Identifier: antiquitiesofori00reddrich (find matches)
Title: Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Redding, M. W. (Moses Wolcott) Guide to Mount Moriah, Author of
Subjects: Bible Middle East -- Antiquities
Publisher: New York, Temple Publishing Union
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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and tal-ents of iron. j^ And they with whom jfyredous stones were foundgave them to the treasure of the house of the Lord,by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite, Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered\\illingly, because with perfect heart they offeredwillingly to the Lord: and David tlie king also rejoiced with great joy. Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all thecongregation : and David said, Blessed l)e thou, LordGod of Israel our father, for ever and ever. (1 Cliron.xxix. 1 to 10—26, 27, 28.) Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Is- iF^^irael. And the time that he reigned over Israel was fortyyears ; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty-and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And he died in a good old age, full of days,riches, and honoi-: and Solomon his son reigned inhis stead. Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord aaking instead of David his father, and prospered; andall Israel obeyed him. And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the
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sons likewise of king David, submitted themselvesunto Solomon the king. And the Lord magnified Solomon exceedingly inthe sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him suchrojal majesty as had not been on any king beforehim in Israel. (1 Chron, xxix. 23, 24, 25.) Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the cap-tains of thousands and of hundieds, and to the judges,and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of thefathers. So Solomon, and all the congregation with liim,went to the high place that was at Gibeon ; for therewas the tabernacle of the congregation of God,which Moses the servant of the Lord had made inthe wilderness. But the ark of God had David brought up fromKirjath-jearim to the place which David had pre-pared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jemsalem. Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezaleel the son ofUri, the son of Ilur, had made, he put before thetabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.

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