The children of the Old TestamentW.W. Gardner, 10 Paternoster Row, 1869 - 55 pages |
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... Elisha , who taught the people that they ought to worship the true God and not bow down to idols , even though the idols were made of gold , and set up by a king . Elisha was the servant of another prophet , named Elijah , and one day ...
... Elisha , who taught the people that they ought to worship the true God and not bow down to idols , even though the idols were made of gold , and set up by a king . Elisha was the servant of another prophet , named Elijah , and one day ...
Page 38
... Elisha got into a passion , and swore at these children . God would never have sent the she - bears out of the wood in answer to a swearer's prayer ; but Elisha was angry because these children were insulting and grieving God , and so ...
... Elisha got into a passion , and swore at these children . God would never have sent the she - bears out of the wood in answer to a swearer's prayer ; but Elisha was angry because these children were insulting and grieving God , and so ...
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... Elisha , there were other people who loved him much - and amongst these there was а woman at Shunem who honoured him , and was glad when he would stay in her house . She was a great woman , " 6 and probably lived in a grand house , and ...
... Elisha , there were other people who loved him much - and amongst these there was а woman at Shunem who honoured him , and was glad when he would stay in her house . She was a great woman , " 6 and probably lived in a grand house , and ...
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... Elisha ; and Elisha sent a messenger unto him with these words , ' Go and wash in Jordan seven times , and thou shalt be clean . ' But Naaman was very angry , and said that he thought Elisha would have come to him , and stood before him ...
... Elisha ; and Elisha sent a messenger unto him with these words , ' Go and wash in Jordan seven times , and thou shalt be clean . ' But Naaman was very angry , and said that he thought Elisha would have come to him , and stood before him ...
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... Elisha had told him , and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child , and he was clean , and he went back to Damascus rejoicing in health and strength . Surely he would send back to her own home the little maiden whose ...
... Elisha had told him , and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child , and he was clean , and he went back to Damascus rejoicing in health and strength . Surely he would send back to her own home the little maiden whose ...
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Page 47 - Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
Page 19 - For this child I prayed ; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him : therefore also I have lent him to the Lord ; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord.
Page 26 - 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 46 - And it came to pass when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy ? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
Page 47 - So he turned and went away in a rage. And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it ? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
Page 16 - And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened it, she saw the child : and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews
Page 8 - Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 13 - And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee : and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Page 8 - That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies ; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Page 24 - God, who, on his disobedience, gave his kingdom to his neighbour, and 'the Spirit of the Lord departed from him, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him.