Inquire Of God
Inquire Of God [1]
1 Samuel 23:4 2 Samuel 5:23 2 Kings 3:11 2 Chronicles 18:6-7 1 Samuel 28:6 1 Samuel 22:10 1 Samuel 23:9-13 2 Kings 3:11 Judges 18:14 18:17 1 Samuel 22:10 Numbers 27:21 1 Samuel 14:36-42 Exodus 28:30 1 Samuel 23:9-13 1 Samuel 30:8 2 Kings 3:15 1 Samuel 10:5-6
Not all methods of inquiring of God were looked upon with favor. The Danites consulted a Levite in charge of Micah's sanctuary ( Judges 18:5-6 ,Judges 18:5-6, 18:14 ). The method used by the Levite to ascertain the divine will is not clear. The sanctuary contained an ephod (with lots?), a cast idol, and teraphim (household gods), any of which might have been consulted. Such shrines were regarded as one example of the evil that resulted when there was no king and “every man did what was right in his own eyes” ( Judges 17:6 ). Other methods of discerning God's will rejected by the biblical writiers include: consulting mediums, wizards, and necromancers ( Deuteronomy 18:10-11; 1Samuel 28:3, 1 Samuel 28:7; Isaiah 8:19 ); consulting teraphim ( Judges 17:5; Judges 18:13-20; Hosea 3:4; Zechariah 10:2 ); and consulting pagan dieties (Baal-zebub, 2Kings 1:2-3, 2 Kings 1:16; Malcham or Milcom, Zephaniah 1:5 ). See Prophets, Prophecy; Necromancy; Teraphim; Milcom .
Chris Church
