The children of the Old TestamentW.W. Gardner, 10 Paternoster Row, 1869 - 55 pages |
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... idols of anything , should not worship the dust or the grave of Moses . SAMUEL . HERE are four illustrious persons named in the Bible , of whose infancy strange things are told us . Far above the others , there was JESUS , of whom the ...
... idols of anything , should not worship the dust or the grave of Moses . SAMUEL . HERE are four illustrious persons named in the Bible , of whose infancy strange things are told us . Far above the others , there was JESUS , of whom the ...
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... idol which the Egyptians worshipped , and said to the people , ' Behold thy gods , O Israel , which brought thee out of the land of Egypt . ' Jeroboam's wife seems to have been wicked too , at any rate we read that she agreed with her ...
... idol which the Egyptians worshipped , and said to the people , ' Behold thy gods , O Israel , which brought thee out of the land of Egypt . ' Jeroboam's wife seems to have been wicked too , at any rate we read that she agreed with her ...
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... 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 as these two were walking together , a chariot of fire came down from the sky and took ...
... 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 as these two were walking together , a chariot of fire came down from the sky and took ...
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... idols . At the same time there lived in Jerusalem Jehoiakim the wicked king , who cut up with his pen - knife and burnt the roll that God sent to him by a prophet . To punish him for this insult to Himself , God put it into the mind of ...
... idols . At the same time there lived in Jerusalem Jehoiakim the wicked king , who cut up with his pen - knife and burnt the roll that God sent to him by a prophet . To punish him for this insult to Himself , God put it into the mind of ...
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... idols of Babylon . But when Daniel spoke of this to the officer who had charge of these boys , he said that he would be in danger of losing his own head if they did not obey the king's orders . Then Daniel said to Melzar , who had been ...
... idols of Babylon . But when Daniel spoke of this to the officer who had charge of these boys , he said that he would be in danger of losing his own head if they did not obey the king's orders . Then Daniel said to Melzar , who had been ...
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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.