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29881 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 95.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… symbolic character of all else. The healing of the waters, although performed through the prophet, was the direct act of Jehovah ( v. 21 ). Accordingly, as everything …
29882 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 104.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of character, was yet true in the inmost direction of his heart. In his distress he instinctively turned to the LORD for guidance. His inquiry for a “prophet …
29883 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 105.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… a character Elisha could not have listened; it should—as he told the king of Israel be addressed to the prophets of Baal. How truly Elisha had judged Joram appears …
29884 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 120.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the character of God, and to a more simple and childlike faith in Him, Who afflicteth not willingly, but for our profit.
29885 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 126.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the character of Gehazi. In any case it was not in him at a time of dearth to dismiss the cares of the morrow by unselfish care for others. He would scarcely venture …
29886 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 142.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… unspiritual character of the study of Scripture by the Talmudists, we must in fairness quote this beautiful saying of theirs, which occurs in the same connection …
29887 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 146.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… extraordinary character of the mission of Elijah and of Elisha, which accounts for a series of miracles in their history, unparalleled in the Old Testament …
29888 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 163.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of character, that she now appealed directly to the king, not for favor, but for justice. It was surely in the good providing of God, Who ordereth all things wisely …
29889 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 172.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the character of Jehoram or Ahaziah would not hesitate in their choice. We mark, as significant synchronisms with the reign of Jehoram, the building of Carthage …
29890 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 177.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… “Jehovah, God of Israel,” and on behalf of Israel—, viewed as “the people of Jehovah” ( 2 Kings 9:6 ). This emphatic introduction of Jehovah marked the character of the …
29891 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 178.4 (Alfred Edersheim)
… in character with the Divine message, and even for the sake of its success, he must withdraw. And, although so widely differing in character, there is in this …
29892 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 35.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the character of that monarch (in ver. 2 ): as doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and continuing the wrongful religious institutions of Jeroboam …
29893 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 35.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… general character: “the savior” raised up being in the first place Jehoash ( ver. 25 ), and finally and fully Jeroboam II. ( 2 Kings 14:25-27 ). Similarly the account of …
29894 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 46.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the character of these mercenaries, he was chiefly concerned about the money which had been spent upon them.The very difficult verse, 2 Chronicles 25:8, is …
29895 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 46.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… true character was soon to appear, alike in his success and in his defeat. The dismissal of the Israelitish auxiliaries did not delay the preparations for …
29896 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 50.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… in character that we can only account for its enactment by the state of moral degradation which the contemporary prophets Hosea and Amos describe in such …
29897 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 82.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… religious character into comparison with that of David. This, not only because he was the founder of the dynasty, nor even because in him centered the Divine …
29898 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 82.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the character of the king could have commanded either respect or sympathy. Unbelieving as regards the Lord and His power ( Isaiah 7:11-13 ), he was nevertheless …
29899 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 89.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… personal character of the war appears not only in such expressions as 2 Kings 16:5 : “They besieged Ahaz,” but to an attentive reader throughout the whole account …
29900 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 93.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the character of Ahaz. As, with ill-disguised irony, he rejected the “sign,” implying that his trust was in the help of Assyria, not in the promise of God, so he persevered …