The Book of Judges: With Map, Notes and IntroductionJohn James Lias |
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... Joshua's death , and their relations with the Phoenician peoples whom Joshua had left only half subdued ( ch . i . 1 — ii . 10 ) . Then ( ch . ii . 11 - iii . 7 ) the writer proceeds to give a brief summary of his history chiefly from a ...
... Joshua's death , and their relations with the Phoenician peoples whom Joshua had left only half subdued ( ch . i . 1 — ii . 10 ) . Then ( ch . ii . 11 - iii . 7 ) the writer proceeds to give a brief summary of his history chiefly from a ...
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... Joshua , written when the Israelites had not been long in Palestine , and when the Book of the Law was the only book of importance in the literature of the nation , we meet with very few words and phrases not found in the books of Moses ...
... Joshua , written when the Israelites had not been long in Palestine , and when the Book of the Law was the only book of importance in the literature of the nation , we meet with very few words and phrases not found in the books of Moses ...
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... Joshua they had risen to eminence . But this was the period of their decay . The vices which for a long time had raged unchecked3 , had at length produced their usual effect in sapping the manly vigour of the people . Thus the ...
... Joshua they had risen to eminence . But this was the period of their decay . The vices which for a long time had raged unchecked3 , had at length produced their usual effect in sapping the manly vigour of the people . Thus the ...
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... Joshua and Phinehas , amid much individual depravity3 , an attempt was made to carry on the government in accordance with the provisions of the Law . The elders , at first appointed by Moses ' , and afterwards by Joshua , or by the ...
... Joshua and Phinehas , amid much individual depravity3 , an attempt was made to carry on the government in accordance with the provisions of the Law . The elders , at first appointed by Moses ' , and afterwards by Joshua , or by the ...
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... Joshua , was still in existence , in all its completeness . But this state of things did not last long . The moral strength of the people had not been sufficiently developed to maintain it3 . Consequently when the personal influence of ...
... Joshua , was still in existence , in all its completeness . But this state of things did not last long . The moral strength of the people had not been sufficiently developed to maintain it3 . Consequently when the personal influence of ...
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Abimelech altar Amorites ancient angel Baal Barak behold Benjamin Bertheau Beth-el Bible book of Judges Canaan Canaanites children of Ammon children of Israel Chron Chushan-rishathaim daughter death Deborah deliverance delivered Deut doubt dwelt Ehud Ephraim Ewald Exod father Gibeah Gideon Gilead hand hath Hebrew host inhabitants Israelites Issachar Jael Jehovah Jephthah Jerubbaal Jerusalem Jordan Josh Joshua Judah judged Israel Kings land Levite liers in wait Literally Manasseh Manoah margin means Micah Midian Midianites Mizpeh Moab Moses mount mountain narrative note on ch Numb occurs Palestine passage Philistines priest probably rendered Samson Shechem shews Shiloh signifies Sihon Sisera slew smote song supposed Targum thou took tribe Tristram unto the LORD valley verse viii Vulgate word translated worship xvii xviii xxii xxiv Zalmunna Zebah
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Page 149 - And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
Page 148 - And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Page 94 - They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon.
Page 159 - Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me ; for she pleaseth me well.
Page 113 - And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
Page 88 - In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
Page 168 - And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
Page 110 - Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead.
Page 131 - Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Page 87 - Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. 5 The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.