The children of the Old TestamentW.W. Gardner, 10 Paternoster Row, 1869 - 55 pages |
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... Priest , and in Samuel's childhood belonged to Eli . But Samuel had a linen robe made of the same shape , to show that he too did priest's work in the Temple , and he wore it over the little coat that his mother made for him , and ...
... Priest , and in Samuel's childhood belonged to Eli . But Samuel had a linen robe made of the same shape , to show that he too did priest's work in the Temple , and he wore it over the little coat that his mother made for him , and ...
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... priest 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 ...
... priest 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 ...
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... priest went to the house of Jesse , and when he saw the eldest son Eliab , who was tall and handsome , Samuel thought he was the very man for a king . But God , who heard his thought , spake to his heart , and said , ' Look not on his ...
... priest went to the house of Jesse , and when he saw the eldest son Eliab , who was tall and handsome , Samuel thought he was the very man for a king . But God , who heard his thought , spake to his heart , and said , ' Look not on his ...
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... priest , carried him secretly to the temple , and ' he was with them hid in the house of God six years , ' while Athaliah ruled over the land . C In the seventh year Jehoiada gathered together the rulers and captains , who did not like ...
... priest , carried him secretly to the temple , and ' he was with them hid in the house of God six years , ' while Athaliah ruled over the land . C In the seventh year Jehoiada gathered together the rulers and captains , who did not like ...
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... priest commanded the captains and officers of the army to follow her as she fled away , and when she had got out of the temple they killed her . When Athaliah was dead , Jehoiada made Joash and the princes and the people promise to ...
... priest commanded the captains and officers of the army to follow her as she fled away , and when she had got out of the temple they killed her . When Athaliah was dead , Jehoiada made Joash and the princes and the people promise to ...
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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.