An Epitome of the Holy BibleJames Alexander, printer, 1822 - 298 pages |
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Page 44
... Saul to be king of Israel . It contains a con- tinuation of the history of the Israelites ; of their struggles with one another , and with the nations around them ; and the means by which their victories were achieved ; it likewise ...
... Saul to be king of Israel . It contains a con- tinuation of the history of the Israelites ; of their struggles with one another , and with the nations around them ; and the means by which their victories were achieved ; it likewise ...
Page 47
... listened not . Then the Lord said unto Samuel , " Grant their request , and give unto them a king . " And God directed Samuel to anoint to the office of king , Saul , a young man of the tribe of Benjamin . But Samuel THE HOLY BIBLE . 47.
... listened not . Then the Lord said unto Samuel , " Grant their request , and give unto them a king . " And God directed Samuel to anoint to the office of king , Saul , a young man of the tribe of Benjamin . But Samuel THE HOLY BIBLE . 47.
Page 49
... Saul , A.C. 1056. The second book of Samuel has been ascribed to the prophet Nathan , or to the prophet Gad , but upon very doubtful authority . It contains prin- cipally the reign of David , as the first does that of Saul . After Saul ...
... Saul , A.C. 1056. The second book of Samuel has been ascribed to the prophet Nathan , or to the prophet Gad , but upon very doubtful authority . It contains prin- cipally the reign of David , as the first does that of Saul . After Saul ...
Page 50
... Saul shewed himself a man of strength and valour ; for he and Jonathan , his son , discom- fited the armies of the Philistines ; and , for a time , he ruled with wisdom and equity . But success rendered him proud , and he became ...
... Saul shewed himself a man of strength and valour ; for he and Jonathan , his son , discom- fited the armies of the Philistines ; and , for a time , he ruled with wisdom and equity . But success rendered him proud , and he became ...
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... Saul was jealous of him , and attempted to slay him ; but his son , Jonathan , who loved David as his own life , saved him from the wrath of the king , his father . Sa- muel , the prophet , having anointed David as future king over ...
... Saul was jealous of him , and attempted to slay him ; but his son , Jonathan , who loved David as his own life , saved him from the wrath of the king , his father . Sa- muel , the prophet , having anointed David as future king over ...
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Page 28 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Page 153 - But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Page 117 - Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbade him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now; for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.
Page 27 - Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Page 157 - Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
Page 27 - In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day : wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
Page 27 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them...
Page 160 - A certain man had two sons: and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.
Page 156 - Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do : for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
Page 147 - Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things.