Identifier: pictorialhistory01kitt (find matches)
Title: The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews
Year: 1844 (1840s)
Authors: Kitto, John, 1804-1854
Subjects: Jews -- History Palestine -- History
Publisher: London C. Knight
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ng, even to drunkenness, atthe feast, she made up an elegant and liberal present, consisting of 200 loaves of bread, twoskin-bottles of wine, five measures of parched corn, five sheep ready dressed, 200 clustersof raisins, and 200 cakes of figs; and having placed all this on asses, she set forth witlisuitable attendance to meet the enraged hero. She soon met him and his men, on full marchto Carmel; and after rendering him her most respectful homage, she spoke to him with suchfine tact and prudence, that his passion grew calm under her hand ; and she convinced himthat the deed which he contemplated would cause the weight of innocent blood to lie heavy onhis conscience in after days. Being thus made to feel that he had allowed the bitterness of a blockheads insult * to sink too deeply in his soul, he felt really thankful that his fell * Fate never wounds more deep the genrous heart, Than when a blockheads insult points the dart.—Johnson. VOL. I. 3 N 458 HISTORY OF PALESTINE. (Book IV.
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purpose had been interrupted — Blessed beJehovah, the God of Israel, he said, ^\hosent thee this day to meet me; and blessed bethy advice, and blessed be thou, who hastkept me this day from coming to shed blood,and from avenging myself with mine ownhand. Abigail returned to her husband, and thenext day acquainted him with the steps shehad taken, and the imminent danger intowhich his churhshness had brought him andhis. The view which was presented to hismind of the evil which had hung over hishead, struck him with such intense dread andhorror, that in a few days he died of a brokenheart. When this came to the ears of David,who had been much charmed by the goodsense and beauty of Abigail, he sent to her,and she consented to become his wife. Hehad previously married Abinoam of Jezreel,after Saul had given Michal to another.Polygamy was not expressly forbidden bythe law; neither did it receive any sanctiontherefrom. It was a matter of existing usagewith which the law did not interfere;

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