Psalm 132
LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions: How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob; Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength. Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.-Psalm 132:1-18/the complete psalm***When Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) was living with his family in an idolatrous environment in Ur in southern Mesopotamia, the Lord God told Abraham to leave his country and kin and come into the land he would be shown. Abraham moved away with his wife Sarah (Sarai), their father Terah and nephew Lot, and lived in Haran in northern Mesopotamia. Sometime after 205-year-old Terah died in Haran, Abraham, Sarah and Lot moved with their servants and possessions to Canaan, a land inhabited by idolaters. The Lord God promised to give Canaan to Abraham's descendants and to Abraham. When Abraham was in a deep sleep, the Lord God told Abraham that Abraham's descendants would be afflicted in a foreign land before the descendants would come out of the land with great possessions and begin living throughout Canaan. Sometime after Abraham and Sarah's only child Isaac began living with his wife Rebekah in Gerar in Canaan, the Lord God promised to give Canaan to Isaac and Isaac's descendants. When Isaac was 60 years old, Isaac and Rebekah's only children, fraternal twin sons Esau (Edom) and Jacob (Israel) were born. When Isaac was elderly and his eyesight was dim, Rebekah led Jacob into deceiving Isaac and cheating Esau. Afterwards, Rebekah led Isaac into sending Jacob on a mission to Haran. During the journey, Jacob was sleeping and dreaming in Luz (Bethel) in Canaan when the Lord God promised to give Canaan to Jacob and Jacob's descendants. Over 300 years after Jacob married Rebekah's nieces Leah and Rachel, the daughters of Rebekah's brother Laban the Syrian, Miriam and her younger brothers Aaron and Moses were born into the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi. When Moses was 80 years old and Aaron was 83, they led the Israelites away from Egyptian slavery, across the divinely parted Red Sea, and into the desert wilderness of Shur, according to the commands of the Lord God. In the desert wilderness of Sinai, in the region of Mount Sinai, the Israelites heard the voice of the Lord God proclaim the Ten Commandments to them, and the Lord God began giving Moses judgments, statutes and laws for the Israelites. When Moses was upon Mount Sinai with the Lord God for 40 days and nights, the Lord God described to Moses and showed Moses the likeness of the tabernacle and the sacred items, including the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that the Israelites were to make. During the 40-year journey to Canaan, the Promised Land, Miriam died and was buried in Kadesh, in the desert wilderness of Zin. Upon Mount Hor, 123-year-old Aaron died and was buried. Shortly thereafter, Moses spoke to the Israelites about the commandments, judgments, statutes, and laws that the Lord God gave to him, and sometimes to Aaron, for the Israelites. Moses told the Israelites that they were only to bring their offerings, sacrifices, tithes, and vows to the specific place that the Lord God would choose in the Promised Land. Over 300 years after Joshua, Moses' successor, led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the Promised Land, David, from the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah, became the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites. While reigning, David went with a multitude of Israelites to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the home of Abinadab, in Kirjath-jearim in the Promised Land, wherein the ark of the covenant had been placed 20 years earlier. After Uzzah touched the ark of the covenant, and the Lord God smote Uzzah and Uzzah died, the ark of the covenant was placed in the home of Obed-edom. Three months thereafter, David and a multitude of Israelites brought the ark of the covenant from Obed-edom's home to a specific tent in the City of David. Eventually, David wanted to build a permanent structure. David spoke to Nathan the prophet, and the Lord God spoke to Nathan, and Nathan spoke to David, and David spoke to the Lord God. Solomon, the 2nd child born to David and Bathsheba, was the 3rd king to reign over all of the Israelites. Solomon built the temple of the Lord, according to the commands of the Lord God and according to the writing that David received from the hand of the Lord God upon him. Afterwards, the ark of the covenant was taken from the tent in the City of David and put inside the Most Holy Place within the temple. After Solomon offered sacrifices and prayed to the Lord God, the Lord God spoke to Solomon and proclaimed the temple to be the place chosen and sanctified by the Lord God. Over 900 years after Rehoboam, the son born to Solomon and Naamah, became the 4th king to reign over all of the Israelites, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1:1-11:43, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 7:20-29, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles 1:1-9:31, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, 6:1-8:4
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horn = qeren/qaran = might, strength, power, flask
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