The Holy Bible: Old Covenant

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J. Aitken, 1808

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Page xi - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Page xviii - And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
Page xi - Why should this dead dog curse my Lord the king ? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
Page xv - But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree : and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
Page xv - If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.
Page 37 - Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
Page 17 - And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve...
Page xxi - And I will add unto thy days fifteen years ; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria ; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

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