Sunday Evenings, Or, An Easy Introduction to Reading of the Bible: Designed for Sunday Reading and Sunday-school LibrariesJ. & J. Harper, 1833 - Bible stories, English |
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... whole city pulled down ? M. He had , my son ; and you may remember , perhaps , how he pronounced a curse upon any one , who , in days to come , should attempt to build again that city , which it had pleased God utterly to destroy on ...
... whole city pulled down ? M. He had , my son ; and you may remember , perhaps , how he pronounced a curse upon any one , who , in days to come , should attempt to build again that city , which it had pleased God utterly to destroy on ...
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... whole country was filled with water , and that without any rain , and without any of those violent winds which generally in those countries bring on the rain . Nor did the help of Elisha end here . The Lord gave them an entire victory ...
... whole country was filled with water , and that without any rain , and without any of those violent winds which generally in those countries bring on the rain . Nor did the help of Elisha end here . The Lord gave them an entire victory ...
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... . I think I have told you before , that a leper is a person afflicted with a very shocking disease , called lep- rosy , which covers the whole body , and makes the flesh as white as snow . It is a sickness D 2 NAAMAN THE SYRIAN . 41.
... . I think I have told you before , that a leper is a person afflicted with a very shocking disease , called lep- rosy , which covers the whole body , and makes the flesh as white as snow . It is a sickness D 2 NAAMAN THE SYRIAN . 41.
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... whole house of Ahab to perish . E. Was Jehoram alive then , mother ? M. He was ; and had lately been wounded in a war with Hazael , king of Syria , and had come to Jezreel to be healed of his wounds . And while he still lay sick in that ...
... whole house of Ahab to perish . E. Was Jehoram alive then , mother ? M. He was ; and had lately been wounded in a war with Hazael , king of Syria , and had come to Jezreel to be healed of his wounds . And while he still lay sick in that ...
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... bound by the command of the Lord to bring the whole of this evil family to ruin , and he went on immediately into Jezreel , where this hea then queen dwelt . Now Jezebel had heard of his THE HOUSE OF AHAB PUNISHED . 71.
... bound by the command of the Lord to bring the whole of this evil family to ruin , and he went on immediately into Jezreel , where this hea then queen dwelt . Now Jezebel had heard of his THE HOUSE OF AHAB PUNISHED . 71.
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Page 163 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 177 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of Heaven hath given me all the Kingdoms of the earth ; and He hath charged me to BUILD HIM AN HOUSE at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Page 88 - So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
Page 122 - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day, nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand ; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation, there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any...
Page 195 - Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Page 69 - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel : their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
Page 144 - ... the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 56 - And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 19 - And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
Page 74 - And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.