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King Tut's Guardians Sekhmet and Nekhbet
Egyptian Artist (fl., c. 1332 BC - 1323 BC - during Tut's reign)
Egyptian Style
The Theban Necropolis in the Valley of the Kings Burial Tomb KV62, Near Thebes, Egypt
Image Source: Wikipedia
Explanation: In Nahum 2 Nineveh is again threatened by divine justice (as it was in the previous chapter). Their chariots ran like lightning and jostled one another in the streets; their warriors were as strong as lions and devoured their prey; but their lion-like warriors would, in turn, be devoured by the sword. Their protectors were as vain as the protectors of other nations, such as King Tut's protectors, Sekhmet and Nekhbet, pictured above. (Nekhbet was the white vulture guardian of Upper Egypt and of the divine aspect of the pharaohs; and Sekhmet was the lioness guardian of the pharaohs. Sekhmet was thus a supernatural counterpart to Nineveh's lion-like warriors.) [Sermons: J V Fesko. Philip Jensen. Michael Lawrence. William Still. ].
Today's image depicts guardian gods in Egypt, one of which, Sekhmet, was lion-like, and thus similar to the lion-like warriors of Nineveh.
THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Manasseh (695-642 B.C.): 2 Kings 20:21; 2 Kings 21; 2 Kings 23:12, 36; 2 Kings 24:3; 2 Chronicles 32:33; 2 Chronicles 33. Other Passages: 2 Kings 18:22; 2 Kings 19:6-7; 2 Kings 19:14-15; 2 Kings 19:19; 2 Kings 19:22-23; 2 Kings 19:27-28; 2 Kings 19:31-33; 2 Chronicles 28:1-27; 2 Chronicles 32:7-8; Isaiah 7:9; Isaiah 8:8; Isaiah 10:23; Isaiah 20:1-6; Isaiah 21:3; Isaiah 24:1; Isaiah 37:38; Isaiah 52:7. ]
[ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]
[ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]
[ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]
Nahum 2
2. The Lord Tells Nineveh of its Destruction & of Israel's Blessing (2:1 - 3:19) - 650 B.C., Israel
1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
2 For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
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