Examples of adroit in a Sentence. Rumor has always played a role in politics, but rarely have the backstage operatives been so adroit, and so cynical, in their use of vitriol. âWalter Shapiro, Time, 10 July 1989.
In no sense could an earthly king claim to be âin Edenâ or to be âthe anointed cherub who coversâ or to be âon the holy mountain of God.â Therefore, most Bible interpreters believe that Ezekiel 28:11â19 is a dual prophecy, comparing the pride of the king of Tyre to the pride of Satan.he city of Tyre was the recipient of some of the strongest prophetic condemnations in the Bible (Isaiah 23:1â18; Jeremiah 25:22; 27:1â11; Ezekiel 26:1â 28:19; Joel 3:4â8; Amos 1:9, 10).
The author of 1 and 2 Kings wants to show that the history of the Northern and Southern Kingdom unfolded according to the plan of God presented in Deuteronomy. As nearly as we can tell 1 and 2 Kings were written between 570 and 550 B.C. to the Jews living in exile in Babylon and Egypt. The books of Jeremiah and Ezekiel imply that the people were very bitter about the fall of Jerusalem and the loss of the temple.