Bible History - Old Testament

- 118- She bewails not her "maiden age," but her "maidenhood" - not that she dies so young, but that she is to die unmarried. T ...

- 119- his sorrow and his victory are a type of Him Who said: "Not my will, but Thine be done." It almost seems as if Jephthah's ...

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- 121- CHAPTER 19 : Meaning of the History of Samson - His Annunciation and early History - The Spirit of Jehovah "impels him" - ...

- 122- wrought; and why there was so little and so transient result of his deeds. When the Spirit of God comes upon him, he does ...

- 123- judge from the whole history, was the humble, earnest piety which, despite much apostasy, still lingered in Israel. It is ...

- 124- About an hour south-west from Zorah, down^309 the rocky mountain-gorges, lay Timnath, within the tribal possession of Da ...

- 125- riddle proved too hard for them. Unwilling to bear the loss incurred by their failure - each "a tunic" and a "change-garm ...

- 126- This sudden turn of affairs, and manifestation of Samson's power, caused an immediate panic among the Philistines. Follow ...

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- 128- CHAPTER 20 : The Sin and Fall of Samson - Jehovah departs from him - Samson's Repentance, Faith, and Death (JUDGES 16) TH ...

- 129- to give Delilah 1000 and 100 shekels, or 5500 in all, about 700 pounds, as the reward of her treachery. Three times has S ...

- 130- women who look down on the spectacle beneath. It is a feast of thanksgiving to Dagon, of triumph to Philistia, of triumph ...

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- 132- CHAPTER 21 : Social and Religious Life in Bethlehem in the Days of Judges -The Story of Ruth - King David's Ancestors (TH ...

- 133- Ruth stands on the threshold of the history of David, yet, as regards its spirit, it stands, like the Psalms, at the thre ...

- 134- which are sometimes quoted as proof to the contrary, are not in point, since they refer to the marriage of Hebrews in the ...

- 135- name of Naomi for Mara ("bitter"), for that "Jehovah" had "testified against," and "Shaddai"^328 afflicted her. Whether o ...

- 136- sense) in Bethlehem, and Ruth must have led a very retired life, never seeking company or compassion, since Boaz requires ...

- 137- one of our redeemers" (comp. Leviticus 25:25; Deuteronomy 25:5). Still even so, no further definite thoughts seem to have ...