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Episode Notes: Don't Lose God's Blessing. (1 Kings 20: 1-43)
The Bible has shaped Western civilization more than any other book in history.
Our ethics, our laws, our sense of justice—so much of it flows straight out of Scripture. But the Bible hasn’t just shaped our laws, it has also shaped our language.
When the Bible was translated into English first by Tyndale and then with the KJV, which draws heavily on Tyndale's translation, it became the most widely read book in the English‑speaking world; its idioms, its expressions, and its imagery seeped into everyday speech. So much so that we use biblical phrases all the time without even realizing it.
Expressions like “the writing is on the wall.” Or “the apple of his eye.” Or “a drop in the bucket.” Or how about, “by the skin of your teeth.”
There are dozens of these, but today I want to look at just one of them. But instead of giving it to you upfront, I’m going to tell you the story behind it—and you see if you can work out the idiom by the time we get to the end.
And the story behind it is found in 1 Kings chapter 20….
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