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	Nave's—Bear

Bear, The

Inhabits woods—2Ki 2:24

DESCRIBED AS

• Voracious
• —Da 7:5
• Cunning
• —La 3:10
• Cruel
• —Am 5:19

Often attacks men—2Ki 2:24; Am 5:19

Attacks the flock in the presence of the shepherd—1Sa 17:34

Particularly fierce when deprived of its young—2Sa 17:8; Pr 17:12

Growls when annoyed—Isa 59:11

Miraculously killed by David—1Sa 17:36,37

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

• God in his judgments
• —La 3:10; Ho 13:8
• The natural man
• —Isa 11:7
• Wicked rulers
• —Pr 28:15
• The kingdom of the Medes
• —Da 7:5
• The kingdom of Antichrist
• —Re 13:2