The Kings: Ed., with an Introduction & Notes |
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Page ix
... and the house of Baasha which followed in the second generation . At first , as
already noted , prophecy is on the side of the revolt . But Jeroboam is scarcely
secure on his throne before he establishes the worship of the calves , to intercept
...
... and the house of Baasha which followed in the second generation . At first , as
already noted , prophecy is on the side of the revolt . But Jeroboam is scarcely
secure on his throne before he establishes the worship of the calves , to intercept
...
Page xi
The third period in the history of the northern kingdom is occupied with the house
of Jehu , and the usurping kings that followed . Here the two kingdoms fall away
from their temporary rapprochement , and their history moves in different xi ...
The third period in the history of the northern kingdom is occupied with the house
of Jehu , and the usurping kings that followed . Here the two kingdoms fall away
from their temporary rapprochement , and their history moves in different xi ...
Page xiii
And they rejected his statutes , and his covenant that he made with their fathers ,
and his testimonies which he testified unto them ; and they followed vanity , and
became vain , and went after the nations that were round about them ...
And they rejected his statutes , and his covenant that he made with their fathers ,
and his testimonies which he testified unto them ; and they followed vanity , and
became vain , and went after the nations that were round about them ...
Page 6
( Ish - bosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel ,
and he reigned two years . ) But the house of Judah followed David . And the time
that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and ...
( Ish - bosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel ,
and he reigned two years . ) But the house of Judah followed David . And the time
that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and ...
Page 7
... how long shall it be then , ere thou bid the people return from following their
brethren ? And Joab said , As God liveth , if thou hadst not spoken , surely then in
the morning the people had gone away , nor followed every one his brother .
more ...
... how long shall it be then , ere thou bid the people return from following their
brethren ? And Joab said , As God liveth , if thou hadst not spoken , surely then in
the morning the people had gone away , nor followed every one his brother .
more ...
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Page 81 - And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.
Page 199 - Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years...
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Page 97 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Kings: Ed., with an Introduction & Notes Modern reader's Bible: History series |
| Publisher | Macmillan Company, 1896 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 May 2005 |
| Length | 274 pages |
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