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A View of the Rise and Fall of the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel
A View of the Rise and Fall of the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel Author:William Stevens General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1833 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: Jehovah, God of Israel, I beseech thee tell thy servant. And Jehovah said, he will comedown. Then said David, will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul ? And Jehovah said, they will deliver thee up. Upon receiving this answer, David withdrew from Keilah with his companions, who had now encreased to the number of 600, and " went whithersoever they could go ;" that is wandered from place to place, uncertain where to fix their hahitation. They first abode in the strong holds of a mountain, in the wilderness of . Ziph ; and S'aul pursued him from day to day, but God protected him. It was whilst David remained concealed in a wood in the wilderness of Ziph, that Jonathan came to visit him, and when their last interview took place. And what was the errand of this faithful and affectionate friend ? He went to David in the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. And be said unto him, fear not, for the hand of Saul, my father, shall not find thee ; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth. And they two made a covenant before Jehovah: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. f The next deliverance which David experienced, was from the treachery of the Ziphites, who gave information to Saul, thet David was in the holds of the wood, in the hill of Hachi- lati, which is on the south of Jeshimon ; and offered to lay an ambush for him. The miserable monarch readily embraced their offer, and sent the Ziphites before him, declaring, that be would search David throughout all the thousands if Ju'l. ih. David havi...« less