15views 0shareEsther is advanced to be queen. Mardochai detecteth a plot against the king. [1] After this, when the wrath of king Assuerus was appeased, he remembered Vasthi, and what she had…
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David mourning – 2 Samuel, chapter 1 (2 Kings)
21views 0shareDavid mourneth for the death of Saul and Jonathan: he ordereth the man to be slain who pretended he had killed Saul. [1] Now it came to pass, after Saul was…
Idolatry is abolished – 2 Paralipomenon, chapter 31 (2 Chronicles)
19views 0shareIdolatry is abolished; and provisions made for the ministers. [1] And when these things had been duly celebrated, all Israel that were found in the cities of Juda, went out, and…
Josias repaireth the temple – 4th Book of Kings, chapter 22
19views 0shareJosias repaireth the temple. The book of the law is found, upon which they consult the Lord, and are told that great evils shall fall upon them, but not in the…
The silver trumpets and their use – Numbers, chapter 10
15views 0shareThe silver trumpets and their use. They march from Sinai. [1] And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: [2] Make thee two trumpets of beaten silver, wherewith thou mayest call together…
A list of the kings slain by Moses and Josue – Joshua, chapter 12
19views 0share[1] These are the kings, whom the children of Israel slew and possessed their land beyond the Jordan towards the rising of the sun, from the torrent Arnon unto mount Hermon,…
Joseph visiteth his father – Genesis, chapter 48
24views 0shareJoseph visiteth his father in his sickness, who adopteth his two sons Manasses and Ephraim, and blesseth them, preferring the younger before the elder. [1] After these things, it was told…
King Assuerus – Esther, chapter 1, The Bible
11views 0shareKing Assuerus maketh a great feast. Queen Vasthi being sent for refuseth to come: for which disobedience she is deposed. [1] In the days of Assuerus, who reigned from India to…
Ezechias inviteth all Israel to celebrate the pasch – 2 Paralipomenon, chapter 30 (2 Chronicles)
9views 0shareEzechias inviteth all Israel to celebrate the pasch; the solemnity is kept fourteen days. [1] And Ezechias sent to all Israel and Juda: and he wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasses,…
Defeat of Saul – 1 Samuel, chapter 31 (1st Kings)
14views 0shareIsrael is defeated by the Philistines: Saul and his sons are slain. [1] And the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell…
The wickedness of Manasses – 4th Book of Kings, chapter 21
24views 0shareThe wickedness of Manasses: God’s threats by his prophets. His wicked son Amon succeedeth him, and is slain by his servants. [1] Manasses was twelve years old when he began to…
The precept of the pasch is renewed – Numbers, chapter 9
13views 0shareThe precept of the pasch is renewed: the unclean and travellers are to observe it the second month: the camp is guided by the pillar of the cloud. [1] The Lord…
The kings of the north are overthrown: the whole country is taken – Joshua, chapter 11
16views 0share[1] And when Jabin king of Asor had heard these things, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Semeron, and to the king of Achsaph: [2]…
Jacob in Egypt – Genesis, chapter 47
14views 0shareJacob and his sons are presented before Pharao: he giveth them the land of Gessen. The famine forceth the Egyptians to sell all their possessions to the king. [1] Then Joseph…
The canticle of Judith: her virtuous life and death – Book of Judith, chapter 16
18views 0share[1] Then Judith sung this canticle to the Lord, saying: [2] Begin ye to the Lord with timbrels, sing ye to the Lord with cymbals, tune unto him a new psalm,…
Ezechias – 2 Paralipomenon, chapter 29 (2 Chronicles)
26views 0shareEzechias purifieth the temple, and restoreth religion. [1] Now Ezechias began to reign, when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: the…
The Amalecites burn Siceleg – 1 Samuel, chapter 30 (1st Kings)
8views 0shareThe Amalecites burn Siceleg, and carry off the prey: David pursueth after them, and recovereth all out of their hands. [1] Now when David and his men were come to Siceleg…
Ezechias – 4th Book of Kings, chapter 20
25views 0shareEzechias being sick, is told by Isaias that he shall die; but praying to God, he obtaineth longer life, and in confirmation thereof receiveth a sign by the sun’s returning back….
The seven lamps – Numbers, chapter 8
12views 0shareThe seven lamps are placed on the golden candlestick, to shine towards the loaves of proposition: the ordination of the Levites: and to what age they shall serve in the tabernacle….
God speaketh to Moses – Numbers, chapter 7
12views 0shareThe offerings of the princes at the dedication of the tabernacle. God speaketh to Moses from the propitiatory. [1] And it came to pass in the day that Moses had finished…