The Olive Branch ...1831 - 308 pages |
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... Lord thy God who out of the land of Egypt : brought thee up thou shalt have But Israel were no other gods before me . a stiff - necked and rebellious people . From the very day that they came out of Egypt , they had an inveterate ...
... Lord thy God who out of the land of Egypt : brought thee up thou shalt have But Israel were no other gods before me . a stiff - necked and rebellious people . From the very day that they came out of Egypt , they had an inveterate ...
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... Lord was kindled against eto them , insomuch that he abhorred his own in- out heritance , and gave them into the hand of anthe heathen ; and they that hated them ruled over them . - Psalm cvi . 28-41 . of 1 In the reign of David the ...
... Lord was kindled against eto them , insomuch that he abhorred his own in- out heritance , and gave them into the hand of anthe heathen ; and they that hated them ruled over them . - Psalm cvi . 28-41 . of 1 In the reign of David the ...
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... Lord his God , as was the heart of David his father . Then one disaster followed another , till , on the death of Solomon , the Lord rent the kingdom from the family of David , and gave it to Jeroboam the son of Nebat , reserving Judah ...
... Lord his God , as was the heart of David his father . Then one disaster followed another , till , on the death of Solomon , the Lord rent the kingdom from the family of David , and gave it to Jeroboam the son of Nebat , reserving Judah ...
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... Lord at Jerusalem , then shall the heart of the people turn again to their lord , even to Rehoboam , king of Ju- dah , and they shall kill me , and go again to Rehoboam , king of Judah , " 1 He had the most ample security against the ...
... Lord at Jerusalem , then shall the heart of the people turn again to their lord , even to Rehoboam , king of Ju- dah , and they shall kill me , and go again to Rehoboam , king of Judah , " 1 He had the most ample security against the ...
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... Lord by his prophet . He had experienced the fulfilment of the promise that he should be king , which , at the time , must have been a very impro- bable event ; but he did not believe that he who had made him king was able to keep him ...
... Lord by his prophet . He had experienced the fulfilment of the promise that he should be king , which , at the time , must have been a very impro- bable event ; but he did not believe that he who had made him king was able to keep him ...
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Page 5 - And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David : if this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
Page 16 - He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. 9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; '"and confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, " saying, 'Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance/ "when they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
Page 180 - Whom a thousand years are as one day and one day as a thousand years...
Page 15 - Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
Page 102 - I am Alpha and. Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Page 20 - Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures. And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved the Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day ; and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Page 29 - Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 162 - So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man : for the Lord fought for Israel.
Page 5 - And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did ; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
Page 302 - Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people : and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: 15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him ; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. 16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him.