Scripture readings for schools and families, by C.M. Yonge, Volume 3Charlotte Mary Yonge 1874 |
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Abijah Ahab Ahaz Ahaziah Ahikam altar Baal Baasha began to reign behold Ben-hadad Beth-el bread brethren brought burn captains captivity cast Chaldeans chariots children of Israel CHRON cities of Judah commanded Daniel David deliver earth Egypt Elijah Elisha Ephraim evil father fire Gedaliah gods hand Hazael hear heard hearkened heart heaven Hezekiah high places inhabitants of Jerusalem Isaiah Jehoiada Jehoiakim Jehoram Jehoshaphat Jehu Jeremiah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jezebel Joash Josiah Kareah king of Assyria king of Babylon king of Israel king of Judah king's house kingdom land LESSON Levites lion LORD hath LORD of hosts Manasseh Naboth Nebuchadnezzar Nethaniah pass pray thee priests princes prophesy prophet Rehoboam saith the LORD Samaria say unto sent Shaphan silver slew smote sons stood sword Syria thereof thine thou hast thou shalt thy servant took unto the king unto the LORD unto thee vineyard Wherefore word Zedekiah
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Page 67 - Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: "And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God : for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Page 22 - Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
Page 140 - As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD.
Page 160 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 116 - Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee ; and the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. Lift up thine eyes round about, and see : all they gather themselves together, they come to thee : thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged ; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles...
Page 155 - I will judge between cattle and cattle. ^And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David ; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Page 171 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 19 - As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
Page 116 - And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, To preach deliverance to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 97 - With him is an arm of flesh ; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles.