Biblical Hebrew Forum

["JAMES CHRISTIAN READ" <JCR128 AT student.apu.ac.uk>]

HH: Here are the verses with the phrase RWX )LHYM elsewhere in the 
Bible, all pointing to God's Spirit or a spirit from God.

Gen. 41:38 So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, one 
in whom is the spirit of God?”
Ex. 31:3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, 
ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts —
Ex. 35:31 and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, 
ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts —
Num. 24:2 When Balaam looked out and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, 
the Spirit of God came upon him
1Sam. 10:10 When they arrived at Gibeah, a procession of prophets met 
him; the Spirit of God came upon him in power, and he joined in their 
prophesying.
1Sam. 11:6 When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God came upon him 
in power, and he burned with anger.
1Sam. 16:15 Saul’s attendants said to him, “See, an evil spirit from God 
is tormenting you.
1Sam. 16:16 Let our lord command his servants here to search for someone 
who can play the harp. He will play when the evil spirit from God comes 
upon you, and you will feel better.”
1Sam. 16:23 Whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would 
take his harp and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel 
better, and the evil spirit would leave him.
1Sam. 18:10 The next day an evil spirit from God came forcefully upon 
Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the harp, 
as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand
1Sam. 19:20 so he sent men to capture him. But when they saw a group of 
prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing there as their leader, the 
Spirit of God came upon Saul’s men and they also prophesied.
1Sam. 19:23 So Saul went to Naioth at Ramah. But the Spirit of God came 
even upon him, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth.
Ezek. 11:24 The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the exiles in 
Babylonia in the vision given by the Spirit of God. Then the vision I 
had seen went up from me,
2Chr. 15:1 The Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.
2Chr. 24:20 Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada
the priest. He stood before the people and said, “This is what God says:
‘Why do you disobey the LORD’s commands? You will not prosper. Because
you have forsaken the LORD, he has forsaken you.’”


JCR: Yeah! The overwhelming evidence seems to speak for
itself. It seems all these contraversial theories don't
stand up to any kind of close scrutiny.