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Daniel’s use of עָמַד and קוּם

Daniel 7:24 KJV
[24] And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise (קוּם): and another shall rise (קוּם) after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.

Daniel 8:23 KJV
[23] An…

Why on earth did Lot not leave Sodom

We are told that Lot was greatly tormented by the perversions of Sodom. What could possibly have been so irresistible for Lot to have remained in that depraved city? Earlier in Genesis we read of Lot’s initial attraction to the cities of t…