The Pictorial Bible: Judges-JobW. and R. Chambers, 1855 |
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... render themselves incapable of serving in the army . Parents were known thus to disable their children for the same reason . This became so common a practice at last , that the senate and the emperors found it necessary to punish the ...
... render themselves incapable of serving in the army . Parents were known thus to disable their children for the same reason . This became so common a practice at last , that the senate and the emperors found it necessary to punish the ...
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... rendered the case one of blood - revenge . And although Agag was put to death at a much later period , that was a ... render in the public works and in the fields . There may be exceptions , and examples of gratuitous barbarities ; but ...
... rendered the case one of blood - revenge . And although Agag was put to death at a much later period , that was a ... render in the public works and in the fields . There may be exceptions , and examples of gratuitous barbarities ; but ...
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... rendered the execution of the law more difficult , if not im- possible , and wove for themselves the net in which they were afterwards entangled . ' Their Canaanitish relatives invited them to their festivals , at which the most gross ...
... rendered the execution of the law more difficult , if not im- possible , and wove for themselves the net in which they were afterwards entangled . ' Their Canaanitish relatives invited them to their festivals , at which the most gross ...
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... rendered it so great an incum- brance to a person otherwise heavily armed , that persons of consideration had an ... render this junction of shields the more compact , the Roman legions had their scutum , with squared sides . It was of ...
... rendered it so great an incum- brance to a person otherwise heavily armed , that persons of consideration had an ... render this junction of shields the more compact , the Roman legions had their scutum , with squared sides . It was of ...
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... rendered the shield at the same time an offensive as well as a defensive weapon , and was of great use in bearing down the enemy in close fight . The shield of Agamemnon had twenty- one bosses , -twenty surrounding bosses , and one in ...
... rendered the shield at the same time an offensive as well as a defensive weapon , and was of great use in bearing down the enemy in close fight . The shield of Agamemnon had twenty- one bosses , -twenty surrounding bosses , and one in ...
Common terms and phrases
Abimelech Abner Absalom Achish Ahab Ahaz Ahaziah altar ancient appears Arabs Baal begat behold brethren brought called captain Chap CHAPTER chariots children of Israel Chron cubits daughter David Deut East Edom Egypt Egyptian Elijah Elisha father Gibeah gold hand hath head Hebrew Hebron honour hundred Israelites Jehoshaphat Jephthah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jews Joab Jonathan Jordan Josephus Josh Judges king of Israel king of Judah king's kingdom land Levites mentioned Midianites Moab Moses Mount nations offered pass Persian persons Philistines pray thee present priests probably prophet Rehoboam reign rendered Samaria Samuel Saul Saul's saying Scripture seems sent Septuagint Shechem shew shield Sisera slain slew smote Solomon sons spake spear stones suppose sword Syria temple thine thing thou hast thou shalt thousand throne thy servant tion took town tribe unto the LORD unto thee valley Verse word
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Page 230 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept : and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Page 314 - And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Page 314 - And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 257 - Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
Page 286 - And all King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver, it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
Page 114 - 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 257 - And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment...
Page 139 - 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 383 - And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
Page 359 - The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.