20 ALIENATION-AMAZEMENT. 4516 4517 4518 4519 4520 Moral. Pharaoh said..see my face no more 3070 290. ALLIANCE, A contaminating. Ahaz. Ahaz sent..to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying..come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and..of the king of Israel. 10 Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser and saw an altar.. and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest, the fashion of the altar.2 KINGS, ch. 16. 291. evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee..?-MAL., ch. 1. 299. A plain. Earth. 24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen.-Ex., ch. 20. 300. A protected. Sword. 29..the altar 30 But David c the burnt offering..at Gibeon. could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.-1 CHRON., ch. 21. 301. Repaired before Worship. At Carmel. 30..Elijah said. . Come near unto me. And all the And he repaired people came near unto him. the altar of the Lord that was broken down.1 KINGS, ch. 18. 302. of Refuge. Adonijah. ..Adonijah A dangerous. David. Said the princes of the Philistines, What do these He-.exalted himself, saying, I will be king : and he brews here? Make this fellow return..and prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. "..Adonijah feared belet him not go. .lest in the battle he be an adcause of Solomon, and arose, and went, and versary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile caught hold on the horns of the altar.-1 KINGS, himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men ?-1 SAM., ch. 29. 292. Forbidden. Egyptian. 1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!-Isa., ch. 31. 293. Failure of. Egyptian. The Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.-Isa., ch. 31. 294. A treacherous. Gibeonites. They did work wilily..and made as if.. ambassadors, and took old sacks..and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; 5 And old shoes and clouted ..and old garments. . and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. 15 And Joshua ..made a league with them.-JOSH., ch. 9. 295. ALLIES, The Lord's. Women. 1..he went throughout every city and village, preaching..and the twelve were with him. ? And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.-LUKE, ch. 8. See HELP and references. 296. ALTAR in every Place. Abram. [He came to Sichem,] ..and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent.. and there he builded an altar.-GEN., ch. 12. 297. Discarded, the old. Ahaz. 10..king Ahaz.. ..saw an altar that was at Damascus : and.. sent to Urijah the priest..the pattern of it.. 11 And Urijah..built an altar.-2 KINGS, ch. 16. 298. A despised. Offerings. Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible. And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not ch. 1. 303. A rent. Jeroboam's. ..there came a man of God out of Judah..unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.. out..according to the sign which the man of 5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured God had given by the word of the Lord.--1 KINGS, ch. 13. 304. of Witness. Trans-Jordan Tribes. 26.Let us..build us an altar, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifice: But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord..with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices. . that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord.-Josн., ch. 22. 305. ALTARS, Idolatrous. Manasseh. 4..he built altars in the house of the Lord.. And he 5 built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.-2 KINGS, ch. 21. Also see Rejected. L. hath cast off his altar.. abhorred. 306. ALTERNATIVE, Only. Four Lepers. If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.-2 KINGS, ch. 7. See DECISION and references. 307. AMAZEMENT, A great. Christ on the Sea. 50..they all saw him, and were troubled. . Be of good cheer it is I; be not afraid. 51 And he went.. into the ship; and the wind ceased and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.-MARK, ch. 6. 308. Natural. Stilling the Storm. 4..he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. 25..And they being afraid wondered, saying.. What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.-LUKE, ch. 8. Appalling. Haman..do even so to Mordecai Astounding. Men ye put in prison are..in the Choice. The youngest..keepeth the sheep..this Conspirators. Guests. were afraid.. went his way Conquest. All the host run and cried and fled Family. I have provided me a king..his sons Great. Mordecai.. went out in royal apparel Needless. Did eat, drank until the day..flood Providential. I am Joseph your brother.. G. did from Rejection. [Eliab,] Look not on his Speechless. Doth my father live?..could not Worldly. As it was in the days of Lot..they sold World's. As it was in the days of Noe, so..son of 258 259 260 261 262 203 316. A Christian's. Paul. ..we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.-2 COR., ch. 5. 317. Evil. Diotrephes. ..Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. 10 "..prating against us with malicious words and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, 565 and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.-3 JOHN. 566 567 8497 8498 8499 8500 8725 8496 8723 Divine. Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake Judgment Day. When saw we thee in prison? Prostrating. Paul fell..on the earth..sore afraid 309. AMBASSADORS, Dangerous. Babylonians. 13..Hezekiah shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures.-2 KINGS, ch. 20. [He entertained them, and lost all.] 310. Disregarded. Josiah. [The king of Egypt] ..sent ambassadors to him, saying.. I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.-2 CHRON., ch. 35. [Josiah was slain.] 311. Maltreated. Half-shaved. . . Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.-2 SAM., ch. 10. 312. Rejected. Parable. 35..the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first and they did unto them likewise.-MAT., ch. 21. 20 ..we are am 313. Spiritual. Paul. bassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.-2 COR., ch. 10. See MINISTERS and references. 314. AMBITION lost in Age. Eighty years old. ..the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou.. with me in Jerusalem. 34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem ?-2 SAM., ch. 19. 315. Cruelty of. Athaliah. 1..when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son 318. A fatal. Asahel. 22..Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? 23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib.--2 SAM., ch. 2. [He sought the honour of killing the general and taking his arms as trophies.] 321. of Hypocrites. Scribes. 46 Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts.-LUKE, ch. 20. 322. for Honours. James and John. 35..James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come ..saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.. 37.. Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.MARK, ch. 10. 323. Instructed. Child. 2..Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them.. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.—MAT., ch. 18. 324. A laudable. Paul. 19..from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. 20 Yea..not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation. - ROM., ch. 15. 325. A Mother's. Chief Seats. 20 Then came..the mother of Zebedee's children..desiring a certain thing.. 21 And he said.. What wilt thou? She said.. Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.-MAT., ch. 20. Send and fetch him.-1 SAM., ch. 16. anointed king.] [He was 328. A presumptuous. Thistle. 9.. The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife and there passed by a wild beast..and trod down the thistle.-2 KINGS, ch. 14. 329. Temptation from. Eve...in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit.-GEN., ch. 3. 330. Unholy. Korah's Company. 3..they gathered..against Moses and against Aaron, and said.. Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation.— NUM., ch. 16. 332. Unsatisfied. Haman. 12..Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet. . but myself; and to morrow am I invited..also with the king. 13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.-ESTHER, ch. 5. 333. Without. Saul. 21..Saul.. was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. 22.And the Lord answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff. 23 And they ran and fetched him thence.-1 SAM., ch. 10. [They crowned him.] See other illustrations under : Costly. Weight..talent of gold.. precious stones FAME. Applause. If thou be the Son.. cast thyself down Increasing. His fame spread abroad..about Military. Uzziah made..engines..to shoot Troublesome. Blaze abroad the matter..desert Unexpected. In the whole world.. woman hath Wisdom. All the earth sought to Solomon HONOR. 1851 1852 1853 486 3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 5851 5852 5853 5855 Faithful. Because thou hast been faithful..ten Intrigue. Remember that I am your bone and Merit. Faithful over a few things..ruler over Seeking. O that I were made a judge in the land Trials. Wherefore.. made us to come up out of E.? 5856 Undesired. The fig tree said.. should I forsake 5859 334. AMBUSCADE, An ineffective. Syrians. ..the king of Syria.. and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. And [Elisha] sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.-2 KINGS, ch. 6. 335. A successful. Abimelech. 43..he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field..the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them. 44 And..rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city.-JUDGES, ch. 9. 336. AMUSEMENT of Curiosity. Athenians. 21 For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing. -ACTS, ch, 18. 337. Dangerous. Dancing. [The elders] 20..commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; 21..if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye..and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh.-JUDGES, ch. 21. 338. an End. Rich Fool. 19..I will say for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required.-LUKE, ch. 12. 339. A fatal. Philistines. 25..when son out of the prison house; and he made them their hearts were merry..they called for Samsport and they set him between the pillars. 30..And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people.-JUDGES, ch. 16. 340. Idolatry an. Israelites. 16..the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 19..as he came nigh unto the camp .he saw the calf, and the dancing and Moses' anger waxed hot.-Ex., ch. 32. 342. Royal. Herodias' Daughter. "..Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee; 22And ..the daughter of..Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod.—MARK, ch. 6. 343. Sorrow after. Herod. 25 And she.. asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist. 26And the king was exceeding sorry.-MARK, ch. 6. See PLEASURE and references. National. Those times no peace..nations 144 Gigantic. Man of great stature..born to the giant 3516 said, Alas, O Lord God! for because I have seen Good. Faith..grandmother Lois..mother Eunice 1282 an angel of the Lord face to face. -JUDGES, ch. 6. Imitated. Abijam walked in the sins of his father 1187 358. At the Altar. 29..the tabernacle..which Moses made. .and the altar of the burnt offering, were..at Gibeon. 30 But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.-1 CHRON., ch. 21. Children gather wood, the fathers 1188 Resemblance. [Murderers of Jesus] Children of 1204 345. ANGEL of the Annunciation. Gabriel. 30..the angel said.. Fear not, Mary for thou hast found favor with God. 31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive..and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.-LUKE, ch. 1. 346. A destroying. Against Assyrians. 25..that night..the angel of the Lord..smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. -2 KINGS, ch. 19. 359. Deliverance by. Peter and John. 19..the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth. 23. The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without., but we found no man within.-ACTS, ch. 5. 360. ANGELS, Encouragement from. Mahanaim. ..Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And..he said, This is God's host and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.-GEN., ch. 32. 347. Hiding from an. Ornan. 18..the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should..set up an altar.in the threshingfloor of Ornan.. 20 And Ornan 361. guard the Faithful. In Dothan. turned back, and saw the angel; and his four".. Elisha..said, Lord, I pray thee, open his sons with him hid themselves.-1 CHRON., ch. 21. eyes..And the Lord opened the eyes of the 348. A manlike. Manoah's. ..the wom- young man; and he saw and, behold, the an came and told her husband, saying, A man mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire of God came..like the countenance of an angel round about Elisha.-2 KINGS, ch. 6. of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was.-JUDGES, ch. 13. 349. A mysterious. Manoah's. 20..when the flame went up toward heaven..the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar and Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.-JUDGES, ch. 13. 350. Messenger. To Zacharias. 19..I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.--LUKE, ch. 1. 351. A shining. By Cornelius. 30..Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing.-ACTs, ch. 10. 362. Humility of. Seraphim. 1..I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up.. Above it stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.-ISA., ch. 6. In human Form. Ascension. 10 While they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel.-Acтs, ch. 1. 365. Abraham. 1 The Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day: he..looked and, lo, three men stood by him.-GEN., ch. 18. 352. Sent by an. Philip. 26. .the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south..desert. 27 And he..went:And and, behold..a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship.-ACTs, ch. 8. 353. A sustaining. Garden. ..Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me : nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done. And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.-LUKE, ch. 22. 354. A swift. Gabriel. 21..while I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel.. being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.-DAN., ch. 9. 355. Terrifying. Sepulchre Guard. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. -MAT., ch. 28. 4 366. Reserved Helpers. In Gethsemane. 51 One of them..drew his sword, and struck a servant..and smote off his ear.. 53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels ?-MAT., ch. 26. 367. Ministry of. To Shepherds. 19..fear not for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God.-LUKE, ch. 2. 368. To Peter...Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains and the keepers before the door.. And, behold, the angel.. came upon him, and a light shined..and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.-ACTS, ch. 12. 369. Secondary Ministry of. To Cornelius. [The angel said,] ..send men to Joppa, and call for..Peter He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.—Acтs, ch. 10. 370. Honor God's Poor. Lazarus. 22..the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom : the rich man also died, and was buried.-LUKE, ch. 16. 371. Provision by. Elijah. 5 .as he.. slept under a juniper tree.. an angel touched him, and said..Arise and eat... There was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head.-1 KINGS, ch. 19. 372. Succor the Tempted. Jesus. 10..Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt 11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. -MAT., ch. 4. thou serve. See other illustrations under: Office. To gather together the elect from the four 123 373. ANGER, Consuming. Murmurers. 4..they Great Day of. Judgment. 15..the kings. the great the rich..the chief captains ..mighty men..hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come: and who shall be able to stand?-REV., ch. 6. 382. Folly of. Naaman. 11..Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord..and strike his hand over the place.. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better?-2 KINGS, ch. 5. 383. Fratricidal. Esau...Esau hated Jacob because..his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.-GEN., ch. 27. 385. at Half-heartedness. Solomon. 9..the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart 387. therefore he..commanded..they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.-DAN., ch. 3. 390. Jesus in. At Capernaum. ..when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand from Disparagement. Cain. ..the..and his hand was restored.-MARK, ch. 3. Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.-GEN., ch. 4. 379. 380. from Defeat. Elihu. ? Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu..against Job..because he justified himself rather than God. 3 Also against his three friends..because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.-JOB, ch. 32. 381. - Envious. Elder Son. 27.. Thy broth er is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.. thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: 28 And he was angry, and would not go in..his father.. intreated him.-LUKE, ch. 15. 391. at Murmuring. Israelites. 1..when the people complained. .the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.-NUм., ch. 11. 392. Malicious. Pharisees. [Jesus] 10..said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so and his hand was restored whole as the other. And they were filled with madness; and communed..what they might do to Jesus.-LUKE, ch. 6. |