...ftrange inftance of favage and wanton barbarity. But what fays the fuffering prince himfelf? — " Threefcore and ten kings " having their thumbs and great toes " cut off, gathered their meat under " my table ; as I have done, fo God " hath requited me."* The cruelties pra<5Ufed...

...ftrange inftance of favage and wanton barbarity. But what fays the furFering prince himfelf? — " Threefcore and ten kings " having their thumbs and great toes " cut off, gathered their meat under " my table ; as I have done, fo God " hath requited me."* The cruelties praiftifed...

...This truth Adoni-bezek was obliged to acknowledge, after his thumbs and great toes were cut off: * Threefcore and ten kings, having their thumbs and ' great toes cut off, gathered tlieir meat under my ' r able: as I have done, fo God hath requited me *.' In every age this...

...to thee, and thine own mouth fhall condemn thy want of humanity and juftice. " And Adonibezek faid, threefcore and ten kings, having their thumbs and great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table ; as I have done, fo hath God requited me." Judges, i. 7. Another...

...to lie under the Table, and chafe and cherifh his Majefty's Feet in cold Weather. King Adonibezeck had threefcore and ten Kings, having their Thumbs...under his Table. The making one's own Glory lie in the ab : ject or lowly State to which we reduce others, always feems to me to relifh of Barbarifm, however...

...is at a loss to explain how the fellow ever got into the house. " King Adoni Bezek had three score and ten kings, having their thumbs and great toes cut off, that gathered their meat under his table : " but rather than suffer any personal inconvenience the genuine loafer is much more likely to give...