Bible History - Old Testament

- 6 - confine ourselves to the present period of our history - had been distinctly implied in the great promise to David (2 Samu ...

- 7 - have already been indicated in our foregoing remarks. But in reference to the characteristic of power as connected with th ...

- 8 - Spirit was chiefly known and felt as a power. The "still small voice" marks the period of transition. "Prophetism" was, so ...

- 2 - CONTENTS PREFACE 5 CHAPTER 1 : Jewish view of the history of David — Amnon’s crime — Absalom’s vengeance — flight of Absal ...

- 3 - — Solomon’s enemies: Hadad, Rezon, Jeroboam — causes of popular discontent — Ahijah’s prediction of the disruption — Jerob ...

- 4 - baptist — Elijah’s message to king Ahab — sojourn by the brook Cherith — Elijah with the widow of Sarepta — the barrel of ...

- 9 - CHAPTER 1 : Jewish view of the history of David — Amnon’s crime — Absalom’s vengeance — flight of Absalom — the wise woman ...

- 10- But of special interest in this history are the views taken of David's repentance, and of the consequences which followed ...

- 11- Two years had passed since this infamous deed. But there was one who had never forgiven it. Absalom had not forgotten the ...

- 12- Great as Absalom's crime had been, we can readily understand, that popular sympathy would in large measure be on the side ...

- 13- David could have no further difficulty in understanding the real meaning of the woman's mission. Accordingly, Joab obtaine ...

- 14- widely ramified, appears from the circumstance, that, immediately on its outbreak, he could send "spies throughout all the ...

- 15- mark the period before the conspiracy actually broke out, and find their typical counterpart in the treachery of Judas Isc ...

- 16- Twice more David's progress was interrupted before he and his men reached Ayephim.^22 First it was Ziba, who, deeming this ...

- 17- CHAPTER 2 : Ahithophel’s twofold advice — Hushai prevents imminent danger — David is informed, and crosses the Jordan — th ...

- 18- the case, the event, supernaturally foretold, happened, not by some sudden interference, but through a succession of natur ...

- 19- committed that rare crime in Israel, suicide. Typical as the history of David is throughout, we cannot fail to see here al ...

- 20- multitude which followed Absalom. David divided his army into three corps, led by Joab, Abishai, and Ittai - the chief com ...

- 21- But who was to carry to the king tidings of what had happened? Joab knew David too well to entrust them to any one whose l ...

- 22- his reign, and realized that, now Absalom had fallen, there was virtually an interregnum equally unsatisfactory to all par ...