 | 1898 - 1542 pages
...Naaman said, If not, yet I pray thee let there be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth ; for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD. 18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant ; when my master goeth into the house of 'Rimmon... | |
 | Orville James Nave - Bible - 1900 - 1664 pages
...Kin. 5:15. And he said, Behold. now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: 17. many be called, but few chosen. Gal. 3:1 5. Brethren, I speak the LORD. JEHU: 2 Kin. 9:18. So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king,... | |
 | Louis Wallis - Civilization - 1901 - 340 pages
...Kings 5:17). "I pray thee," he says, "let there be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth; for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto Yahweh." The same primitive ideas are illustrated by a passage in 2 Kings 17, which is partly reproduced... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of West Jersey - 1901 - 264 pages
...'he may be permitted to carry home two mules' burden of the sacred soil, wherewith to erect an altar, "for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord." In conclusion, we may derive additional lessons of instruction from this narrative. 1. And... | |
 | Robert Somervell - Bible - 1901 - 136 pages
...Naaman said, If not, yet I pray thee let there be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth ; for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto 1 8 other gods, but unto the LORD. In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant ; when my master goeth... | |
 | John Milton - 1901 - 184 pages
...Rimmon is there said to have loat him because in gratitude for his cure he declared that he would ' henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord,' ie, Jehovah. 472. Ahaz did not conquer the Syrians himself, but persuaded the Assyrians... | |
 | Bible stories, English - 1902 - 600 pages
...Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD. In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon... | |
 | Charles Callaway - Bible - 1905 - 194 pages
...Naaman said, If not, yet I pray thee let there be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth ; for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord." This clearly implies that Yahweh could be adored only on his own (Israelitish) soil ; and,... | |
 | 1904 - 400 pages
...Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord." What advantage will it be to erect another or make an outside display, if we do not recognize... | |
 | Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse - 1906 - 312 pages
...Samuel xxvi 19. Apparently this is the reason why Naaman begs two mules' burdens of earth of Elisha, "for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord." (2 Kings v. 17. ) These must be offered on Canaanitish soil 3 RV marginal rendering, Deut.... | |
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And he urged him to take it ; but he refused. And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules... 
