Esther: A Scripture NarrativeD. Appleton & Company, 1835 - 77 páginas |
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... thought that it might awaken in some youthful readers a desire to search and ponder the in- spired narrative of this same illustrious personage , and subsequently to peruse other biographies with which the Old Testament abounds . The ...
... thought that it might awaken in some youthful readers a desire to search and ponder the in- spired narrative of this same illustrious personage , and subsequently to peruse other biographies with which the Old Testament abounds . The ...
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... thought the highest breach of deco- rum . The queen Vashti , therefore , made a feast at the same time for the ladies of Shushan , in the interior of the Palace . On the last day of the feast , the king's heart , in the words of ...
... thought the highest breach of deco- rum . The queen Vashti , therefore , made a feast at the same time for the ladies of Shushan , in the interior of the Palace . On the last day of the feast , the king's heart , in the words of ...
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... thought that the disposal of the lot was from the Lord , the God of the Jews ; and He , who was overruling all events for their good , so ordered it , that sufficient time was left for the accomplishment of their deliverance . The lot ...
... thought that the disposal of the lot was from the Lord , the God of the Jews ; and He , who was overruling all events for their good , so ordered it , that sufficient time was left for the accomplishment of their deliverance . The lot ...
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... silent at this extremity , with the thought that your own life at least will be spared , because you are so nearly allied to the king . " For , " he adds , with strong faith in God , and in the spirit of prophecy 34 ESTHER .
... silent at this extremity , with the thought that your own life at least will be spared , because you are so nearly allied to the king . " For , " he adds , with strong faith in God , and in the spirit of prophecy 34 ESTHER .
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... thought it more desirable even to meet death in the way of obedience to God , than by any means to evade the path of duty . She remembered probably the severity exercised towards Vashti ; she thought of the high accusation she should ...
... thought it more desirable even to meet death in the way of obedience to God , than by any means to evade the path of duty . She remembered probably the severity exercised towards Vashti ; she thought of the high accusation she should ...
Términos y frases comunes
Agagite Amalekite anger APPLETON ARD WOODS banquet of wine beauty called cham Christian city Shushan cloth court crown decai decree delighteth to honor discovered by Mordecai ear of Esther edict empire enemies found favor friends gallows golden sceptre granted thee Hatach hath heart heathen Introductory Essay Jehovah Jerusalem Jewess Jews in Shushan king Ahasuerus king and Haman king delighteth king unto king's chamberlains king's commandment king's gate king's house king's palace king's provinces king's servants kingdom laws letters Lord lovely manded Medes and Persians MISCELLANEOUS BOOKSTORE MISS H. F. GOULD month Adar o'er Old Testament presence princes probably queen Esther queen Vashti royal apparel sackcloth sacred writer Scripture sent sight sold for bondmen suerus THEOLOGICAL ther thou hast tion to-morrow twelfth month uncalled unto the banquet unto the king W. B. SPRAGUE wisdom wise women written young Zeresh his wife
Pasajes populares
Página 50 - Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate : let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
Página 49 - For the man whom the king delighteth to honour, let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head...
Página 35 - Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place ; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed : and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Página 39 - Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
Página 48 - What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour ? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself ? And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour...
Página 22 - And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins ; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Página 58 - Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king, and said, "If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes...
Página 62 - And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day.
Página 60 - Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. 10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus...
Página 54 - For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so ? And Esther said.