Readings from Holy scripture [Old Testament] by the author of Tales of Kirkbeck, etcJoseph Masters, 1860 |
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... AHAB KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL ELIJAH TAKEN UP INTO HEAVEN 233 236 · 241 • 244 ELISHA 248 THE SHUNAMMITE WOMAN 251 NAAMAN , THE LEPER 255 THE SIEGE OF SAMARIA • 260 THE CONSPIRACY OF JEHU , AND DEATH OF JEZEBEL 266 JEHU , KING OF ISRAEL ...
... AHAB KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL ELIJAH TAKEN UP INTO HEAVEN 233 236 · 241 • 244 ELISHA 248 THE SHUNAMMITE WOMAN 251 NAAMAN , THE LEPER 255 THE SIEGE OF SAMARIA • 260 THE CONSPIRACY OF JEHU , AND DEATH OF JEZEBEL 266 JEHU , KING OF ISRAEL ...
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... Ahab would have heeded them , he might have turned and sought the LORD . The holy Prophet Elijah lived in his reign , and was sent by GoD with a message to Ahab , telling him that for three years neither dew nor rain should fall upon ...
... Ahab would have heeded them , he might have turned and sought the LORD . The holy Prophet Elijah lived in his reign , and was sent by GoD with a message to Ahab , telling him that for three years neither dew nor rain should fall upon ...
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... Ahab . It was a work of danger to do this , as the heathen Queen Jezebel put to death every prophet of the LORD whom she could seize . Nevertheless Elijah went boldly where his God sent him . As he was setting forth King Ahab called the ...
... Ahab . It was a work of danger to do this , as the heathen Queen Jezebel put to death every prophet of the LORD whom she could seize . Nevertheless Elijah went boldly where his God sent him . As he was setting forth King Ahab called the ...
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... Ahab , disappointed again , would slay the messenger . But Elijah promised to show himself that same day to Ahab , and then Obadiah went back to the king . When they met , Ahab was probably some- what afraid of the prophet ; for instead ...
... Ahab , disappointed again , would slay the messenger . But Elijah promised to show himself that same day to Ahab , and then Obadiah went back to the king . When they met , Ahab was probably some- what afraid of the prophet ; for instead ...
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... Ahab agreed , and called all the people of Israel together to Mount Carmel to witness the contest between Elijah and the priests of Baal . Of these last there were four hundred and fifty - many of whom ate at the queen's table . When ...
... Ahab agreed , and called all the people of Israel together to Mount Carmel to witness the contest between Elijah and the priests of Baal . Of these last there were four hundred and fifty - many of whom ate at the queen's table . When ...
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Abimelech Abishai Absalom afraid Ahab Ahaziah Ahijah altar Angel anointed answered Araunah army asked Baal Baasha bade battle Behold Benhadad Blessed Boaz brought called captain chariot child children of Israel command cried curse David death delivered earth Elijah Elisha enemies evil father fear fell fled gave Gehazi Gideon give God's Hazael heard heart heathen heaven Hezekiah host Israelites Jehoshaphat Jehu Jephthah Jericho Jeroboam Jerusalem Jezebel Joab Joash Jonathan Joshua killed king of Israel king of Judah king of Syria King Solomon king's land LORD hath LORD's messengers mighty Moses Naaman Nabal Naomi obeyed Philistines priests promised prophet Rehoboam reign Ruth sacrifice Samson Samuel Saul Saul's saying sent sins Sisera slain slew smote sons spake sword Syrians tell temple thine hand thing thou hast thou shalt Thy servant told took unto the LORD unto thee woman words
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Page 21 - Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth : and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt ; and serve ye the LORD.
Page 99 - Saul, 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 279 - Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. And I will add unto thy days fifteen years...
Page 217 - 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.
Page 203 - And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power : help us, O LORD our God ; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God ; let not 'man prevail against thee.
Page 101 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield : but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 168 - Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 75 - And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
Page 160 - He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Page 139 - Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy Holy Spirit from me.