Bible illustrations: consisting of apophthegms [ &c.], grouped under Scripture passages, by J. Lee. subscribers' ed, Volume 2James Lee (M.A.) 1867 |
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... chief was usually brought to the conqueror ; thus Pompey's head was brought to Cæsar , Cicero's head to Mark Antony , and the heads of Ahab's ΑΝ children to Jehu . These barbarities are seldom practised now , except among the ...
... chief was usually brought to the conqueror ; thus Pompey's head was brought to Cæsar , Cicero's head to Mark Antony , and the heads of Ahab's ΑΝ children to Jehu . These barbarities are seldom practised now , except among the ...
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... chief of all the people , even of all the tribes of Israel , presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God , four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword . ( Now the children of Ben- jamin heard that the children of Israel ...
... chief of all the people , even of all the tribes of Israel , presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God , four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword . ( Now the children of Ben- jamin heard that the children of Israel ...
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... chief concern is with whom we shall rise.-A. Fuller . When Naomi saw that she had gained her point , she was very well satisfied , and left off speaking to her . She could desire no more than that solemn protestation Ruth had just now ...
... chief concern is with whom we shall rise.-A. Fuller . When Naomi saw that she had gained her point , she was very well satisfied , and left off speaking to her . She could desire no more than that solemn protestation Ruth had just now ...
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... chief one.- Caryl . It is a very solemn thing to behold a trembling convicted malefactor , when standing before an earthly tribunal , although the judge is of the same na- ture with himself ; for everything is solemn , earnest , and ...
... chief one.- Caryl . It is a very solemn thing to behold a trembling convicted malefactor , when standing before an earthly tribunal , although the judge is of the same na- ture with himself ; for everything is solemn , earnest , and ...
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... chief of the people : and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day . For , as the LORD liveth , which saveth Israel , though it be in Jonathan my son , he shall surely die . But there was not a man among all the people that ...
... chief of the people : and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day . For , as the LORD liveth , which saveth Israel , though it be in Jonathan my son , he shall surely die . But there was not a man among all the people that ...
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Abimelech Abner Absalom according Achish Ahab Ahaz altar Amaziah answered Baal began to reign begat behold Benjamin blessed brethren brought burnt offerings captains CHAP chariots children of Ammon children of Israel commanded covenant cubits daughter delivered dwelt earth Edom Egypt Elijah Elisha enemies evil gate Gibeah gold Hadarezer Haman Hashabiah hearkened heart heaven Hezekiah high places holy host hundred Jehoiada Jehoshaphat Jehu Jeroboam Jerusalem Joab Joash Jonathan Keilah king of Assyria king of Israel king of Judah king's land Levites LORD hath Manasseh mercy Moab pass Philistines pray thee priests prophet Rehoboam saith the LORD Samaria Samuel Saul saying sent Shechem shew silver sins slew smote Solomon sons soul spake spirit stood sword Syrians thereof thing thou art thou hast thou shalt thousand thy servant told took twenty unto the king unto the LORD unto thee Wherefore word Zichri
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Page 102 - 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 10 - Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.
Page 148 - I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men...
Page 263 - And it came to pass, as they still went on and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
Page 158 - Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? Thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Page 243 - Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Page 361 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 419 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people ? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
Page 127 - And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up ? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
Page 103 - And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.