The Modern Reader's Bible: A Series of Works from the Sacred Scriptures Presented in Modern Literary Form, Volume 4Richard Green Moulton Macmillan, 1898 |
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... Elisha . The two are inseparable ; not only is Elisha " he that poured water on the hands of Elijah , " and obtained a double portion of his spirit , but the commission actually given to the older prophet at the cave of Horeb is in the ...
... Elisha . The two are inseparable ; not only is Elisha " he that poured water on the hands of Elijah , " and obtained a double portion of his spirit , but the commission actually given to the older prophet at the cave of Horeb is in the ...
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... Elisha extir- pates the family of Ahab and Jezebel and the worship of Baal , and as a detail in the process brings death to the allied king of Judah . Throughout this period of the house of Omri biblical history reaches its most vivid ...
... Elisha extir- pates the family of Ahab and Jezebel and the worship of Baal , and as a detail in the process brings death to the allied king of Judah . Throughout this period of the house of Omri biblical history reaches its most vivid ...
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... Elisha stories reads for the most part as a succession of mystic wonders , much like the cycle of Samson with its feats of physical strength : wonders of axe heads swimming , a cruse of oil multiplying , children cursed and destroyed by ...
... Elisha stories reads for the most part as a succession of mystic wonders , much like the cycle of Samson with its feats of physical strength : wonders of axe heads swimming , a cruse of oil multiplying , children cursed and destroyed by ...
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... Elisha slay . Yet will I leave me seven thou- sand in Israel , all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal , and every mouth which hath not kissed him . So he departed thence , and found Elisha the son of Shaphat , who was plowing ...
... Elisha slay . Yet will I leave me seven thou- sand in Israel , all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal , and every mouth which hath not kissed him . So he departed thence , and found Elisha the son of Shaphat , who was plowing ...
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... Elisha , tarry here , I pray thee ; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho . And he said , As the LORD liveth , and as thy soul liveth , I will not leave thee . So they came to Jericho . And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho ...
... Elisha , tarry here , I pray thee ; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho . And he said , As the LORD liveth , and as thy soul liveth , I will not leave thee . So they came to Jericho . And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho ...
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Abishai Abner Absalom Adonijah Ahab Ahaz Ahaziah altar Amnon Asherah Baal Baasha began to reign behold Ben-hadad Benaiah Beth-el brought captain chariots children of Israel city of David commanded cubits David his father Edom Egypt Elijah Elisha evil gold hand Hazael heart Hebron Hezekiah high places host Ish-bosheth Jehoahaz Jehoash Jehoiada Jehoshaphat Jehu Jeroboam Jerusalem Joab Joram king David king of Assyria king of Babylon king of Israel king of Judah king said unto king Solomon king's house kingdom land liveth LORD hath lord the king Nathan Nebat pass Philistines pillars pray thee priest prophet Ramoth-gilead Rehoboam saith the LORD Samaria Saul saying sent shew Shimei sight slew smote sons spake unto stead Syrians thereof thine thou hast thou shalt throne thy father thy servant took unto David unto the king unto the LORD unto thee Uriah Wherefore woman word Zadok
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Page 93 - 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 28 - Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For thou didst it secretly : but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
Page 16 - And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son.
Page 112 - Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel : because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
Page 175 - Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead ; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord : and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
Page 212 - 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.
Page 126 - If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah...
Page 63 - David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul...
Page 151 - And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, "Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee.
Page 80 - Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.