Bear, The

• Inhabits woods 2 Ki. 2:24
• DESCRIBED AS
  • Voracious Dan. 7:5
  • Cunning Lam. 3:10
  • Cruel Amos 5:19
• Often attacks men 2 Ki. 2:24; Amos 5:19
• Attacks the flock in the presence of the shepherd 1 Sam. 17:34
• Particularly fierce when deprived of its young 2 Sam. 17:8; Pr. 17:12
• Growls when annoyed Isa. 59:11
• Miraculously killed by David 1 Sam. 17:36,37
• ILLUSTRATIVE OF
  • God in his judgments Lam. 3:10; Hos. 13:8
  • The natural man Isa. 11:7
  • Wicked rulers Pr. 28:15
  • The kingdom of the Medes Dan. 7:5
  • The kingdom of Antichrist Rev. 13:2