Answer For 09-06
The answer is the "cedar tree"
Verse 1
- Height like the Amorite (Amos 2:9)
- Tall (2 Kings 19:23)
- Warned against my pride (Isa 2:13-17)
Verse 2
- Strength and beauty, it was used in the building of Solomon’s temple and the palaces (I Kings 5,6,7; Job 40:17)
Verse 3
- A fable by Jehoash, king of Israel (2 Kings 14:9)
Verse 5
- Cedar trees came from the Lebanon’s mountains and groves are still in existence today
- Roots (tree roots) literally
- Contributed in cleansing ritual of the lepers (Lev. 4) and other ceremonies (Num 19)
- Compared to the righteous (Psa 92:12)
Verse 6
- Cedar is not mentioned once in the New Testament
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