| Frederick Nolan - Bible - 1837 - 614 pages
...Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans ; in the first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof...accomplish seventy years in the desolation of Jerusalem." * It has been fully ascertained, that the prophecies of Jeremiah were divided into two " books;" in... | |
| Joseph Hall - Bishops - 1837 - 600 pages
...myself, according to the command of God by his angel, and did not reveal it unto any man. IX. 2. / Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof...of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he should accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. I, Daniel, understood by the relation... | |
| Theology - 1837 - 710 pages
...known to every reader of the bible. See Daniel ix. 2, 3 : "I Daniel understood by books the number of years whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accompli*1 seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. And I set myself to seek by prayer, and supplications,... | |
| 1837 - 638 pages
...investigate every thing which prefigured the Messiah. " Thus, Daniel understood by books the number of years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet." With respect to the scenical representations of the prophetic oracles, * In the New Testament npoipriTtvtiv... | |
| Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - Bethany (W. Va.) - 1838 - 540 pages
...Prophet, informs us, that it was in the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, the Mede, that he understood, by books, "the number of the years...Prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem;" and that he "set his face to the Lord God, to seek, by prayer and supplications,... | |
| John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1838 - 288 pages
...rendering prayer superfluous, encouraged the prophet to pray. When he "understood by books (Dan. ix. 2) the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord...prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem, he set his face unto the Lord, to seek by prayer and supplication, with fasting,... | |
| Oxford (Ohio) - 1839 - 438 pages
...deliverance from the Babylonish captivity drew near. Hs did not pray the less, but the more. As soon as he " understood by books the number of the years,...accomplish seventy years in the desolation of Jerusalem, he set his face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fastings and sackcloth... | |
| John Clarke - Bible - 1839 - 462 pages
...of Nebuchadnezzar ;6 ' in the first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by books, the number of years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah...prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem." This being in the reign of Cyrus, king of Persia, must have been very near... | |
| Methodist Church - 1840 - 508 pages
...that the word of the Lord, by the mouth of Jeremiah, might be fulfilled." And Daniel says, " I Daniel understood by books the number of the years whereof...prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem." It is evident, from hence, that these great and pious men considered the... | |
| Thomas Hartwell Horne - Bible - 1840 - 726 pages
...founded on the words of the book itself. " In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood bv HOOKS the number of the years whereof the word of the Lord...prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem." (Dan. ix. 2.) The Hebrew word translated Л W vins the article prefixed.... | |
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