Then Azariah the priest entered after him and with him eighty priests of the LORD, valiant men.When I think of people being described as valiant, we tend to think of warriors, heroes who have done great deeds. Today it might be extended to first responders, those people who show up in news bites running into a burning building to save someone trapped within. But have you ever thought of a priest as valiant?
To put this in modern context, who do you think of to match with the term "courageous pastor?" Maybe someone preaching in an underground church in China or the Middle East. Perhaps a missionary who leaves a comfortable life in the US to go to an undeveloped area and share the Gospel. But if you count off everyone you know in those kinds of work, could you get to 80? And here they're all in one place, at one time.
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