2009, ISBN: 9781103570485

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:placed much less than ten years before the close of David's reign, for the kingdom had recovered from the shock, and was in such a condition of prosperity and tranquillity during several years, that David was tempted by the spirit of pride which induced him to take the census, and could make extensive Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:placed much less than ten years before the close of David's reign, for the kingdom had recovered from the shock, and was in such a condition of prosperity and tranquillity during several years, that David was tempted by the spirit of pride which induced him to take the census, and could make extensive preparations for building the Temple. Nor can it well be placed much earlier, for Absalom was born at Hebron (2 Sam. iii. 3), and he can hardly have been less than eighteen or twenty when he killed Amnon. (c) If this calculation is approximately correct, Amnon's outrage occurred shortly after David's adultery, and the son's indulgence of his passions was encouraged by the evil example of his father's still recent crime. Thus David's punishment sprang immediately out of his offence, for Amnon's act was the seed of a long series of calamities. CHAPTER V. THE PLACE OF THE COOKS OF SAMUEL IN THE HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. I. The Old Testament differs from ordinary histories (1) in its subject, because it is the history of the special training and discipline of God's chosen people : (2) in its method, because it is " a history of facts as God sees them referred to their true centre in Him, explained by His dealings with men, and His workings within them1:" or, in other words, its writers were inspired by God the Holy Ghost to discern the true s1gnificance of events, and to relate such parts of the national history as should truly set forth the gradual evolution of God's purpose towards His people2. 1 Barry's Introduction to the Old Testament, p. 45. 2 According to the Jewish arrangement the books of the Old Testament are divided into three classes: The Law, the Prophets, and the Writings, a division which is already recognised in the words of the 2. The Old Books, Books ~~ History~~ General, Second-Book-Of-Samuel~~Alexander-Francis-Kirkpatrick, 999999999, The Second Book Of Samuel, Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick, 110357048X, BiblioBazaar, 3/10/2009 12:00:00 AM, , , , BiblioBazaar<

ISBN: 9781103570485

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: placed much less than ten years before the close of David's reign, for the kingdom had recovered from the shock, and was in such a condition of prosperity and tranquillity during several years, that David was tempted by the spirit of pride which induced him to take the census, and could make extensive Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: placed much less than ten years before the close of David's reign, for the kingdom had recovered from the shock, and was in such a condition of prosperity and tranquillity during several years, that David was tempted by the spirit of pride which induced him to take the census, and could make extensive preparations for building the Temple. Nor can it well be placed much earlier, for Absalom was born at Hebron (2 Sam. iii. 3), and he can hardly have been less than eighteen or twenty when he killed Amnon. (c) If this calculation is approximately correct, Amnon's outrage occurred shortly after David's adultery, and the son's indulgence of his passions was encouraged by the evil example of his father's still recent crime. Thus David's punishment sprang immediately out of his offence, for Amnon's act was the seed of a long series of calamities. CHAPTER V. THE PLACE OF THE COOKS OF SAMUEL IN THE HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. I. The Old Testament differs from ordinary histories (1) in its subject, because it is the history of the special training and discipline of God's chosen people: (2) in its method, because it is " a history of facts as God sees them referred to their true centre in Him, explained by His dealings with men, and His workings within them1:" or, in other words, its writers were inspired by God the Holy Ghost to discern the true s1gnificance of events, and to relate such parts of the national history as should truly set forth the gradual evolution of God's purpose towards His people2. 1 Barry's Introduction to the Old Testament, p. 45. 2 According to the Jewish arrangement the books of the Old Testament are divided into three classes: The Law, the Prophets, and the Writings, a division which is already recognised in the words of the 2. The Old Books, History~~General, Second-Book-Of-Samuel~~Alexander-Francis-Kirkpatrick, 999999999, The Second Book Of Samuel, Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick, 110357048X, BiblioBazaar, , , , , BiblioBazaar<

ISBN: 9781103570485

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:placed much less than ten years before the close of David's reign, for the kingdom had recovered from the shock, and was in such a condition of prosperity and tranquillity during several years, that David was tempted by the spirit of pride which induced him to take the census, and could make extensive preparations for building the Temple. Nor can it well be placed much earlier, for Absalom was born at Hebron (2 Sam. iii. 3), and he can hardly have been less than eighteen or twenty when he killed Amnon. (c) If this calculation is approximately correct, Amnon's outrage occurred shortly after David's adultery, and the son's indulgence of his passions was encouraged by the evil example of his father's still recent crime. Thus David's punishment sprang immediately out of his offence, for Amnon's act was the seed of a long series of calamities. CHAPTER V. THE PLACE OF THE COOKS OF SAMUEL IN THE HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. I. The Old Testament differs from ordinary histories (1) in its subject, because it is the history of the special training and discipline of God's chosen people : (2) in its method, because it is " a history of facts as God sees them referred to their true centre in Him, explained by His dealings with men, and His workings within them1:" or, in other words, its writers were inspired by God the Holy Ghost to discern the true s1gnificance of events, and to relate such parts of the national history as should truly set forth the gradual evolution of God's purpose towards His people2. 1 Barry's Introduction to the Old Testament, p. 45. 2 According to the Jewish arrangement the books of the Old Testament are divided into three classes: The Law, the Prophets, and the Writings, a division which is already recognised in the words of the 2. The Old Books Books ~~ History~~ General Second-Book-Of-Samuel~~Alexander-Francis-Kirkpatrick BiblioBazaar This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.<