Dictionary entry

Bear, The

R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook

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