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... object without materially modifying the plan , and reducing the scale , on which the former volumes were framed . But the very favourable reception which has been given to those volumes , and the approbation which has been bestowed upon ...
... object without materially modifying the plan , and reducing the scale , on which the former volumes were framed . But the very favourable reception which has been given to those volumes , and the approbation which has been bestowed upon ...
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... object of their most intense desires , excited by the ancient prophecies , that from the seed of Abraham should come the bruiser of the serpent's head - HE in whom all the nations of the earth were to be blessed . But there was a cause ...
... object of their most intense desires , excited by the ancient prophecies , that from the seed of Abraham should come the bruiser of the serpent's head - HE in whom all the nations of the earth were to be blessed . But there was a cause ...
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... in the presence of others ; and they were then , in such goodly company , the more keenly felt by her who was the object of them . She had reason ; for in Israel childlessness was not only a privation , but a Two Wives . 45.
... in the presence of others ; and they were then , in such goodly company , the more keenly felt by her who was the object of them . She had reason ; for in Israel childlessness was not only a privation , but a Two Wives . 45.
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... object of the sacred writers was not to teach natural science , they were left in all such matters to express themselves according to the prevalent notions of their time and country . Had they done otherwise , they would not have been ...
... object of the sacred writers was not to teach natural science , they were left in all such matters to express themselves according to the prevalent notions of their time and country . Had they done otherwise , they would not have been ...
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... objects as they appear to the eye ; and also from such creations of the imagination as may seem to the poetic genius to convey ideas of majesty and beauty . It is manifest that the sacred writers never intended these descriptions to be ...
... objects as they appear to the eye ; and also from such creations of the imagination as may seem to the poetic genius to convey ideas of majesty and beauty . It is manifest that the sacred writers never intended these descriptions to be ...
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Common terms and phrases
Abishai Abner Absalom Achish Amalekites Ammonites ancient anointed appear army Ashdod Beth-shemesh blessing Boaz book of Ruth brought called character circumstances corn crown custom Dagon David death Derketo divine doubt duty earth East enemies evinced fact faith father favour feeling Gibeah Hadadezer hand hath heart Hebrew high priest holy honour instance Ishbosheth Israel Israelites Jabesh-gilead Jebusites Jerusalem Jewish Joab Jonathan Jordan Judah judge judgment king king's kingdom knew labour land less Levites Lord Lord's matter means Mephibosheth mind Mizpeh Moab Naioth Naomi nations nature occasion offered person Philistines possessed present probably prophet regard reign remarkable rendered respect Ruth sacred sacrifice Samuel Saul Saul's scarcely Scripture seems servant Solomon sons spirit supposed tabernacle taken telesms thee things thou throne tion town tribes unto woman women words Ziklag Zobah
Popular passages
Page 15 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: " Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 120 - This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you : he will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen ; and some shall run before his chariots.
Page 305 - The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 106 - Behold, here I am ; witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed ; whose ox have I taken ? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded ? whom have I oppressed ? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith ? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.
Page 226 - 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 206 - 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 364 - And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive.
Page 56 - Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers...
Page 430 - I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Page 107 - ... Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or •whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.