 | Edward Harley - 1730 - 428 pages
...JN of the Sons of the Prophets unto Elifha, faying, Thy Servant my Hufband is dead, and thou knoweft that thy Servant did fear the LORD : and the Creditor...is come to take unto him my two Sons to be Bondmen. 2 And Elifha faid unto her, What (hail I do for thee? tell me, what haft thou in the Houfe? And fhe... | |
 | Charles Drelincourt - 1732 - 536 pages
...Servant Night. •uant my Hujband is dead, and thou knoweft that thy Servant did fear the Lor d,and the Creditor is come to take unto him my two Sons to be Bondmen, 2 Kings iv. God, wlto hears the Cry of the Afflicted, had Compaffion on thac poor diftrefled Widow,... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 764 pages
...JN of the Sons of the Prophets unto Elifha, faying, Thy Servant my Hufband is dead, and thou knoweft that thy Servant did fear the LORD : and the Creditor...is come to take unto him my two Sons to be Bondmen. 3 Then he faid, Go borrow thee Veflels abroad of all thy Neighbours, even empty Veflels, borrow not... | |
 | Thomas Sharp - Hebrew language - 1763 - 410 pages
...her own Afflictions together, to fet off the latter with more Force and Tendernefs — Thou knoivejl that thy Servant did fear the Lord : And the Creditor is come— This is naturally and beautifully urged ; and fhe lays her Strefs upon it. Her Mufband, it feems, had... | |
 | Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...the proP'lets unto Elifha, faying, Thy fervant my hufoand is dead, and thou knoweft that thy fervant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two fons to be bond-men. 2 And Elifha faid her, What fhall I unto do for 235 tliee ? tell rne, what haft... | |
 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1794 - 408 pages
...values his falvation, that he keep himfelf unfpotted from the world, • SERMON VII*. 2 KINGS iv. i. THY SERVANT MY HUSBAND IS DEAD, AND THOU KNOWEST THAT THY SERVANT DID FEAR THE LORD; AND THE CREDITOR JS COME TO TAKE UNTO HIM MY TWO SONS TO BE BOND-MEN. unhappy fufferer, who makes this X moft moving... | |
 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1794 - 404 pages
...us in the words of the text, " Thy fervant my hufband is dead, and thou " knoweft that thy fervant did fear the Lord, , " and the creditor is come to take unto him " my two fons to be bond-men." Her children cannot, indeed, in this land of freedom, be literally carried into... | |
 | Timothy Kenrick - Bible - 1807 - 684 pages
...where we are told that a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried unto Elisha, saying, " Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou...come, to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen." The king, therefore, proposed to do in this instance no more than what was usually practised, and what... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...her dead son. "VTOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead ; and thou...creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bond men. 2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee ? tell me, what hast thou in the house... | |
 | Samuel Burder - Bible - 1807 - 436 pages
...life of a man were rendered for the life of a man. See Oriental Customs, No. 128. « No. 901.^iv. 1. The creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be his bondsmen,] This was a case in which the Hebrews had such power over their children, that they might... | |
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Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. 
