Conversations on the Bible: Between a Mother and Her ChildrenHarrison Hall, 1837 - 360 pages |
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Page 192
... David hastened to the spot , and , seizing his own sword , severed his head from his body , and brought it in triumph to the king ! The complete rout of the invaders followed the death of their champion ; -leaving their camp to enrich ...
... David hastened to the spot , and , seizing his own sword , severed his head from his body , and brought it in triumph to the king ! The complete rout of the invaders followed the death of their champion ; -leaving their camp to enrich ...
Page 193
... David , but it was not his intention to bestow either ; for when David had earned the promised honour , and expected to receive the hand of Me- rab , on his return from a successful expedition against the Philistines , he found her ...
... David , but it was not his intention to bestow either ; for when David had earned the promised honour , and expected to receive the hand of Me- rab , on his return from a successful expedition against the Philistines , he found her ...
Page 194
... David only the slaughter of an hundred Philistines . Double that number of the king's enemies fell beneath the valiant arm of David ; and Saul , no longer able to elude his engage- ment , was obliged to give him the hand of his daughter ...
... David only the slaughter of an hundred Philistines . Double that number of the king's enemies fell beneath the valiant arm of David ; and Saul , no longer able to elude his engage- ment , was obliged to give him the hand of his daughter ...
Page 195
... David had been accustomed to occupy on public days , at the royal ta- ble , now empty , arresting the king's eye , he hypocritically inquired why the son of Jesse did not appear as usual . But the concerted plea and apology of Jonathan ...
... David had been accustomed to occupy on public days , at the royal ta- ble , now empty , arresting the king's eye , he hypocritically inquired why the son of Jesse did not appear as usual . But the concerted plea and apology of Jonathan ...
Page 196
Between a Mother and Her Children Sarah Hall. 196 DAVID COLLECTS AN ARMY AT ADULLAM . arrive ; I do not mean to say that such were the motives that actuated David . The conclusion arises from the usual course of Providence , who leads ...
Between a Mother and Her Children Sarah Hall. 196 DAVID COLLECTS AN ARMY AT ADULLAM . arrive ; I do not mean to say that such were the motives that actuated David . The conclusion arises from the usual course of Providence , who leads ...
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Page 342 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Page 239 - What portion have we in David ? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel : now see to thine own house, David.
Page 146 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Page 245 - And she said, as the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.
Page 298 - This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones : to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
Page 129 - The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken...
Page 113 - If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
Page 275 - Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land ; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Page 147 - If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
Page 81 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night...