Manual of Bible history. Gradation 1-3, Volume 31856 |
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... promises ; his work on earth was finished , and his faith was rewarded . Noah warned the wicked people of their danger , but they would not hear him . When they were destroyed he was saved . God will save the righteous , but he will ...
... promises ; his work on earth was finished , and his faith was rewarded . Noah warned the wicked people of their danger , but they would not hear him . When they were destroyed he was saved . God will save the righteous , but he will ...
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... promised never again to destroy the earth by a flood . The rainbow is the sign of that promise . Noah planted a vineyard , drank of the ' wine and was drunken . His son Ham ' mocked him , and Noah foretold that his descendants should be ...
... promised never again to destroy the earth by a flood . The rainbow is the sign of that promise . Noah planted a vineyard , drank of the ' wine and was drunken . His son Ham ' mocked him , and Noah foretold that his descendants should be ...
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... promised Abram that he should have a ' son . God said , that the Saviour should be born of Abram's descendants . EXPLANATIONS QUESTIONS . called him thence - told him to Who was Abram's father ? leave Chaldea . possess to live in , and ...
... promised Abram that he should have a ' son . God said , that the Saviour should be born of Abram's descendants . EXPLANATIONS QUESTIONS . called him thence - told him to Who was Abram's father ? leave Chaldea . possess to live in , and ...
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... promised - the Lord may delay , but he never forgets to fulfil his promises . mocked - sneered , ridiculed ; his mother Hagar encourag- ed him to do so . cast out - sent away ; thus were they punished for their dis- respect . Who mocked ...
... promised - the Lord may delay , but he never forgets to fulfil his promises . mocked - sneered , ridiculed ; his mother Hagar encourag- ed him to do so . cast out - sent away ; thus were they punished for their dis- respect . Who mocked ...
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... promised , and made him prosperous and rich , and gave him many children . God had chosen Jacob as the father of his people Israel ; and God always protects and blesses those whom he chooses , and fulfils his promises to them . 14 ...
... promised , and made him prosperous and rich , and gave him many children . God had chosen Jacob as the father of his people Israel ; and God always protects and blesses those whom he chooses , and fulfils his promises to them . 14 ...
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Abimelech Abram Absalom afflicted Ahab Ahaz Amaziah anointed Aphek army Assyria Athaliah Baal Baasha Balaam battle Benhadad Bible History blessed Book of Bible brought Canaan captivity CIRCLE OF KNOWLEDGE command conquer David death destroy disobeyed duty Elijah Elisha enter Canaan Esau escape evil EXPLANATIONS faithful false father Gibeonites God's Gradation Haman heaven Hezekiah honour idolatry idols Isaac Ishbosheth Israel Israelites Jacob Jehoahaz Jehoshaphat Jehu Jeremiah Jericho Jeroboam Jerusalem Jerusalem.56 Jews Jezebel Joash Jordan Joseph Joshua Josiah Judah king of Syria kingdom land Lessons-On Levites Lord manded mean messenger Moab Moses Mount murmured Nabal Nadab Nebuchadnezzar Noah obey Philistines prayed prayer PRECEPTIVE LESSONS priests princes promised prophecies prophet prosper punished QUESTIONS Rahab rebel Rehoboam reigned repent reproved Samaria Samson Samuel Saul Saul's sent servant sins slain slew Solomon sons spies Syria Tablet Lessons temple things tribes Whither wicked wickedness wife worship Zedekiah
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Page 73 - Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha.
Page 71 - And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
Page 42 - Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
Page 57 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Page 13 - Sea, going before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and by night, in a pillar of fire.
Page 49 - Lord appeared to him and said: "Ask what I shall give thee.
Page 101 - For, first, those titles, the angel of the covenant, the delight of the Israelites, the desire of all nations, are certain and known characters of the Christ to come. And secondly, it cannot be conceived how the glory of the second Temple should be greater than the glory of the first, without the coming of the Messias to it. For the Jews themselves have observed that five signs of the Divine glory were in the first Temple, which were wanting to the second : as the Urim and Thummim, by which the...
Page 70 - Ahimelech and above fourscore priests to be slain without cause. — 1 Sam. xxii. 14—18. Absalom had a tent spread upon the top of the house, and went in unto his father's concubines, in the sight of all Israel.— 2 Sam. xvi. 22. Ahab had sold himself to work evil in the sight of the Lord, &c.
Page 22 - Jordan in territory taken from Sihon, king of the Amorites, and from Og, king of Bashan.
Page 66 - Indignation against a, faithful witness for God carries men to shameful extremes and criminal brutality. " For the wicked hateth the righteous and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.