Esther: The Hebrew-Persian QueenH.H. Bancroft & Company, 1859 - 353 pages |
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Page xviii
... give more heed to the word of God . The Old Testament ought to be read with more simplicity and humility , and with a greater disposition to rely upon its statements , and to apply its truths to ourselves . The Old Testament is not a ...
... give more heed to the word of God . The Old Testament ought to be read with more simplicity and humility , and with a greater disposition to rely upon its statements , and to apply its truths to ourselves . The Old Testament is not a ...
Page 42
... give her royal estate unto another that is better than she . And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published through- out all his empire , ( for it is great , ) all the wives shall give to their husbands honor , both ...
... give her royal estate unto another that is better than she . And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published through- out all his empire , ( for it is great , ) all the wives shall give to their husbands honor , both ...
Page 53
... give the house of Haman the Jews ' enemy unto Esther the queen . And Mordecai came before the king ; for Esther had told what he was unto her . And the king took off his ring , which he had taken from Haman , and gave it unto Mordecai ...
... give the house of Haman the Jews ' enemy unto Esther the queen . And Mordecai came before the king ; for Esther had told what he was unto her . And the king took off his ring , which he had taken from Haman , and gave it unto Mordecai ...
Page 64
... give a brief notice of those versions that are referred to in this work for illustrations and proofs of the narrative . The chief versions to which we refer , are the Septuagint , Vulgate , Chaldee Ver- sions , or Targums , and the ...
... give a brief notice of those versions that are referred to in this work for illustrations and proofs of the narrative . The chief versions to which we refer , are the Septuagint , Vulgate , Chaldee Ver- sions , or Targums , and the ...
Page 69
... give contradictory statements about it ; the sa- cred writers give contradictory accounts of some of the things of which they write ; therefore they are not to be believed at all . Now the same argument applied to Xerxes , Cyrus , or ...
... give contradictory statements about it ; the sa- cred writers give contradictory accounts of some of the things of which they write ; therefore they are not to be believed at all . Now the same argument applied to Xerxes , Cyrus , or ...
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according Adar Agagite ancient Babylon banquet beautiful believe Bible Book of Esther chamberlains chapter Christ Christians Chronicles Church court crown crown royal custom Cyrus Daniel death decree deliverance destroy Divine duty earth enemies Esther the queen Ethiopia evil faith father favor fear friends gallows give glory God's gold golden sceptre Greek Haman Hammedatha hand hanged happy harem Hatach head heart Hebrew Herodotus Holy honor hundred Jesus Jews Josephus king Ahasuerus king's commandment king's gate king's house kingdom laws live Lord mind Mordecai Moses mother nations never passions perish Persian empire Persian kings prayer princes principle proof provinces Purim records religion Romans royal sacred says Scriptures Septuagint Shushan Shushan the palace Susa Targum thee things thou thousand throne tion tomb true truth unto Esther unto the king Vashti wicked wife wine wives women word wrath writings Xenophon Xerxes Zeresh