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... Samuel , Ezra , or some other authorized scribe . + From Acts vii . 15 , 16. it has been inferred that the bones of the other patriarchs also were carried to Canaan . This mutilation totally incapacitated them for running swiftly , a ...
... Samuel , Ezra , or some other authorized scribe . + From Acts vii . 15 , 16. it has been inferred that the bones of the other patriarchs also were carried to Canaan . This mutilation totally incapacitated them for running swiftly , a ...
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... Samuel . * Q. Who was Samuel ? A. The son of Elkanah and Hannah : being given to his mother in answer to prayer , he was hence called Samuel . Q. What became of him ? A. When he was weaned , Hannah carried him to Eli in Shiloh , and ...
... Samuel . * Q. Who was Samuel ? A. The son of Elkanah and Hannah : being given to his mother in answer to prayer , he was hence called Samuel . Q. What became of him ? A. When he was weaned , Hannah carried him to Eli in Shiloh , and ...
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... who was sacrificed by her father , and Iphigenia , who is said to have suffered a like unhappy fate . See STACKHOUSE'S Hist . of Bib . vol . iii . book v . God but at length Samuel prevailed upon them , by o 2 SCRIPTURE HISTORY . 149.
... who was sacrificed by her father , and Iphigenia , who is said to have suffered a like unhappy fate . See STACKHOUSE'S Hist . of Bib . vol . iii . book v . God but at length Samuel prevailed upon them , by o 2 SCRIPTURE HISTORY . 149.
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... Samuel offered sacrifice and cried to the Lord , and the Lord thundered against the Philistines , who were smitten before Israel . To commemorate the victory , Samuel set up a stone between Mizpeh and Shen , and called it Ebenezer ...
... Samuel offered sacrifice and cried to the Lord , and the Lord thundered against the Philistines , who were smitten before Israel . To commemorate the victory , Samuel set up a stone between Mizpeh and Shen , and called it Ebenezer ...
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Andrew Thomson (of Bristol). notwithstanding Samuel's remonstrance , he , by God's command , acceded to their wishes , and chose Saul the son of Kish , a Benjamite , to be their king . Q. How did Samuel meet with Saul ? A. Saul having ...
Andrew Thomson (of Bristol). notwithstanding Samuel's remonstrance , he , by God's command , acceded to their wishes , and chose Saul the son of Kish , a Benjamite , to be their king . Q. How did Samuel meet with Saul ? A. Saul having ...
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Page 40 - And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son : That in blessing I will bless thee...
Page 35 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years. And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Page 99 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 83 - I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Page 256 - Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. And I will add unto thy days fifteen years...
Page 218 - But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree : and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
Page 18 - Saviour: knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Page 186 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort?
Page 83 - X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.