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29861 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 136.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… its character as not earthly. But in that supernatural light she has also recognized her visitor as the king of Israel. Verses 13, 14 show that Saul had not himself …
29862 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 156.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… their character relatively to the Books of Samuel and of the Kings. These latter are prophetic, while the Books of Chronicles are hagiographic. In the one …
29863 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 4, p. 170.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… in character, but only in extent and application, from what they already enjoyed. To use our former illustration, they were not other heights than those on …
29864 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 5, p. 4.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… it, God in great mercy placed an agency, the origin, character, and object of which have already been indicated in a previous Volume. The Prophetic Order may …
29865 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 5, p. 39.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… Oriental character, though we feel sure it was neither from pride nor narrow national prejudice, that David refused to accept as a gift what had been humbly …
29866 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 5, p. 50.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the character, the stability, and the object of royalty in Israel. Beginning with an evident reference to the great promise given to him and his house, David …
29867 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 5, p. 62.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… person. God gave him “wisdom” not only far wider in its range, but far other in its character ( Proverbs 1:7; 9:10 ) than that of the East, or of far-famed Egypt, or even of …
29868 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 5, p. 67.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… satisfactory character of these arrangements proved, that in this respect also “Jehovah gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him” ( 1 Kings 5:12 ).The name is …
29869 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 5, p. 81.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the character of Israel and of Israel’s king as “the servant” of the LORD, became, so to speak, more and more individualized during the progress of the Old Testament …
29870 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 5, p. 83.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… as God’s dwelling forever, the symbolical character alike of the manifestation of His Presence and of its place could not have been absent from his mind …
29871 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 5, p. 112.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the character of Rehoboam we know sufficient to form an accurate estimate. David had taken care to commit the upbringing of his son and successor to the prophet …
29872 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 5, p. 130.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the character of his own “prophets,” and perhaps a secret hope that he might attach him to himself by a “reward,” prompted the words of the king. He would do honor …
29873 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 5, p. 136.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… his character, perhaps his office of “Prophet,” the more so as the service of Jehovah might be supposed to be only altered in form, not abolished, by the adoption …
29874 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 5, p. 144.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… in character and more general in practice under that of Abijah, appears from the notices of the reformation instituted by his successor, Asa. The former circumstance …
29875 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 5, p. 170.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… to God, a bush on the wilderness-mount, burning yet not consumed. A life full of the miraculous it is and must be, from the character of his mission—and yet himself …
29876 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 5, p. 171.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… his character may be drawn from his name Elijah: My God Jehovah! though it is scarcely necessary to say that he did not assume it himself. Later Jewish tradition …
29877 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 19.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of God. Thus we see how the Old Testament itself, even where its distinctive character most clearly appeared, pointed to that fuller and more glorious manifestation …
29878 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 73.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… peculiar character of the country, which here abounds in steep precipices and sudden rocky heights and descents.
29879 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 74.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… in character the victory which God had given to Jehoshaphat. But may it not have been that Jehoshaphat had there addressed to the people, when going out to …
29880 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 75.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… Jehoshaphat’s character and reign are not withheld. (2) The mention of definite names, such as that of the high-priest Amariah, and of Zebadiah, the chief of the …