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Page 174
... Elijah had done , and how he had slain the " prophets of Baal . Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to tell him that she would put him to death . When Elijah heard that , ' he arose , and went to Beersheba , 9 in Judah ; 73 there he ...
... Elijah had done , and how he had slain the " prophets of Baal . Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to tell him that she would put him to death . When Elijah heard that , ' he arose , and went to Beersheba , 9 in Judah ; 73 there he ...
Page 175
... Elijah had done and what God had performed . " The husband is the head of the wife , " but Jezebel ruled in Israel , and the law of nature was reversed . Great faith is not always strong - Elijah who had not quailed before eight ...
... Elijah had done and what God had performed . " The husband is the head of the wife , " but Jezebel ruled in Israel , and the law of nature was reversed . Great faith is not always strong - Elijah who had not quailed before eight ...
Page 179
... Elijah and Elisha at Jericho and at Gilgal . thy life shall go , & c . — Ahab lost his life in fighting against this Benhadad who , however , did not fulfil the treaty . Les.86 . heavy and displeased - not penitent , but out of humour ...
... Elijah and Elisha at Jericho and at Gilgal . thy life shall go , & c . — Ahab lost his life in fighting against this Benhadad who , however , did not fulfil the treaty . Les.86 . heavy and displeased - not penitent , but out of humour ...
Page 180
... Elijah was then commanded to meet Ahab in the vineyard , and to make known to him that dogs should lick his blood , as they had licked the blood of Naboth - that the dogs should eat Jezebel , by the wall of Jezreel - and that his whole ...
... Elijah was then commanded to meet Ahab in the vineyard , and to make known to him that dogs should lick his blood , as they had licked the blood of Naboth - that the dogs should eat Jezebel , by the wall of Jezreel - and that his whole ...
Page 181
... Elijah had just returned from Mount Horeb . Omine enemy - this is the character which every wicked man gives of him who reproves him . sold thyself , & c.- so as to be a continual slave to the perpetration of gross crimes , as if in ...
... Elijah had just returned from Mount Horeb . Omine enemy - this is the character which every wicked man gives of him who reproves him . sold thyself , & c.- so as to be a continual slave to the perpetration of gross crimes , as if in ...
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Page 36 - Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine. And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
Page 68 - Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from «• following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 162 - 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 16 - And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
Page 24 - And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, " The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads...
Page 114 - And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man ; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die : and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
Page 128 - David the son of Jesse said, And the man who was raised up on high, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, And his word was in my tongue.
Page 114 - 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.