 | 1873 - 714 pages
...(c. xx. v. 16), that in the tribe of Benjamin, out of twenty-six thousand men that drew the sword, there were " seven hundred chosen men, left-handed : every one could sling stones at a hair's breadth, and not miss." The skill thus ascribed to the left-handed Benjamites will properly... | |
 | William E. Manley - 1874 - 470 pages
...that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. 16. Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed ; every one conld sling stones at a hair breadth, and not miss. 17. And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were... | |
 | John William Willcock - 1876 - 548 pages
...trained in the use of the ding with his Benjamite forefathers, among whom (Judges xx. 16) there were 700 chosen men left-handed ; every one could sling stones at a hair breadth, and not miss, his triumph was due rather to his skill, by no means extraordinary, than to his valour. As a further... | |
 | Edgar Dyke Whitmarsh - 1877 - 620 pages
...(afJiapTavia, Nton), we may come to the conclusion that SIN MEANS ' MISSING A MARK.' See Judges, xx. 1 6 : 'Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen...men left-handed ; every one could sling stones at an hair's breadth, and not MISS (or SIN).' Therefore SIN MEANS, MISSING THE MARK of the ORIGINAL DESIGN... | |
 | Henrietta Lee Palmer - 1881 - 462 pages
...course of private, if not public, training and competition. Of the tribe of Benjamin it is written: " Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen...men left-handed ; every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss" (Judg. xx. 16); and of the " mighty men, helpers of the war," who came... | |
 | Charles John Ellicott (bp. of Gloucester) - 1883 - 538 pages
...that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. <16> Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen...men " lefthanded ; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss. '17> And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred... | |
 | Charles John Ellicott - 1883 - 538 pages
...that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. <16> h and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto They Rob...Micah of JUDGES, XVIII. his Priest and his Teraphi an hair breadth, and not miss. <17) And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred... | |
 | Charles Eugene Little - 1884 - 648 pages
...them. — ACTS, ch. 16. See PRAISE, PRAYER, and WORSHIP. 2283. DEXTEEITY, left-handed. Benjamites. " : •*•" For they loved the praise of men more than...praise of God. — JOHN, ch. 12. 3-134. First Duty to. JUDGES, ch. 20. 2284. DIET, for Health. Four Hebrews. 12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days... | |
 | 1885 - 1374 pages
...that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered 16 seven hundred chosen men. Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded ; every one could sling stones at an hair-breadth, .and not miss. 17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred... | |
 | William Wotherspoon Ireland - 1886 - 406 pages
...book of Judges, where it is recorded that amongst the 26,700 fighting men of the tribe of Benjamin, there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded ; every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth and not miss. PAPER XII. ON MIRROR-WRITING. I > UCHWALD and Erlenmeycr * have directed... | |
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Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded ; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss. 
