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An Ugaritic battle poem in the text KTU describes a defeated god being driven from his throne like a bird knocked from its perch. This unique idiom is echoed in Proverbs 27, which uses a similar metaphor to describe a person out of place.
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2500 BCE
1000+ CE
KTU 1.3 IV:1
Cuneiform Texts from Ugarit
Ancient Near East
knocking him like a bird from his perch and drove him from the throne of his kingship from the back-rest, from the siege of his dominion. What enemy rises up against Baal, what rival against the Cloud-Rider? The lads answered, they replied: “No enemy rises up against Baal, no rival against the Cloud-Rider.
Proverbs 27:8
Hebrew Bible
7 The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet. 8 Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home. 9 Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one’s friend from sincere counsel.
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"... KTU 1.3 ... This idiom survives as a Hebrew variant in Proverbs 27:8, and is preserved more closely in 1QH 4:8 ..."
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