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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... these inveterate enemies of Ifrael were inclu- ded in the general confederacy against Jobua , and thared in their common defeat , Joh . xi . This is certain , that more than 40 years after this , they again joined the Moa bites against ...
... these inveterate enemies of Ifrael were inclu- ded in the general confederacy against Jobua , and thared in their common defeat , Joh . xi . This is certain , that more than 40 years after this , they again joined the Moa bites against ...
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... these had the divine approbation . THE prophet , ( as we may well imagine ) fufficiently embaraffed at this fufpenfe of the divine defignation , asked Jesse , if he had no other fon ? To which he answered , that he had one more , his ...
... these had the divine approbation . THE prophet , ( as we may well imagine ) fufficiently embaraffed at this fufpenfe of the divine defignation , asked Jesse , if he had no other fon ? To which he answered , that he had one more , his ...
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... . But very probably , these advan- tages gave him little distinction , in a family where beauty feems to have been familiar and hereditary . CHAP . CHAP . II . A Digreffion concerning Samuel , the 12 An Hiftorical Account of.
... . But very probably , these advan- tages gave him little distinction , in a family where beauty feems to have been familiar and hereditary . CHAP . CHAP . II . A Digreffion concerning Samuel , the 12 An Hiftorical Account of.
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... these men and their fchools take this fhort account : THE Jewish nation had no fuch schools or feminaries for the education of their chil- dren , as are now in ufe among us ; with them , parents were in the place of tutors : and as they ...
... these men and their fchools take this fhort account : THE Jewish nation had no fuch schools or feminaries for the education of their chil- dren , as are now in ufe among us ; with them , parents were in the place of tutors : and as they ...
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... these offices . But as a great part of their time was taken up in their attendance upon the altar , and other rituals of the Mofaic law ; and as it is natural for men to lay a great , perhaps too great a stress , upon those things in ...
... these offices . But as a great part of their time was taken up in their attendance upon the altar , and other rituals of the Mofaic law ; and as it is natural for men to lay a great , perhaps too great a stress , upon those things in ...
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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.