Men of Faith; Or, Sketches from the Book of JudgesHodder & Stoughton, 1870 - 370 pages |
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... fight , out of weakness were made strong , turned to flight the armies of the aliens . " - Hebrews xi . 31 , 32 . OTH BIBL London : HODDER & STOUGHTON , 27 , PATERNOSTER ROW . SOLD ALSO AT 66 , PATERNOSTER ROW . MDCCCLXX . 101. f . 270 ...
... fight , out of weakness were made strong , turned to flight the armies of the aliens . " - Hebrews xi . 31 , 32 . OTH BIBL London : HODDER & STOUGHTON , 27 , PATERNOSTER ROW . SOLD ALSO AT 66 , PATERNOSTER ROW . MDCCCLXX . 101. f . 270 ...
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... fight against them . " * From this it would appear that the Canaanites had now assumed a threatening attitude . They had in some measure recovered their strength after the blows which had been inflicted on them by Joshua . Their king ...
... fight against them . " * From this it would appear that the Canaanites had now assumed a threatening attitude . They had in some measure recovered their strength after the blows which had been inflicted on them by Joshua . Their king ...
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... Fight they must , to preserve themselves from destruction . The question was , who should undertake the work ? None were willing to begin uncalled ; therefore " the children of Israel , ” — all their tribes , assembled by their ...
... Fight they must , to preserve themselves from destruction . The question was , who should undertake the work ? None were willing to begin uncalled ; therefore " the children of Israel , ” — all their tribes , assembled by their ...
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... fight against them ? ” * An answer was returned which could not be mistaken . " Phinehas prophesied " -so Josephus ex- plains the circumstance- " that they should commit the government to the tribe of Judah . " † The Divine will , he ...
... fight against them ? ” * An answer was returned which could not be mistaken . " Phinehas prophesied " -so Josephus ex- plains the circumstance- " that they should commit the government to the tribe of Judah . " † The Divine will , he ...
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... fight against the Canaanites . The promise which had encouraged Judah at the outset , " Behold , I have delivered the land into his hand , " had been fulfilled , as his triumphant army , reducing one great fortress of the enemy after ...
... fight against the Canaanites . The promise which had encouraged Judah at the outset , " Behold , I have delivered the land into his hand , " had been fulfilled , as his triumphant army , reducing one great fortress of the enemy after ...
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Abi-ezer was gathered Ammonites Amorites ancient angel appears army Asher Baal Barak blessed Bochim Book of Judges called Canaan Canaanites children of Ammon chosen Christ Christian Church clothed command courage covenant death Deborah deliverance delivered desert Deut Divine Egypt enemy Ephraim Exod faith father fear fight forsaken Gaza Gideon Gilead God's hand Harosheth hath heart heathen Hebrew holy honour host hundred idol idolatry inhabitants Israel Israelites Israelitish Jabin Jehovah Jehovah-shalom Jephthah Jewish Jordan Josh Joshua Judah Kenites king Kishon land Lord Lord's Manasseh ment mercy Midian Midianites mighty Moses mountains Naphtali narrative nations Nazarite offered Ophrah Palestine period Philistines plain possession priest probably promise prophet repentance sacred sacrifice Samson says servant Sisera soul Spirit strength summoned tents thee thou thousand tion tribes trumpet unbelief unto utter valley valley of Jezreel victory word worship Zebulun
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Page 126 - They fought from heaven; The stars in their courses fought against Sisera. The river of Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon.
Page 189 - When he slew them, then they sought him : and they returned and inquired early after God. 35 And they remembered that God was their Rock, and the high God their Redeemer.
Page 237 - And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites : and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over ; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite ? If he said, Nay ; then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth : and he said Sibboleth : for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan : and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
Page 315 - There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a "N azarite unto God from my mother's womb : if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
Page 51 - And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Page 43 - Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things : for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you : and the land is defiled : therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
Page 233 - But what more oft in nations grown corrupt, And by their vices brought to servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty; And to despise, or envy, or suspect Whom GOD hath of His special favour raised [373] As their deliverer?
Page 179 - Gideon, The people are yet too many ; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there : and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee ; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
Page 147 - Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
Page 168 - And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth.