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aded a centurion to keep Paul, d to let him have liberty, and b he should forbid none of his uaintance to minister or come Hhim

s xxviii, 16. And when we
e to Rome, the centurion de-
red the prisoners to the
in of the guard: but Paul
affered to dwell by himself
soldier that kept him.

IMPRISONMENT.
GEON, FETTERS, STOCKS.)
mix, 20. And Joseph's
took him, and put him
He prison, a place where the
prisoners were bound: and
there in the prison.

1,1-4. And it came to pass
se things,that the butler of
ing of Egypt and his baker
uded their lord the king of
And Pharaoh was wroth
two of his officers. against
ef of the butlers,and against
eef of the bakers. And he
rem in ward in the house of
ptain of the guard, into the
the place where Joseph
d. And the captain of
bard charged Joseph with
and he served them; and

ned a season in ward.
i, 10. Pharaoh was wroth
servants, and put me in
the captain of the guard's
both me and the chief

xli, 17, 24. And he put
all together into ward three
And he turned himself
from them, and wept; and
d to them again, and com-
with them, and took from
Simeon, and bound him

xxiv, 12. And they put
ward, that the mind of the
might be shewed them.
ron. xxxvi, 6. Against him
up Nebuchadnezzar king of

o, and bound him in fetters,
y him to Babylon.

11, 2. Then Pashur smote
ah the prophet, and put
the stocks that were in the
Fate of Benjamin, which was
house of the LORD.
XXVI, 5. And Jeremiah
anded Baruch, saying, I am
I cannot go into the house
LORD.

vil 4,15-20. Now Jeremiah
In and went out among the
for they had not put him
prison.

Wherefore the were wroth with Jereand smote him, and put prison, in the house of han the scribe; for they had When that the prison. miah was entered into the geon, and into the cabins, and

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LAW.

GOD'S CARE FOR THE PRISONERS.

But the

Gen. xxxix, 21-23.
LORD was with Joseph, and shew-
ed him mercy, and gave him
favour in the sight of the keeper
of the prison. And the keeper of
the prison committed to Joseph's
hand all the prisoners that were
in the prison; and whatsoever
they did there, he was the doer of
The keeper of the prison
it.
looked not to any thing that was
was with him, and that which he
under his hand; because the LORD
did, the LORD made it to prosper.

Jeremiah had remained there, they fell down, and there was
many days; Then Zedekiah the none to help.
king sent, and took him out; and
the king asked him secretly in his
house, and said, Is there any word
from the LORD? And Jeremiah
said, There is: for, said he, Thou
shalt be delivered into the hand
of the king of Babylon. More
over, Jeremiah said unto the king
Zedekiah, What have I offended
against thee, or against thy ser-
vants, or against this people that
ye have put me in prison? Where
are now your prophets, which
prophesied unto you, saying, The
king of Babylon shall not come
against you, nor against this
land? Therefore hear now, I pray
thee, O my lord the king, let my
supplication, I pray thee, be
accepted before thee; that thou
cause me not to return to the
house of Jonathan the scribe, lest
I die there.

Jer. xxxviii, 6-9, 28. Then took
they Jeremiah, and cast him into
the dungeon of Malchlah the son
of Hammelech, that was in the
court of the prison: and they let
down Jeremiah with cords. And
in the dungeon there was no water,
but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the
mire. Now, when Ebed-melech
the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs
which was in the king's house,
heard that they had put Jeremiah
in the dungeon, (the king then
sitting in the gate of Benjamin,)
Ebed-melech went forth out of the

king's house, and spake to the
king, saying, My lord the king,
these men have done evil in all
that they have done to Jeremiah
the prophet, whom they have cast
into the dungeon; and he is like to
die for hunger in the place where
he is: for there is no more bread
in the city. So Jeremiah abode in
the court of the prison until the
day that Jerusalem was taken:
and he was there when Jerusalem
was taken.

Lam. iii, 53. They have cut off
my life in the dungeon, and cast a

Ps. Ixix, 33. For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

P3. lxxix, 11. Let the sighing of according to the greatness of thy the prisoner come before thee; power preserve thou those that are appointed to die.

Ps. cii, 19, 20. For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to death.

Ps. cxlii, 7. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy me about; for thou shalt deal name: the righteous shall compass bountifully with me.

Ps. cxlvi, 7. Which executeth judgment for the oppressed; which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners.

Jer. xxxix, 15. Now the word of

the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison.

Nah, i, 13. For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and I will burst thy bonds in sunder.

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LIBERATION.

CONDITIONAL.

1 Kings ii, 36-38, 41. And the king sent and called for Shimei, house in Jerusalem, and dwell and said unto him, Build thee an there, and go not forth from hence on the day thou goest out, and any whither. For it shall be, that passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. And Shimei said unto the king, the king hath said, so will thy And it The saying is good: as my lord servant do. And Shimei dwelt in was told Solomon that Shimei Jerusalem many days. had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.

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king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine arm holes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Jer. xxxix, 13, 14. So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebusbasban, Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, and all the king of Babylon's princes; Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.

Jer. lii, 31--33. And it came to pass, in the seven and thirtieth

year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth mouth, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison, And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, And changed his prison-garments; and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.

Acts xil, 7, 11, 15-17. And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly, And his

Heb. xiii, 23. Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.

brethren. And he departed, and | And the chief captain answered
went into another place.
With a great sum obtained I this
freedom. And Paul said, But I ws
free-born. Then straightway they
departed from bim which shoul
have examined him: and the chi
captain also was afraid, after be
knew that he was a Roman, and
because he had bound him.

SCOURGING.

if the wicked man be worthy to Deut. xxv, 2, 3. And it shall be, be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. and not exceed: lest, if he should Forty stripes he may give him, exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.

Matth. x, 17. But beware of men for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.

Acts xxii, 19. And I said, Lord. they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee.

five times received I forty stripes 2 Cor. xi, 24, 25. Of the Jews save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep.

PRIVILEGE OF A ROMAN CITIZEN.

Acts xvi, 35-40. And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go. And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace. But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay Verily; but let them come them

selves and fetch us out. And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans. And they came

RETALIATION.

Lev. xxiv, 19, 20. And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour as he hath done, so shall it le eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as s done to him; Breach for breac hath caused a blemish in a man so shall it be done to him again (See under ASSAULT, Page 337.)

FINE.

Exod. xxi, 30. If there be laid va him a sum of money, then he sh give for the ransom of his whatsoever is laid upon him.

CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS
AMONG THE JEWS.
STONING.

Lev. xxiv, 14. Bring forth h that hath cursed without t camp: and let all that heard lay their hands upon his bes and let all the congregation sca him.

John vill, 7. So, when they a tinued asking him, he lifted himself, and said unto them. F that is without sin among yo let him first cast a stone at her.

Acts vil, 59. And they stope Stephen, calling upon God, saying, Lord Jesus, receive spirit.

THE SWORD.

2 Sam. 1, 15. And David cal one of the young men, and sale

Go near, and fall upon him. Ac

he smote him that he died.

2 Sam. iv, 10. When one t me, saying, Behold, Saul is dec chains fell off from his hands. and besought them, and brought tidings,) I took hold of him, st (thinking to have brought g

And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel. But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished. But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the

them out, and desired them to depart out of the city. And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

Acts xxil, 25-29. And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman. Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.

slew him in Ziklag, who the that I would have given u reward for his tidings.

1 Kings ii, 25, 46. And tir Solomon sent by the hand Benaiah the son of Jehotads: 2 he fell upon him that he died. the king commanded Bena the son of Jehoiada; which w out, and fell upon him, that died: and the kingdom was esta lished in the hand of Solomon.

Ps. cvi, 29-31. Thus they p voked him to anger with the inventions; and the plague trak in upon them. Then stool Phinehas,and executed judgme and so the plague was stay And that was counted unto

wrighteousness unto all genera- | fore the king, Behold also the | ple, nation, and language, which

uns for evermore.

POSTHUMOUS DISGRACE.

gallows, fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the

Teut. xxi, 92, 23. And if a manking, standeth in the house of ve committed a sin worthy of Haman. Then the king said, th, and he be to be put to Hang him thereon. So they th, and thou hang him on a hanged Haman on the gallows His body shall not remain that he had prepared for Mordenight upon the tree, but thou cal. Then was the king's wrath fa any wise bury him that pacified. (for be that is hanged is Ersed of God;) that thy land be defiled, which the LORD thy giveth thee for an inherit

X, 26, 27. And afterward smote them, and slew and banged them on five and they were hanging upBe trees until the evening. came to pass, at the time going down of the sun, that commanded, and they them down off the trees, and them into the cave wherein had been hid, and laid great in the cave's mouth, which until this very day.

f, 13. Christ hath redeemfrom the curse of the law, made a curse for us: for it Chen, Cursed is every one angeth on a tree.

DES AMONG OTHER
NATIONS.
HANGING.

xxi, 8, 9. But the king The two sons of Rizpah the

ter of Alab, whom she bare chaul, Armoni and Mephi th, and the five sons of the daughter of Saul, she brought up for Adriel in of Barzillai the Meholathnd he delivered them into ads of the Gibeonites, and banged them in the hill bethe LORD: and they fell all together, and were put to in the days of harvest, in rst days in the beginning of

harvest.

trv, 14. Then said Zeresh and all his friends unto Tata gallows be made of fifty high, and to-morrow speak to the king that Mordecal banged thereon; then go merrily with the king the banquet. And the thing Haman; and he caused allows to be made. terv, 9, 10. And Harbonah, the chamberlains said be

Esther ix, 13, 14. Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

BURNING ALIVE IN A FURNACE.

Dan. ill. 19-26, 29, 30. Then was the form of his visage was charg Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and ed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Therefore, because the king's commandment was urgent, and flame of the fire slew those men the furnace exceeding hot, the that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning flery furnace. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we midst of the fire? They answered cast three men bound into the and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye' servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire. Therefore I make a decree. That every peo355

speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.

EXPOSURE TO WILD BEASTS.

Dan. vi, 16, 17. Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake, and said unto Daniel, Thy God, whom thou servest continually, he will And a stone was deliver thee. brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords, that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

CUTTING ASUNDER.

and said to the Chaldeans, The Dan. ii, 5. The king answered thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

Luke xii, 46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

Heb. xi, 37. They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with sword.

....

the

PUNISHMENT IN JUDEA
UNDER THE ROMANS.
DECAPITATION.

Matth. xiv, 10. And he sent and beheaded John in prison

Acts xii, 2. And he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

CRUCIFIXION.

that they had mocked him, they Matth. xxvii, 31, 32. And after took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.

1.

JUDGES OF ISRAEL.

Judges iil, 9, 11, 15, 31. And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. And the land had rest forty years: and Othniel the son of Kenaz died. But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man left hauded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab. And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox-goad:

and he also delivered Israel.

Judges iv, 4. And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. Judges vili, 28. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.

Judges X, 1-5. And after Abimelech, there arose to defend Israel, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar and he dwelt in Shamir, in mount Ephraim. And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass-colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead. And Jair died, and was buried in

Camon.

Judges xll, 7-14. And Jephthah Judged Israel six years: then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel; And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons: and he judged Israel Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem. And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel: and he judged Israel ten years. And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon, in the country of Ze

seven years.

MAGISTRATES.

bulon. And after him Abdon the | son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass-colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

Judges xv, 20. And he [Samson] Judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

1 Sam. iv, 18. . . . . . And he [Eli] had judged Israel forty years.

1 Sam. vil, 15-17. And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. And his return was to Ramah; for there Israel; and there he built an altar was his house: and there he judged

unto the Lord.

1 Sam. viii, 1, 2. And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second Abiah; they were judges in Beer-sheba.

Acts xiii, 20. And after that he gave unto them judges, about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

II. KINGS.

GOD REJECTED AS KING

BY THE NATION.

served other gods, so do they also
unto thee. Now therefore hearker
unto their voice: how beit yet pro
test solemnly unto them, and shee
them the manner of the king th
shall reign over them. And Sam
told all the words of the Lo

unto the people that asked of h
a king. And he said, This will b
the manner of the king that sha
reign over you:
.... And b
will take your fields, and yo
vineyards, and your oliveyard
them to h's servants.
even the best of them, and git
And
will take the tenth of your se
and of your vineyards, and give
his officers, and to his servan
And he will take your man-se
vants, and your maid-servants,
work. He will take the tenta
your asses, and put them to
your goodliest young men,
your sheep, and ye shall be
servants. And ye shall cry of
that day because of your
which ye shall have chosen y
and the LORD will not hear you
that day. Nevertheless the peop
refused to obey the volc
Samuel; and they said, Nay
we will have a king over us Th
we also may be like all the
tions; and that our king may ja
us, and go out before us, and t

our battles. And Samuel he
all the words of the people, and
rehearsed them in the ears of
LORD. And the LORD said
Samuel, Hearken unto their volt
and make them a king.
Samuel said unto the men

Israel, Go ye every man unto

city. to 1 Sam. x, 17-19. And Sa called the people together the LORD to Mizpeh; And unto the children of Israel, saith the LORD God of Isra brought up Israel out of Egy and delivered you out of the of the Egyptians, and out of hand of all kingdoms, and of the that oppressed you: And yo ba this day rejected your God, himself saved you out of all re-adversities and your tribula and ye have said unto him. but set a king over us. Now the fore present yourselves bet the LORD by your tribes, and your thousands.

1 Sam. viii 4-11, 14-22. Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came Samuel unto Ramah, And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not Jected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and

1 Sam. xli, 12, 13, 16, 18-90. A when ye saw that Nabash,

Hing of the children of Ammon, came against you, ye said unto Nay; but a king shall reign over us when the LORD your God was your king. Now therefore betold the king whom ye have bases, and whom ye have dered! and, behold, the LORD hath et a king over you. Now therewhich the LORD will do before re stand and see this great thing, fear eyes. So Samuel called une Loan; and the LORD sent der and rain that day: and the people greatly feared the and Samuel. And all the ple said unto Samuel, Pray for servants unto the LORD thy that we die not: for we have ed unto all our sins this evil, kus a king. And Samuel Wunto the people, Fear not: have done all this wickedness, turn not aside from following Loo, but serve the LORD with your heart.

Drill, 21. What wilt thou when he shall punish thee? ou hast taught them to be ins, and as chief over thee;)

all not sorrows take thee, as a in travail?

vill, 4. They have set up but not by me; they have princes, and I knew it not: er giver and their gold have made them idols that they be cut off. Bill, 10, 11. I will be thy here is any other that may thee in all thy cities? and Jedges, of whom thou saldst, me a king and princes? I thee a king in mine anger, took him away in my wrath.

xx, 25-27. But Jesus them unto him, and said, know that the princes of the

les exercise dominion over , and they that are great cise authority upon them. shall not be so among you: whosoever will be great g you, let him be your minAnd whosoever will be chief g you, let him be your ser

INGS SOMETIMES CHOSEN BY GOD. Bet vil, 14, 15. When thou art auto the land which the thy God giveth thee, and st possess it, and shalt therein, and shalt say, I will #sking over me, like as all the ncs that are about me; Thou Sa in any wise set him king er thee whom the LORD thy thall choose: one from amoug brethren shalt thou set king thee: thou mayest not set a ager over thee which is not ay brother.

1 Sam. ix, 15-17. Now the LORD

THE PEOPLE IN THE
ELECTION OF SAUL

AND OTHERS.

1 Sam. ix, 20, 21. And as for

had told Samuel in his ear a day POWER OF THE ARMY AND before Saul came, saying, To-morrow, about this time, I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel. . . And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, thee of! this same shall reign over Behold the man whom I spake to my people.

1 Sam. x, 21, 22. When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.

1 Sam. xvi, 1--3. And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill thine horn with

oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. And Samuel said, How can I go? If Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD. And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom Iname unto thee.

thine asses, that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on rael? Is it not on thee, and on all them; for they are found. And thy father's house? And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?

on whom is all the desire of Is

Samuel to the people, Come, and 1 Sam. xi, 14, 15. Then said let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they

made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacriiced sacrifices of peace-offerings before the LORD: and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

1 Sam. xil, 1. And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.

2 Sam. 1, 7. Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead,and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.

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2 Sam. ili, 9-12, 17-20. So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; To translate the kingdom from the king-house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel, and over Judah, from Dan even to

1 Kings ii, 15. And he [Adonijah] said, Thou knowest that the dom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the king

dom is turned about, and is become my brother's; for it was his from the LORD.

1 Kings xi, 37-40. And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and thou shalt be king over Israel. And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee. And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam: and Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

Beer-sheba. And he could not answer Abner a word again; because he feared him. And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee. And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you: Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin. So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him; and David

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