gilgal
07-22-2009, 01:23 PM
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Although (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teraphim) the meaning of the phrase is unexplained in the text, some details can be ascertained by its use. In the Book of Genesis, Rachel takes the Teraphim of Laban, and hides it in a saddle bag,[4] while in the Books of Samuel, Michal tricks Saul's men into thinking that a Teraphim in her bed is actually David; from these details some limits can be put on the size of Teraphim[5]. Additional details can be gathered from the Septuagint translation of Teraphim; for its occurrences in Genesis it becomes images; for its occurrences in Samuel it becomes images and idols; for its occurrences in Ezekiel it becomes carved images; in Zechariah it becomes oracles and idols; in Hosea it becomes manifest objects.
Although (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teraphim) the meaning of the phrase is unexplained in the text, some details can be ascertained by its use. In the Book of Genesis, Rachel takes the Teraphim of Laban, and hides it in a saddle bag,[4] while in the Books of Samuel, Michal tricks Saul's men into thinking that a Teraphim in her bed is actually David; from these details some limits can be put on the size of Teraphim[5]. Additional details can be gathered from the Septuagint translation of Teraphim; for its occurrences in Genesis it becomes images; for its occurrences in Samuel it becomes images and idols; for its occurrences in Ezekiel it becomes carved images; in Zechariah it becomes oracles and idols; in Hosea it becomes manifest objects.