An Historical Account of the Life and Reign of David, King of Israel: Interspersed with Various Conjectures, Digressions and Disquisitions, in which ... Mr. Bayle's Criticisms Upon the Conduct and Character of that Prince, are Fully Considered, Volume 3J. Osborn, 1742 |
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Page 84
... son , and bringing him back from exile . His mercy to her fon , made him felf - condemned in relation to his own ; whofe killing his brother was , in many refpects , more ex- cufable . She then added a very natural and feasonable ...
... son , and bringing him back from exile . His mercy to her fon , made him felf - condemned in relation to his own ; whofe killing his brother was , in many refpects , more ex- cufable . She then added a very natural and feasonable ...
Page 92
... cuse it , in a son , so And therefore Abfalom might fafely offer himself as a victim to his father's vengeance , fecure not to be facrificed to it . СНАР . CHA P. VII . DAVID falls fick about this time 92 An Hiftorical Account of.
... cuse it , in a son , so And therefore Abfalom might fafely offer himself as a victim to his father's vengeance , fecure not to be facrificed to it . СНАР . CHA P. VII . DAVID falls fick about this time 92 An Hiftorical Account of.
Page 110
... son's am- bition and impetuofity , who fufficiently ap- pears , from the forty - firft Pfalm , to have been determined upon his father's de- ftruction , and fully refolved to out - do the malignity of his disease , and cut him off , if ...
... son's am- bition and impetuofity , who fufficiently ap- pears , from the forty - firft Pfalm , to have been determined upon his father's de- ftruction , and fully refolved to out - do the malignity of his disease , and cut him off , if ...
Page 128
... son , and a wicked people , with which this Pfalm begins * ; or the earneft fupplication for relief and restoration , which follows it † ; or that lively expreffion of hope , and con- fidence in the divine protection , which con- cludes ...
... son , and a wicked people , with which this Pfalm begins * ; or the earneft fupplication for relief and restoration , which follows it † ; or that lively expreffion of hope , and con- fidence in the divine protection , which con- cludes ...
Page 135
... son of a tried friend , and too haftily refenting his imagined ingratitude , imrnediately concluded Mephibofheth a traitor , who had forfeited his whole fortune , and accordingly bestowed the forfeiture upon his informer Thine , fays he ...
... son of a tried friend , and too haftily refenting his imagined ingratitude , imrnediately concluded Mephibofheth a traitor , who had forfeited his whole fortune , and accordingly bestowed the forfeiture upon his informer Thine , fays he ...
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Abfalom Abiathar Abishai Achitophel Adonijah adviſed affurance againſt Ahimaaz alfo alſo Ammonites Amnon anſwered antient Araunah Bathsheba becauſe beſt bleffed book of Samuel cafe cauſe character chaſtiſe Chron confequence curfe David death defired deſtroy diftemper diſpatch diſtreſs divine eafily enemies evil facred hiftorian faid fame father favour fays feems fent fervants fervice fhall fhew fignal filver firft firſt flain fome friendſhip fuch fuffered fufficiently fure fword Gibeon greateſt guilt hath himſelf hiſtory houſe Hufhai Ifrael inftance Jerufalem Joab juſtice king king's laſt leaſt Lord Mahanaim meaſures Mephibofheth mercy moſt muſt obferve occafion paffage paffed paffion Pelethites perfon Pfalm poffible praiſe prefent prince promiſes puniſh purpoſe raiſed reaſon rebellion Saul ſeems ſeen ſhall ſhe Shobi ſhould Solomon ſome ſon ſpirit ſuch thee themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand treaſures tribe of Judah unto Uriah whofe whoſe wife wiſdom Zadok
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Page 304 - 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 26 - When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer.
Page 22 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter. And...
Page 125 - 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 shew me both it and his habitation: but if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
Page 102 - They also that sought after my life laid snares for me : and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long. 13 As for me, I was like a deaf man, and heard not : and as one that is dumb, who doth not open his mouth.
Page 22 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Page 41 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 9 - And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
Page 169 - And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth ; and the mule that was under him went away.
Page 305 - Now therefore, our God, we thank thee and praise thy glorious name. But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.