Did You Know? #5 Tuesday, February 12, 2008

• At the end of each year, Absalom, the son of King David, cut (polled) his hair because it was heavy on him. When he weighed the hair of his head it was two-hundred shekels. That is equal to five pounds. II Samuel 14:25-26
• Absalom was killed by Joab and his men after being caught by his hair in a great oak while riding his mule. II Samuel 18:9-15
• After baptizing an Ethiopian eunuch, Philip was caught away by the Spirit and wasn't seen again for two-hundred miles. Acts 8:26-40 50-0409 – Baptismal Service 57-1006 – Questions And Answers On Hebrews 3
• King David was spit upon, walked up the Mount of Olives, and looked down weeping as a rejected king. A few hundred years later Jesus Christ sat on the same mountain, the Son of David, weeping as a rejected king, and was also spit upon. 64-0617 – The Identified Christ Of All Ages
• The wife of Phinehas’, Eli’s son, after hearing of the death of her father-in-law and husband, bowed herself and travailed. She gave birth to a child and named him Ichabod because the ark of God was taken, and she said the glory of the Lord is departed from Israel. Ichabod means: the glory of the Lord has departed; no glory; without honor. I Samuel 4:18-22 60-0304 – Thirsting For Life
• Samuel hewed King Agag into pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. I Samuel 15:32-33
• Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a child that was lame at his feet because he fell from the arms of his fleeing nurse at the age of five. His name was Mephibosheth. Mephibosheth was shown kindness by King David, who restored to him all the land of Saul. II Samuel 4:4 II Samuel 9:3-7
• There was a prophet named Agabus that prophesied over Paul saying, he shall be delivered into the hands of the Gentiles by the Jews. Acts 21:10-13
• Jeremiah was known by God, sanctified by God, and ordained a prophet over the nations by God before he was even formed in his mother’s womb. 51-0717 – The Manifestation Of The Spirit
• After Noah was sealed in the ark, the rain came gushing down from Heaven on the morning of the 24th day of May. 64-0419 –The Trial
• Abraham was a Gentile and not a Jew. 61-0520 –From That Time 61-0416 –Abraham And His Seed After Him
• Elisha sent Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, to dip in the Jordan seven times to be healed from leprosy. II Kings 5:1-14