The children of the Old TestamentW.W. Gardner, 10 Paternoster Row, 1869 - 55 pages |
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John Erskine Clarke. CONTENTS . PAGE ISAAC JOSEPH . MOSES 6 10 14 SAMUEL 18 DAVID 22 MEPHIBOSHETH . 28 BET ABIJAH . 32 THE CHILDREN OF BETHEL 36 THE SHUNAMMITE'S CHILD 40 THE CAPTIVE MAIDEN 44 JOASH , THE CHILD - KING 48 DANIEL AND THE ...
John Erskine Clarke. CONTENTS . PAGE ISAAC JOSEPH . MOSES 6 10 14 SAMUEL 18 DAVID 22 MEPHIBOSHETH . 28 BET ABIJAH . 32 THE CHILDREN OF BETHEL 36 THE SHUNAMMITE'S CHILD 40 THE CAPTIVE MAIDEN 44 JOASH , THE CHILD - KING 48 DANIEL AND THE ...
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... Samuel , the loveliest of the Children of the Bible , next to the Holy Child Jesus . The name of Samuel's father was Elkanah , and he lived at Mount Ephraim ; his wife , Hannah , was sorely grieved because she had no child ; and one ...
... Samuel , the loveliest of the Children of the Bible , next to the Holy Child Jesus . The name of Samuel's father was Elkanah , and he lived at Mount Ephraim ; his wife , Hannah , was sorely grieved because she had no child ; and one ...
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... Samuel , saying , Because I have asked him of the Lord . ' As soon as the infant Samuel was old enough to leave his mother , she took him to Eli the Priest , at Shiloh , and she said to Eli , ' Oh my lord , for this child I prayed , and ...
... Samuel , saying , Because I have asked him of the Lord . ' As soon as the infant Samuel was old enough to leave his mother , she took him to Eli the Priest , at Shiloh , and she said to Eli , ' Oh my lord , for this child I prayed , and ...
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... Samuel did not at first understand it . What a picture in words ' we find of the calling of Samuel in the Holy Book ! It is night , but the morning is drawing on , so that the lamps which were kept burning in the temple began to get dim ...
... Samuel did not at first understand it . What a picture in words ' we find of the calling of Samuel in the Holy Book ! It is night , but the morning is drawing on , so that the lamps which were kept burning in the temple began to get dim ...
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Abraham Ahaziah angry answered army asked Athaliah Babylon Bethel Bible bless blind Book of Exodus brethren brothers brought burnt-offering child Abijah cruel Damascus danger Daniel David dead Egypt Elijah ephod Father in heaven gave Gehazi Gibeah golden calves Goliath grieved happy hath head heard heart Hebrews honour husband idols infant Isaac Jehoiada Jeroboam's wife Jerusalem Jesse Jesus Joash Jochebed Joseph killed king of Israel king's meat knew lame land land of Israel leprosy lived Lord's loved Melzar Mephibosheth Miriam Moses mother Naaman Nebuchadnezzar nurse obeyed perhaps Pharaoh Pharaoh's daughter Philistines pray thee priest prophet punish Ramah reign Samuel Saul sent Shechem Shiloh Shunammite Shunem slain sons sorrow story teaches Syria temple thine thing thou hast thought Thy servant heareth took unto the Lord wicked wife of Jeroboam wine wise wish woman words worship youth
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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.