Sacred History, Selected from the Scriptures: With Annotations and Reflections, Particularly Calculated to Facilitate the Study of the Holy Scriptures in Schools and Families, Volume 2Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) J. Johnson, 1810 |
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Achish altar Amalek Amalekites Amorites ANNOTATIONS AND REFLECTIONS anointed army atonement Balaam Balak behold Beth-shemesh blessed brought burnt-offering called camp Canaan Canaanites Chap children of Israel congregation covenant curse David death deliver destroyed Divine earth Egypt enemies ephod evil father favour fear fire Gideon Gilgal glory God's hand heart heaven Hivites holy honour Israelites Jabesh-gilead Jephthah Jephunneh Jericho Jonathan Jordan Judah king land Levites LORD hath LORD said unto LORD spake LORD thy LORD's mercy Midian Midianites Moab Moses and Aaron Nabal nations offered pass Philistines pray thee priests prophet Rahab repentance sacrifice Samson Samuel Saul Saul's saying SECTION sent servants shew slew smote sons spake unto spirit suppose sword tabernacle thine thing thou hast thou shalt told took tribes unto Balaam unto Joshua unto Moses unto the LORD unto thee Wherefore wilderness words worship Zalmunna
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Page 343 - And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from GOD was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand : so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
Page 308 - And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites : and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life : that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them...
Page 108 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 285 - In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. " For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
Page 270 - And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might ; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
Page 139 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live...
Page 137 - God hath driven thee, and shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul...
Page 402 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings : for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Page 111 - For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it ? Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live...
Page 2 - LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand ? wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth ? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.