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29881 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 80.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… real character of the act. Was it because there was no God in Israel—that they went to inquire of the “fly god” of Ekron? But the authority of Jehovah would be vindicated …
29882 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 …
29883 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 …
29884 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 …
29885 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.
29886 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 …
29887 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 …
29888 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 …
29889 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 …
29890 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 …
29891 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 …
29892 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 …
29893 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 …
29894 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 …
29895 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 …
29896 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 …
29897 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 …
29898 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 …
29899 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 …
29900 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 …