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... event . Most of the Jewish and Christian commentators assign the authorship to Sam- uel ; probably because internal ... events happened in the time when there was no king in Israel ; ' which renders it evident that there was a king when ...
... event . Most of the Jewish and Christian commentators assign the authorship to Sam- uel ; probably because internal ... events happened in the time when there was no king in Israel ; ' which renders it evident that there was a king when ...
Page vii
... events which required a particular detail . ' The whole period is distinguished by a display of extraordinary events , and by the most glaring and miraculous proofs of divine inter- position . The history of God's government must ...
... events which required a particular detail . ' The whole period is distinguished by a display of extraordinary events , and by the most glaring and miraculous proofs of divine inter- position . The history of God's government must ...
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... him- be brought home to himself . self in their miseries , was a conduct of pure gratuitous cruelty , and could 8. Had fought against Jerusalem and had taken it . This event of 9. Went down to fight , & c . is 14 [ B. C. 1425 . JUDGES .
... him- be brought home to himself . self in their miseries , was a conduct of pure gratuitous cruelty , and could 8. Had fought against Jerusalem and had taken it . This event of 9. Went down to fight , & c . is 14 [ B. C. 1425 . JUDGES .
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... events there can be no doubt , but whether those events occurred before or after the death of Joshua , is a point which we despair of ever hav- ing satisfactorily settled . As the discussion of the question would en- cumber our pages ...
... events there can be no doubt , but whether those events occurred before or after the death of Joshua , is a point which we despair of ever hav- ing satisfactorily settled . As the discussion of the question would en- cumber our pages ...
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... events recorded , v . 1-11 , took place , it was doubtless subsequent to the death of Joshua , though the precise date of it cannot now be ascertained . If in Joshua's time they had been guilty of the gross delinquency here laid to ...
... events recorded , v . 1-11 , took place , it was doubtless subsequent to the death of Joshua , though the precise date of it cannot now be ascertained . If in Joshua's time they had been guilty of the gross delinquency here laid to ...
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Abimelech altar Amorites angel appears asses Baal Barak behold Benjamin brethren called Canaan Canaanites CHAPTER children of Ammon children of Israel Chron daughter death Deborah deliverance delivered Deut divine doubtless dwelt East Ehud enemies ephod Ephraim Ephraimites evil father Gaal Gibeah Gideon Gilead God's hand hast hath heart Hebrew honor idolatry implying inhabitants Israelites Jabin Jael Jehovah Jephthah Jerubbaal Jordan Josh Joshua Judah judge Kenite king land Levite liers in wait Manasseh Manoah ment mentioned Micah Midian Midianites Mizpeh Moab mount mount Ephraim occasion offering oppression original pass perhaps person Philistines phrase priest probably punishment remark rendered Samson Scriptures sense sent Shechem Shiloh signifies sion Sisera slew spirit suppose sword tent thee thine thing thou tion took tribe unto the LORD verse whole wife woman words Zalmunna Zebah
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Page 225 - For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
Page 167 - And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Page 98 - Gideon, The people are yet too many ; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there : and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee ; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
Page 24 - And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
Page 88 - Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh, and the unleavened cakes ; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.
Page 190 - And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.
Page 216 - 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 167 - When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Page 75 - At her feet he bowed he fell, he lay down at her feet he bowed, he fell where he bowed, there he fell down dead...
Page 200 - And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee.