Solomon imported peacocks. Ants are mentioned in Proverbs.
The list of clean and unclean animals in Leviticus includes coney, rabbit, vulture, buzzard, kite, falcon, ostrich, owl, seagull, hawk, cormorant, pelican, stork, hoopoe, bat, mole, mouse, gecko, crocodile, chameleon.
The list of animals that can and can't be eaten in Deuteronomy additionally includes: ox, goat, gazelle, roebuck, ibex, antelope, and mountain sheep.
I'm not sure it's a correct interpretation of 2 Kings 2 to say that the she-bears killed the young men. Perhaps some did die, but it's more likely they were mauled, or even just chased away (split up from each other). I find it unlikely that 2 small Palestinian bears could possibly kill (or maul for that matter) 42 young men. Perhaps it would be better to have it here as mauled or chased, since we don't know that they were killed.
Well depends how you see it. Considering the context and the fact that Elisha was almost certainly shaven for religious reasons, it would be kinda offensive, if not downright blasphemous.
Most translations say "boys", which many take to mean "children." I think it makes more sense that this was a gang of young men, which is what the Hebrew word used here specifically means. 42+ "boys" isn't just a bunch of playmates. This is a massive group of young men."Go on up, you baldhead" might mean that they wanted to send him where his master went, meaning kill him. We get no indication any of them died, but the passage serves the point that an attack, even mass scorn, on God's servant is an attack on God.
Not to be overly picky, but the Bible never says that the serpent in the Garden of Eden was Satan. As far as the Bible is concerned, it was just a snake.
Revelation refers to The Devil, Satan, The Dragon, and "That Ancient Serpent" as being one and the same(Revelation 12:9). That is almost definitely not a reference to anything else other than the serpent in genesis. It fits perfectly within the narrative if the serpent is Satan. I always appreciate it when things like this are pointed out, because we should be aware of the details.
If someone says they have a cat in their backyard, would you think they are talking about a lion? No. Lion is a member of the Big Cats species, but if you are simply saying "the cat" it evidently only point to the household variety (Felis Catus)
The list of clean and unclean animals in Leviticus includes coney, rabbit, vulture, buzzard, kite, falcon, ostrich, owl, seagull, hawk, cormorant, pelican, stork, hoopoe, bat, mole, mouse, gecko, crocodile, chameleon.
The list of animals that can and can't be eaten in Deuteronomy additionally includes: ox, goat, gazelle, roebuck, ibex, antelope, and mountain sheep.
The 2nd plague was frogs.