Sacred History, Selected from the Scriptures: With Annotations and Reflections, Particularly Calculated to Facilitate the Study of the Holy Scriptures in Schools and Families, Volume 3Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... means of carrying on a correspondence with them . No wonder that the people wept at such an affecting sight , for the bare relation of it must raise painful emo- tions in the mind of every reader . Let us suppose that we behold a king ...
... means of carrying on a correspondence with them . No wonder that the people wept at such an affecting sight , for the bare relation of it must raise painful emo- tions in the mind of every reader . Let us suppose that we behold a king ...
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... means of pre- venting the evils of a civil war , of preserving the life of David , and of keeping Absalom from proceeding to further extremitie SECTION XIX . ZIBA BY DECEIT OBTAINETH THE INHERITANCE OF HIS MASTER - SHIMEI CURSETH DAVID ...
... means of pre- venting the evils of a civil war , of preserving the life of David , and of keeping Absalom from proceeding to further extremitie SECTION XIX . ZIBA BY DECEIT OBTAINETH THE INHERITANCE OF HIS MASTER - SHIMEI CURSETH DAVID ...
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... mean while let us be instructed by his fault , to turn a deaf ear to the voice of flattery and defamation , and to condemn no one till we are sure that he deserves it . Shimei's curses proceeded from the rancour of his own wicked heart ...
... mean while let us be instructed by his fault , to turn a deaf ear to the voice of flattery and defamation , and to condemn no one till we are sure that he deserves it . Shimei's curses proceeded from the rancour of his own wicked heart ...
Page 94
... As Absalom was bent on his impious and rebellious scheme of establishing himself on the throne by the mur- der of his venerable parent , David was under a necessity of of using means for his own security : he could ( 94 ) .
... As Absalom was bent on his impious and rebellious scheme of establishing himself on the throne by the mur- der of his venerable parent , David was under a necessity of of using means for his own security : he could ( 94 ) .
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... means for his own security : he could not sacri- fice his friends to the impetuous rage of a head - strong young man ; neither could he , consistently with honour and religion , desert the throne to which he had been raised by the ...
... means for his own security : he could not sacri- fice his friends to the impetuous rage of a head - strong young man ; neither could he , consistently with honour and religion , desert the throne to which he had been raised by the ...
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Common terms and phrases
Abijam Absalom Adonijah Ahab Ahaziah altar Amasa ANNOTATIONS AND REFLECTIONS Baal Baasha behold Ben-hadad blessed brought built captain Chap chariots children of Israel Chron commanded covenant death Divine earth Edom Egypt Elijah Elisha enemies evil father glory gold hand Hazael heart heaven Hiram holy honour idols Israelites Jehoram Jehoshaphat Jehu Jeroboam Jerusalem Joab judgment king of Israel king of Judah king of Syria king said unto king Solomon king's kingdom land land of Israel Levites LORD hath lord the king mercy Nathan praise pray thee prayer priests princes prophet Psalm Rehoboam reign saith the LORD Samaria saying SECTION sent shew Shimei Shishak sins smote sons spake supposed Syria tabernacle temple thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thousand throne thy servant tribes unto the king unto the LORD unto thee wicked wisdom worship Zadok Zadok the priest Zarephath
Popular passages
Page 115 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Page 133 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 56 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up : and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 156 - Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in tnith, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee...
Page 280 - I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
Page 360 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Page 399 - Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him : for there be more with us than with him : with him is an arm of flesh ; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles.
Page 394 - I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave : I am deprived of the residue of my years. I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living : I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
Page 249 - And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again. And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived..
Page 77 - For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.