An Historical Account of the Life and Reign of David, King of Israel: Interspersed with Various Conjectures, Digressions and Disquisitions, in which ... Mr. Bayle's Criticisms Upon the Conduct and Character of that Prince, are Fully Considered, Volume 3J. Osborn, 1742 |
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... antients of the people with Paazaniah the fon of Shaphan ( a famous fcribe in the days of Jofiah ) in the midft of them , offering incenfe to idols : who could these seventy antients be , but the Sanhedrim ? What their power was in the ...
... antients of the people with Paazaniah the fon of Shaphan ( a famous fcribe in the days of Jofiah ) in the midft of them , offering incenfe to idols : who could these seventy antients be , but the Sanhedrim ? What their power was in the ...
Page 80
... antient , and probably but too true . And if fo , he could but ill punish , in Abfalom , the chastisement of that guilt , which his own feasonable chaftisement of Amnon's earlier enormities might have pre- vented . And in that cafe ...
... antient , and probably but too true . And if fo , he could but ill punish , in Abfalom , the chastisement of that guilt , which his own feasonable chaftisement of Amnon's earlier enormities might have pre- vented . And in that cafe ...
Page 119
... antient patriarchal city , and place of his nativity . Jofephus tells us , that this was done four years after his father's reconciliation to him : which plainly shews this to have been the reading in the text , at that time as it alfo ...
... antient patriarchal city , and place of his nativity . Jofephus tells us , that this was done four years after his father's reconciliation to him : which plainly shews this to have been the reading in the text , at that time as it alfo ...
Page 147
... antients were wont to throw upon the battlements of walls ; and with which , by the help of ropes fastened to them , they were wont to pull them down piece - meal into the rivers or trenches ( filled with water ) which encompaffed them ...
... antients were wont to throw upon the battlements of walls ; and with which , by the help of ropes fastened to them , they were wont to pull them down piece - meal into the rivers or trenches ( filled with water ) which encompaffed them ...
Page 159
... antiently the refting - place of Jacob ; where GoD had placed him , under the protection of two hofts of Angels . The king's diftress there , at this time , naturally led him to reflect upon the distress of his great ancestor , in the ...
... antiently the refting - place of Jacob ; where GoD had placed him , under the protection of two hofts of Angels . The king's diftress there , at this time , naturally led him to reflect upon the distress of his great ancestor , in the ...
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Abfalom Abiathar Abishai Achitophel Adonijah adviſed affurance againſt Ahimaaz alfo alſo Ammonites Amnon anſwered antient Araunah Bathsheba becauſe beſt bleffed book of Samuel cafe cauſe character chaſtiſe Chron confequence curfe David death defired deſtroy diftemper diſpatch diſtreſs divine eafily enemies evil facred hiftorian faid fame father favour fays feems fent fervants fervice fhall fhew fignal filver firft firſt flain fome friendſhip fuch fuffered fufficiently fure fword Gibeon greateſt guilt hath himſelf hiſtory houſe Hufhai Ifrael inftance Jerufalem Joab juſtice king king's laſt leaſt Lord Mahanaim meaſures Mephibofheth mercy moſt muſt obferve occafion paffage paffed paffion Pelethites perfon Pfalm poffible praiſe prefent prince promiſes puniſh purpoſe raiſed reaſon rebellion Saul ſeems ſeen ſhall ſhe Shobi ſhould Solomon ſome ſon ſpirit ſuch thee themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand treaſures tribe of Judah unto Uriah whofe whoſe wife wiſdom Zadok
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Page 304 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 26 - When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer.
Page 22 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter. And...
Page 125 - Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it and his habitation: but if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
Page 102 - They also that sought after my life laid snares for me : and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long. 13 As for me, I was like a deaf man, and heard not : and as one that is dumb, who doth not open his mouth.
Page 22 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Page 41 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 9 - And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
Page 169 - And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth ; and the mule that was under him went away.
Page 305 - Now therefore, our God, we thank thee and praise thy glorious name. But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.