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Page x
... 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 main carried out by his successor . Another
feature ...
... 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 main carried out by his successor . Another
feature ...
Page xiii
The book ends with a brief description of the carrying away of northern Israel into
captivity at Babylon ; and in a tone of scorn tells of the hybrid people left to fill
their place in Samaria : a people who “ feared the LORD and served their own
gods ...
The book ends with a brief description of the carrying away of northern Israel into
captivity at Babylon ; and in a tone of scorn tells of the hybrid people left to fill
their place in Samaria : a people who “ feared the LORD and served their own
gods ...
Page 17
So David would not remove the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of David ; but
David carried it aside into the house of Obed - edom the Gittite . And the ark of the
LORD remained in the house of Obed - edom the Gittite three months : and ...
So David would not remove the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of David ; but
David carried it aside into the house of Obed - edom the Gittite . And the ark of the
LORD remained in the house of Obed - edom the Gittite three months : and ...
Page 35
And I , whither shall I carry my shame ? and as for thee , thou shalt be as one of
the fools in Israel . Now therefore , I pray thee , speak unto the king ; for he will not
withhold me from thee . Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice : but being
...
And I , whither shall I carry my shame ? and as for thee , thou shalt be as one of
the fools in Israel . Now therefore , I pray thee , speak unto the king ; for he will not
withhold me from thee . Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice : but being
...
Page 45
And the king said unto Zadok , Carry back the ark of God into the city : if I shall
find favour in the eyes of the LORD , he will bring me again , and ... Zadok
therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem : and they
abode there .
And the king said unto Zadok , Carry back the ark of God into the city : if I shall
find favour in the eyes of the LORD , he will bring me again , and ... Zadok
therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem : and they
abode there .
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Abner Absalom according acts Ahab altar answered Baal began behold bread bring brought built buried called captain carried cast chariots child commanded cubits daughter David dead delivered departed died earth Egypt Elijah Elisha evil eyes face father followed give gold hand hath head hear heard heart heaven Hezekiah high places host hundred Jehoshaphat Jehu Jeroboam Jerusalem Joab king of Assyria king of Israel king of Judah king's kingdom land LORD lord the king offering pass peace pray thee priest prophet reigned rest returned round saith the LORD Samaria Saul saying sent side sight silver sins slew smote Solomon sons spake stead stones stood Syrians thereof thine thing thou hast thou shalt thousand throne thy servant told took turned twenty unto the king unto thee walked woman written
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Page 95 - 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 30 - 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 18 - 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 114 - 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 177 - 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 214 - 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 128 - 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 65 - 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 153 - 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 82 - 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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Modern Reader's Bible: A Series of Works from the Sacred Scriptures Presented in Modern Literary Form, Volume 4 The Modern Reader's Bible: A Series of Works from the Sacred Scriptures Presented in Modern Literary Form, Richard Green Moulton |
| Editor | Richard Green Moulton |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1898 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 20 Mar 2008 |
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