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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thousand out of the tribe of Benjamin that carried bows and arrows; all thesewere brave soldiers. Yet the king of Ethiopia made war against him with anarmy much greater than his. And Asa came out to the battle, and he cried tothe Lord, and said, It is no trouble for thee to help us whether we have manysoldiers or few; help us, O Lord our God, for in thy name we go out against thisgreat multitude. O Lord, let them not gain the victory over us. So the Lordhelped the men of Judah in the battle and gave them the victory. After these things the Lord sent a prophet -who spoke to them, saying, Hear me, Asa, and all you men of Judah and Benjamin: The Lord will be with you, to help you, as long as you shall serve him; but if you forsake him he will forsake you. Therefore fear not to do what is right, and you shall be rewarded. 168
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THE PROPHET ISAIAH.109 Isaiah. Joash is Anointed King. 7VLTHOTTGH the prophets warned the kings of Judah not to worship idols; .i-^jL. and told them that God would surely send enemies to punish them if they did not obey his laws, many of them continued to do what was evil. One of these wicked kings was Ahaziah. When he had reigned only oneyear he went to Jezreel, to visit Jehoram, king of Israel, and was killed there bythe followers of Jehu. Afterward the servants of Ahaziah brought his dead bodyin a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him there, in the sepulchre of the kings. When his mother, whose name was Athaliah, saw that he was dead, she tookAhaziahs sons (who were her own grandchildren), and slew them to make her-self queen. But one of his sons, a little boy named Joash, was stolen away fromher and hidden with his nurse in the temple. He was hidden there six years,for Jehoiada, the high priest, watched over him, and Athaliah, the queen, knewnothing of it. But when the six years we

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