An Historical Account of the Life and Reign of David, King of Israel: Interspersed with Various Conjectures, Digressions and Disquisitions. In which (among Other Things) Mr. Bayle's Criticisms, Upon the Conduct and Character of that Prince, are Fully Considered, Volume 1S. Richardson, 1759 |
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... unto this day . But if we are to reft upon Mr. Chubb's peremptory affertion , they not only were not extirpated , but they continued unmolefted , till the days of Saul . But this furely is a rafh and ungrounded affertion ; for they ...
... unto this day . But if we are to reft upon Mr. Chubb's peremptory affertion , they not only were not extirpated , but they continued unmolefted , till the days of Saul . But this furely is a rafh and ungrounded affertion ; for they ...
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... unto him . In the next place , Saul , we know , was trou- bled with an evil fpirit , under whose influence he was , doubtlefs , guilty of many and great ex- travagancies , it was not fit that a raw giddy youth fhould be witness to thefe ...
... unto him . In the next place , Saul , we know , was trou- bled with an evil fpirit , under whose influence he was , doubtlefs , guilty of many and great ex- travagancies , it was not fit that a raw giddy youth fhould be witness to thefe ...
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... unto the fowls of the air , and to the wild beasts of the earth : that all the earth may know , that there is a God in Ifrael . And all this affembly shall know , that the Lord faveth not with fword and spear : for the battle is the ...
... unto the fowls of the air , and to the wild beasts of the earth : that all the earth may know , that there is a God in Ifrael . And all this affembly shall know , that the Lord faveth not with fword and spear : for the battle is the ...
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... unto David ten thousands , and to me they have afcribed but thousands , and what can he have more but the kingdom ? —And it came to have 44 An Hiftorical Account of B. 1 . The Rife and Effects of Saul's mity to David Merab promifed to ...
... unto David ten thousands , and to me they have afcribed but thousands , and what can he have more but the kingdom ? —And it came to have 44 An Hiftorical Account of B. 1 . The Rife and Effects of Saul's mity to David Merab promifed to ...
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... unto David , Behold my eldest daughter Merab ; her will I give thee to wife ; only be thou valiant for me , and fight the Lord's battles : for Saul faid , let not mine hand be upon him , but let the hand of the Phi- liftines be upon him ...
... unto David , Behold my eldest daughter Merab ; her will I give thee to wife ; only be thou valiant for me , and fight the Lord's battles : for Saul faid , let not mine hand be upon him , but let the hand of the Phi- liftines be upon him ...
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Page 32 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. And I went out after him, and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth ; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear ; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 33 - The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 38 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Page 144 - And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
Page 66 - In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God : he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Page 319 - Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.
Page 18 - Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.
Page 185 - LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD ; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
Page 69 - While he from high his rolling thunder throws, And fires the mountains with repeated blows : The rocks are from their old foundations rent ; The winds redouble, and the rains augment : The waves on heaps are dash'd against the shore ; And now the woods, and now the billows, roar.
Page 392 - Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness : fear before him, all the earth.