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2401 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 20.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah had passed from himself—passed not to his sons and successors in the priesthood, but to one scarce grown to manhood, and whose whole history, associated …
2402 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 22.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah in the midst of His believing people into a magic power attaching to certain symbols, the religion of Israel into mere externalism, essentially …
2403 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 23.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah. It was quite in accordance with the prevailing religious state that, instead of inquiring into the causes of God’s controversy with them, they …
2404 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 25.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… before Jehovah, but merely idols, the work of men’s hands. The Philistines had, in the first place, brought the ark to Ashdod’, and placed it in the templeof Dagon …
2405 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 27.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah—instruct us with what we shall send it to its place?” The reply was to this effect, that if the ark were returned it should be accompanied by a “trespass …
2406 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 29.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah in the midst of His people attached. Alike superstition and profanity would entail judgment at His Hand. What the peculiar desecration or sin …
2407 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 32.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… after Jehovah.” But this was only preparatory. It was Samuel’s work to direct to a happy issue the change which had already begun. His earnest message to all …
2408 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 32.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… towards Jehovah. On its mountain height, Mizpeh, the “look out” of Benjamin, was among those ancient sanctuaries in the land, where, as in Shechem ( Joshua 24:26 ), in …
2409 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 34.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… helped us.”In the text we read: “And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt-offering wholly unto Jehovah: and Samuel cried unto Jehovah for …
2410 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 34.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… all Jehovah’s help is only “hitherto”—from day to day, and from place to place—not unconditionally, nor wholly, nor once for all, irrespective of our bearing. But …
2411 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 40.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah, and outward conformity to it, with utter want of real heart submission to the Lord, and of true devotedness to Him.
2412 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 45.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… that Jehovah hath anointed thee to be prince over His inheritance?” Saul was appointed the first king in Israel.The LXX. translators in this, as in several …
2413 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 46.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah” would “seize upon him,” and he would “be turned into another man.” The obvious import of this “sign,” in combination with the others, would be: royalty not …
2414 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 48.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah,” while in the actual narrative we read of the “Spirit of Elohim.” Can the change of term have been intentional? See Vol. 3 of this History.
2415 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 51.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… “before Jehovah” in Mizpeh. Here the first great victory over the Philistines had been obtained by prayer ( 7:5 ), and here there was an “altar unto Jehovah” ( ver. 9 ). As …
2416 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 54.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah” fell upon the people. From all parts of the land armed men trooped to the trysting-place at Bezek, within the territory of Issachar, near to Bethshan …
2417 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 55.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… before Jehovah.” Some writers have imagined that Saul was anointed a second time. But for this there is no warrant in the text.
2418 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 56.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… ” of Jehovah in the fulfillment of His covenant-promises in the past. It is thus that I understand 1 Samuel 12:2 : “And, behold, my sons, they are with you.” That Samuel …
2419 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 63.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… ” over “Jehovah’s people”—such was the sentence which Samuel had to announce on that day.
2420 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 63.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of Jehovah, and yet offending Him by disobedience; his waiting so long, and not long enough; his trust in the help of Jehovah, and yet his distrust when his followers …