Identifier: biblepanoramaorh00fost (find matches)
Title: The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Foster, William A. (from old catalog)
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ed Sanballat and Tobiah who -wereenemies to the Jews: they lived in the provinces that -were near to the land ofJudah. And -when they heard that ISTehemiah had come to build up the -wallsthey -were angry, and they said, -with others; We will go and fight against them;but Ave -will go suddenly, so that they may not know we are near until -we comeamong them and slay them, and cause the -work to cease. But the Jews -weretold of their coming; and JSTehemiah set the men of Israel behind the -wall, -withtheirswords, their spears, and their bows. And he said to them, Be not afraid;remember that the Lord -will help you. Fight, therefore, for your wives, yourchildren, and your homes. And -when their enemies heard that the Jews hadmade ready for them, they did not come against the city. So ISTehemiah and the people kept on working at the -wall, and they finishedit in fifty-two days. And rJehemiah went back to Persia, as he had promisedthe king, but afterwards he returned to Jerusalem again. 206
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NEHEMIAH GOES BY NIGHT TO THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM AND FTXDS THEM IN RUINS. cyry- NEHKMIAH II. 13. The Jews Serve other Kings. WE learn from other books than the Bible, that the Jews continued to beservants to the kings of Persia for nearly a hundred years after Nehe-miah returned from Babylon. Then Alexander, a great general, whowas at war with Persia, brought an army, and took Jerusalem, and the Jewsserved him for nine years. After his death they were servants to the kings of Egypt for more than ahundred years. Some of these kings treated the Jews kindly; but, at last, oneof them came to Jerusalem, and seeing how beautiful the temple was, he deter-mined to go, not only into its courts, but into the building itself, where thepriests alone were allowed to go. The priests begged him not to disobey Godby doing this, and the people cried out with fear and sorrow when they sawhim going; still he went on until he came to the holy place. But while he wasthere, God sent such great terror and w

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