Esther: The Hebrew-Persian QueenH.H. Bancroft & Company, 1859 - 353 pagini |
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Pagina 58
... authority , to confirm the second letter of Purim . And he sent the letters unto all the Jews , to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus , with words of peace and truth , to confirm these days of Purim in ...
... authority , to confirm the second letter of Purim . And he sent the letters unto all the Jews , to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus , with words of peace and truth , to confirm these days of Purim in ...
Pagina 60
... authority ? I answer , we have the same authority for believing that the Book of Esther belongs to the Hebrew canon that we have for Ezra , Nehemiah , or any of their historical books . It is found in Hebrew just as we find them . For ...
... authority ? I answer , we have the same authority for believing that the Book of Esther belongs to the Hebrew canon that we have for Ezra , Nehemiah , or any of their historical books . It is found in Hebrew just as we find them . For ...
Pagina 63
... authority than so many pages of Philo Judæus or Josephus . The Apocryphal books , though not admitted by us to a place among the Holy writings which we believe were given by Divine Inspiration , are nevertheless worthy of our attention ...
... authority than so many pages of Philo Judæus or Josephus . The Apocryphal books , though not admitted by us to a place among the Holy writings which we believe were given by Divine Inspiration , are nevertheless worthy of our attention ...
Pagina 82
... authority of Josephus and of the au- thors who hold this opinion . 2. Though , as I have stated before , Persian chro- nology is but little more than a mass of confusion , if not of contradictions , still , as far as we can understand ...
... authority of Josephus and of the au- thors who hold this opinion . 2. Though , as I have stated before , Persian chro- nology is but little more than a mass of confusion , if not of contradictions , still , as far as we can understand ...
Pagina 90
... authorities that Daniel was governor of the province of Susiana under the king of Babylon ; and we know he was highly honored by him , and that he " did the king's business at Shushan the palace . " And Josephus says that the house ...
... authorities that Daniel was governor of the province of Susiana under the king of Babylon ; and we know he was highly honored by him , and that he " did the king's business at Shushan the palace . " And Josephus says that the house ...
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Pagina 247 - The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made : in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth : the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
Pagina 75 - But I am poor and needy ; yet the LORD thinketh upon me : Thou art my help and my deliverer ; Make no tarrying, O my God.
Pagina 240 - If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request. For we are sold, I and my people to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
Pagina 130 - And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Pagina 314 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Pagina 302 - His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Pagina 143 - Happy the man, who sees a God employ'd In all the good and ill that chequer life ! Resolving all events, with their effects And manifold results, into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme.
Pagina 329 - The men of grace have found Glory begun below; Celestial fruits on earthly ground From faith and hope may grow. 4 The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets Before we reach the heavenly fields, Or walk the golden streets.
Pagina 46 - In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
Pagina 253 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.