| 词条 | Destroying angel (Bible) |
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The destroying angel or angel of death in the Hebrew Bible is an entity sent out by Yahweh on several occasions to kill enemies of the Israelites. In 2 Samuel 24:15, he kills the inhabitants of Jerusalem. In I Chronicles 21:15, the same "angel of the Lord" is seen by David to stand "between the earth and the heaven, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out against Jerusalem." Later, in II Kings 19:35, the angel kills 185,000 men of Sennacherib's Assyrian army, thereby saving Hezekiah's Jerusalem. The angel (malak) is referred to under various terms, including Mashḥit, meaning "destroyer" (pron. mash-heet(h) or -kheet(h)) (Mashchit(h), מַשְׁחִית and Ha-Mashchit(h)/Ha-Mashḥit, הַמַשְׁחִית), "destroying angel" (מַלְאָך הַמַשְׁחִית, malak ha-mashḥit or in the plural מַשְׁחִיתִים, mashchitim/mashchithim/mashḥitim—"spoilers, ravagers"), Angel of the Lord, (מְמִיתִים, memitim—"executioners", "slayers") is found in Job 33:22 and in Proverbs 16:14 in the plural, "Messengers of death". In Judaism, such angels might be seen as created by one's sins. As long a person lives, God allows him to repent. But after death, the angels of destruction are allowed to execute the sentence proclaimed in the heavenly court.[1] Further, they feature as tormentors in Gehinnom.[2] Mashchith was also used as an alternate name for one of the seven compartments of Gehenna.[3]See also
References1. ^Israel Meir (ha-Kohen) Above All Else: The Chofetz Chaim on Torah Study : Collected from His Writings, Band 1 Feldheim Publishers, 2005 {{ISBN|9781583308004}} p. 112 2. ^Simcha Paull Raphael Jewish Views of the Afterlife Rowman & Littlefield, 22.04.2019 {{ISBN|978-1-538-10346-3}} p. 150 3. ^{{cite book|editor-last1=Boustan |editor-first1=Ra'anan S. |editor-last2=Reed|editor-first2=Annette Yoshiko|title=Heavenly Realms and Earthly Realities in Late Antique Religions |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge, England|date=2004|isbn=978-0521121774}} External links
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