An Historical Account of the Life and Reign of David, King of Israel: Interspersed with Various Conjectures, Digressions and Disquisitions, in which ... Mr. Bayle's Criticisms Upon the Conduct and Character of that Prince, are Fully Considered, Volume 1J. Osborn, 1740 |
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... destroy- ing , as far as in them lay , by treachery and furprise , an innocent people , uninjured and unprovoked . WHOEVER is any way converfant in the Bible , will foon perceive , that by this peo- ple , I mean the Ifraelites , when ...
... destroy- ing , as far as in them lay , by treachery and furprise , an innocent people , uninjured and unprovoked . WHOEVER is any way converfant in the Bible , will foon perceive , that by this peo- ple , I mean the Ifraelites , when ...
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... destroy all thofe nations that would not accept of proffered peace , and forfake their idolatry ; and to eliminate all that belonged to them . And the exhortation of Mofes to them , as far as it is appli- cable to this head , they thus ...
... destroy all thofe nations that would not accept of proffered peace , and forfake their idolatry ; and to eliminate all that belonged to them . And the exhortation of Mofes to them , as far as it is appli- cable to this head , they thus ...
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... destroy not only the Amalekites , - * We are told , that Schab Abbaz extirpated the inha- bitants of feveral Villages in Perfia , for their abominable wickedness ( Ambaff . Travels , 1. 7. p . 294 ) . Nor have hiftorians , as far as I ...
... destroy not only the Amalekites , - * We are told , that Schab Abbaz extirpated the inha- bitants of feveral Villages in Perfia , for their abominable wickedness ( Ambaff . Travels , 1. 7. p . 294 ) . Nor have hiftorians , as far as I ...
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... destroyed , with his whole family , for a like inftance of disobe- dience , might fufficiently have deterred him from flighting it . WHEREAS then Saul did not only disobey this command , but acted in manifeft oppofi- tion to the reafon ...
... destroyed , with his whole family , for a like inftance of disobe- dience , might fufficiently have deterred him from flighting it . WHEREAS then Saul did not only disobey this command , but acted in manifeft oppofi- tion to the reafon ...
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... destroy him ; or , to speak in the style of Tacitus , he difclofed his wicked purpose ; and , for that reafon , could not execute it * . SURELY nothing could be more pro- vidential for David , than that Jonathan was let into the fecret ...
... destroy him ; or , to speak in the style of Tacitus , he difclofed his wicked purpose ; and , for that reafon , could not execute it * . SURELY nothing could be more pro- vidential for David , than that Jonathan was let into the fecret ...
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Page 128 - The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Page 273 - Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day. Moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines...
Page 44 - 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 128 - For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, And his ears are open unto their prayers: But the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
Page 8 - Samuel said, hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken, than the fat of rams.
Page 48 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Page 186 - And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
Page 43 - The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 41 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 32 - Then answered one of the servants and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.