Have you ever wondered why creatures like the Leviathan and the Behemoth appear in the bible? This episode takes an in-depth look on this topic.

Passages in the Bible

Leviathan: Job 3:8; 41:1; Psalm 74:13-14; 104:26; Isaiah 27:1

Rahab: Job 9:13; 26:12; Psalm 87:4; 89:10; Isaiah 30:7; 51:9

Tannin: Gen 1:21; Exo 7:9-10,12; Deut 32:33; Job 7:12; Psalm 74:13; 91:13; 148:7; Isaiah 27:1; 51:9; Jer 51:34; Eze 29:3; 32:2

Nahash: Gen 3:1-2, 4, 13-14; 49:17; Exo 4:3; 7:15; Num 21:7, 9; 2 Kings 18:4; Job 26:13; Psalm 140:3; Prov 23:32; 30:19; Ecc 10:8, 11; Isaiah 14:29; 27:1; 65:25; Jer 8:17; 46:22; Amo 9:3; Mic 7:17

Behemoth: Job 40:15

Ziz: Psalm 50:11; 80:13-14

References:

· “Bible Search and Study Tools – Blue Letter Bible.”, https://www.blueletterbible.org/

· Brand, Chad, et al. Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Holman Reference, 2003.

· Goodrick, Edward W., and John. The Strongest NIV Exhaustive Concordance. 2004.

· The Jewish Study Bible, Jewish Publication Society, 1999

· The Navigators. Job. Navpress Publishing Group, 2010.

· The NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible. Zondervan, 2016

o “Identification of Behemoth and Leviathan” Job 40-41 (p871)

o “Leviathan” Job 41 (p874)

o “Chaos Monsters” Psalm 74:13-14 (p953)

· The New Spirit-Filled Life Bible (NKJV). Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2002

· Ziz, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziz