An Old Testament Commentary for English Readers: Kings, Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther |
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according Ahab altar appears Arabic Assyrian brought build called captains carried chap CHAPTER chief Chron chronicler clans commanded Comp David Deut Elijah Elisha Exod expression father follows give given gold hand hast hath head heart Hebrew hundred implies Israel Jehovah Jeroboam Jerusalem Josh Judah Judges king of Israel king's kingdom Kings land Levites Literally LORD means mentioned narrative natural Note occurs offering omitted original pass passage perhaps phrase present priests princes probably prophet record reference reign rendered rest Samuel saying seems sent servants Solomon sons Syriac Temple thee things thou thousand tion took tribe unto verse versions viii Vulg whole worship xvii xviii xxii xxiii
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Page 117 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?
Page 83 - And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword ; and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 118 - And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
Page 36 - Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee...
Page 21 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 82 - And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
Page 325 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 113 - Is it well with thee ? is it well with thy husband ? is it well with the child ? And she answered, .It is well.
Page 80 - Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
Page 21 - And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol : and his fame was in all nations round about.