and Meroe (Ethiopia) was afraid of the power of Assyria. From this inscription it is clear that the rebellion of Azot had a connection with the rebellion of Egypt; therefore, it is quite consistent with this that Isaiah in the very year when Tartan, the commander of Sargon (see "Tartan"), conquered Azoth, received a command from God to announce also to Egypt the forthcoming conquest of it by Assyria In Is. 23:1 and gave judgment on Tire, which was then besieged by Shalmaneser and Sargon. Sargon tells about this on a clay cylinder in the following words: "Strong and willing to fight, having sailed through the Aegean Sea, having crossed it like a fish, I conquered the land of Kui and the city of Tyr (Surri)." This inscription is a good explanation of Is. 23-5, which says that Egypt will tremble at the news of Tyre, since Egypt was at war with Assyria at the same time. According to cuneiform writing, Sargon also conquered Samaria. He mentions this as one of his first feats, the Bible ascribes this feat to his predecessor, Shalmaneser. It is possible that Sargon performed it in his capacity as Shalmaneser's commander. See "Salmanassar".
Shortly after completing the construction of his magnificent palace of Dur-Sarrukin, Sargon, according to the records on the monuments, died a violent death in 706 or 705 BC. After him reigned
locust now, as before, is a grave calamity in the countries of the East. The Hebrew Bible mentions many different names for this insect; some of them probably refer only to different species of the same breed. Four different edible breeds of these insects are named: "arbe", "solam", "hargol" and "halav" - locust, solam, hargol and hagab (Russian Bible). The passages and flights of swarms of locusts are described as being led by God and used by Him to punish peoples (, ,). The locust plague was one of the Egyptian plagues; she covered the whole earth and devoured all the greenery on the earth and all the fruits that survived from the hail (and gave.). We see the best description of this insect and its all-destroying power in the prophets. and gave. It should be noted that those four genera of insects that are listed under the name “gazam”, and “arbe”, “gelek” and “khazil” (caterpillar, locust: worms and beetles - Russian. Bible) are probably only different breeds locusts, some of which are known to be devoid of wings.The following extracts from the notes of Shaw and Mr. Morier, corroborated by Niebur, Burckhard, and other travelers, give us a vivid illumination of these places in the Bible .
Dr. The show describes the locust invasion as follows: “The kind of locust that I observed was much larger than our ordinary grasshoppers. She had mottled brown wings, legs and torso were light yellow in color. She appeared at the end of March with a south wind. By mid-April, it was overtaken by so much that at noon it gathered in large clouds, flew through the air like dark clouds, and, as the prophet Joel says, "darkened the sun." When the wind began to blow, these clouds were carried away, replaced by others. This made clear to us the words of the psalmist: “they chase me like locusts” (). In the month of May, the locusts gradually retired to Metiah and other neighboring plains, where they laid their eggs. In June, as soon as the young were hatched, each brood united in a tight rectangular column and went straight to the sea, overcoming all obstacles and leaving nothing in the way: it exterminated not only greenery, but even ate pomegranate trees, palm trees, apple trees and everything in general. trees (). At the same time, she relentlessly moved forward, climbing over everything that served as an obstacle to her path: walls or trees, climbing into houses and bedrooms. To prevent its movement, pits and ditches were dug, which were filled with water or put heather, branches and other combustible material in them, which were lit when insects approached ... But in vain: the ditches soon overflowed and the fire was extinguished by myriads of locusts, closely following one after another. another. After a day or two, new hordes appeared and, in turn, devoured what the previous ones had left, such as tree bark and gnawed twigs. The Prophet rightly compares the locust with an army, and the land before its appearance with a beautiful garden, and after its departure with a desert.
Maurier relates the following: “On June 11, we heard strange sounds from our tents, reminiscent of the noise of a distant storm. When we looked at the sky, we saw a huge cloud, partly completely black, spreading throughout the sky and after a while covered the sun. It was the locusts that descended in large clouds to the ground around us. She was red. It seemed to me that it was the same breed as the locusts in Egypt at the time of Moses. It seemed that her actions were controlled by a strong will and she was moving forward like a cohesive army led by a chief (and gave).
According to the law, locusts belong to clean insects () and were eaten by the poor (, Russian translation of locusts). Until now, locusts are eaten in the East and some even consider them a delicacy. "Locusts are sold strung on a string in all the bazaars in Arabia," says Niebuhr, from Bab el-Mandeb to Basra. On Mount Shamora I saw an Arab picking up a sack full of locusts. Locusts are prepared in various ways. One Arab in Egypt, whom we asked to eat locusts in our presence, threw a handful on the coals and then began to eat one after another, tearing off his head and legs. When the Arabs have a lot of locusts, they dry them in ovens or boil them and eat them with salt. Arabs in Morocco first boil it and then dry it on rooftops. Whole baskets of such locusts are sold at the bazaar.
In symbolic language, the locust means something insignificant: “We were in our eyes before them, like locusts, we were the same in their eyes” (). Those who live on earth are like locusts before God (), etc. It speaks of the signs of senile weakness: “the locust will become heavier” (according to the Russian Bible - a grasshopper).