Throughout the more than 1,500 years of their history as God’s chosen people, there were comparatively few periods when the Israelites did not try God’s long - suffering to the limit.
ففي معظم الفترة التي دامت اكثر من ٥٠٠‏,١ سنة من تاريخهم كشعب الله المختار كانوا يمتحنون طول اناة الله الى ابعد حدود .‏