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That work, however, in its entirety, was far +too costly for the larger and ever-widening circle of M. Dore's +admirers, and to meet the felt and often-expressed want of this +class, and to provide a volume of choice and valuable designs +upon sacred subjects for art-loving Biblical students generally, +this work was projected and has been carried forward. The aim has +been to introduce subjects of general interest—that is, those +relating to the most prominent events and personages of +Scripture—those most familiar to all readers; the plates being +chosen with special reference to the known taste of the American +people. To each cut is prefixed a page of letter-press—in, +narrative form, and containing generally a brief analysis of the +design. Aside from the labors of the editor and publishers, the +work, while in progress, was under the pains-taking and careful +scrutiny of artists and scholars not directly interested in the +undertaking, but still having a generous solicitude for its +success. It is hoped, therefore, that its general plan and +execution will render it acceptable both to the appreciative and +friendly patrons of the great artist, and to those who would wish +to possess such a work solely as a choice collection of +illustrations upon sacred themes.</p> +<br><br><br><br> +<center><h2>GUSTAVE DORE.</h2></center> +<br> +<p>The subject of this sketch is, perhaps, the most original and +variously gifted designer the world has ever known. At an age +when most men have scarcely passed their novitiate in art, and +are still under the direction and discipline of their masters and +the schools, he had won a brilliant reputation, and readers and +scholars everywhere were gazing on his work with ever-increasing +wonder and delight at his fine fancy and multifarious gifts. He +has raised illustrative art to a dignity and importance before +unknown, and has developed capacities for the pencil before +unsuspected. He has laid all subjects tribute to his genius, +explored and embellished fields hitherto lying waste, and opened +new and shining paths and vistas where none before had trod. To +the works of the great he has added the lustre of his genius, +bringing their beauties into clearer view and warming them to a +fuller life.</p> + +<p>His delineations of character, in the different phases of +life, from the horrible to the grotesque, the grand to the comic, +attest the versatility of his powers; and, whatever faults may be +found by critics, the public will heartily render their quota of +admiration to his magic touch, his rich and facile rendering of +almost every thought that stirs, or lies yet dormant, in the +human heart. It is useless to attempt a sketch of his various +beauties; those who would know them best must seek them in the +treasure—house that his genius is constantly augmenting with +fresh gems and wealth. To one, however, of his most prominent +traits we will refer—his wonderful rendering of the powers of +Nature.</p> + +<p>His early wanderings in the wild and romantic passes of the +Vosges doubtless developed this inherent tendency of his mind. +There he wandered, and there, mayhap, imbibed that deep delight +of wood and valley, mountain—pass and rich ravine, whose variety +of form and detail seems endless to the enchanted eye. He has +caught the very spell of the wilderness; she has laid her hand +upon him, and he has gone forth with her blessing. So bold and +truthful and minute are his countless representations of forest +scenery; so delicate the tracery of branch and stem; so +patriarchal the giant boles of his woodland monarchs, that the' +gazer is at once satisfied and entranced. His vistas lie +slumbering with repose either in shadowy glade or fell ravine, +either with glint of lake or the glad, long course of some +rejoicing stream, and above all, supreme in a beauty all its own, +he spreads a canopy of peerless sky, or a wilderness, perhaps, of +angry storm, or peaceful stretches of soft, fleecy cloud, or +heavens serene and fair—another kingdom to his teeming art, +after the earth has rendered all her gifts.</p> + +<p>Paul Gustave Dore was born in the city of Strasburg, January +10, 1833. Of his boyhood we have no very particular account. At +eleven years of age, however, he essayed his first artistic +creation—a set' of lithographs, published in his native city. +The following year found him in Paris, entered as a 7. student at +the Charlemagne Lyceum. His first actual work began in 1848, when +his fine series of sketches, the "Labors of Hercules," was given +to the public through the medium of an illustrated, journal with +which he was for a long time connected as designer. In 1856 were +published the illustrations for Balzac's "Contes Drolatiques" and +those for "The Wandering Jew "—the first humorous and grotesque +in the highest degree—indeed, showing a perfect abandonment to +fancy; the other weird and supernatural, with fierce battles, +shipwrecks, turbulent mobs, and nature in her most forbidding and +terrible aspects. Every incident or suggestion that could +possibly make the story more effective, or add to the horror of +the scenes was seized upon and portrayed with wonderful power. +These at once gave the young designer a great reputation, which +was still more enhanced by his subsequent works.</p> + +<p>With all his love for nature and his power of interpreting her +in her varying moods, Dore was a dreamer, and many of his finest +achievements were in the realm of the imagination. But he was at +home in the actual world also, as witness his designs for +"Atala," "London—a Pilgrimage," and many of the scenes in "Don +Quixote."</p> + +<p>When account is taken of the variety of his designs, and the +fact considered that in almost every task he attempted none had +ventured before him, the amount of work he accomplished is fairly +incredible. To enumerate the immense tasks he undertook—some +single volumes alone containing hundreds of illustrations—will +give some faint idea of his industry. Besides those already +mentioned are Montaigne, Dante, the Bible, Milton, Rabelais, +Tennyson's "Idyls of the King," "The Ancient Mariner, +Shakespeare, "Legende de Croquemitaine," La Fontaine's "Fables," +and others still.</p> + +<p>Take one of these works—the Dante, La Fontaine, or "Don +Quixote"—and glance at the pictures. The mere hand labor +involved in their production is surprising; but when the quality +of the work is properly estimated, what he accomplished seems +prodigious. No particular mention need be made of him as painter +or sculptor, for his reputation rests solely upon his work as an +illustrator.</p> + +<p>Dore's nature was exuberant and buoyant, and he was youthful +in appearance. He had a passion for music, possessed rare skill +as a violinist, and it is assumed that, had he failed to succeed +with his pencil, he could have won a brilliant reputation as a +musician.</p> + +<p>He was a bachelor, and lived a quiet, retired life with his +mother—married, as he expressed it, to her and his art. His +death occurred on January 23, 1883.</p> +<br><br><br><br> + +<center> +<table summary="Illustrations"> +<tr><td> +<h2>LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS</h2> +<br> + +<a href="#front">GUSTAVE DORE</a><br> +<a href="#033">DEATH OF SAUL</a><br> +<a href="#034">THE DEATH OF ABSALOM</a><br> +<a href="#035">DAVID MOURNING OVER ABSALOM</a><br> +<a href="#036">SOLOMON</a><br> +<a href="#037">THE JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON</a><br> +<a href="#038">THE CEDARS DESTINED FOR THE TEMPLE</a><br> +<a href="#039">THE PROPHET SLAIN BY A LION</a><br> +<a href="#040">ELIJAH DESTROYING THE MESSENGERS OF AHAZIAH</a><br> +<a href="#041">ELIJAH'S ASCENT IN A CHARIOT OF FIRE</a><br> +<a href="#042">DEATH OF JEZEBEL</a><br> +<a href="#043">ESTHER CONFOUNDING HAMAN</a><br> + + + + + + +</td></tr> +</table> +</center> + + + + + + +<br><br> +<a name="033"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>DEATH OF SAUL.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/033.jpg"><img alt="033th.jpg (42K)" src="images/033th.jpg" height="482" width="377"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of +Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in +mount Gilboa. And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and +upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, +and Melchshua, Saul's sons.</p> + +<p>And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit +him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. Then said Saul unto +his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through +therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, +and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore +afraid. Therefore, Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. And when +his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon +his sword, and died with him.</p> + +<p>So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and +all his men, that same day together.</p> + +<p>And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the +valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the +men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they +forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt +in them. And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines +came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons +fallen in mount Gilboa. And they cut off his head, and stripped +off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round +about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the +people. And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth and +they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.</p> + +<p>And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which +the Philistines had done to Saul; all the valiant men arose, and +went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his +sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt +them there. And they took their bones, and buried them under a +tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. 1 Samuel xxxi.</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="034"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>THE DEATH OF ABSALOM.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/034.jpg"><img alt="034th.jpg (49K)" src="images/034th.jpg" height="483" width="376"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>And David numbered the people that were with him, and set +captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them. And +David set forth a third part of the people under the hand of +Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of +Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai +the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go +forth with you myself also.</p> + +<p>But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we +flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, +will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: +therefore now it is better that thou succor us out of the +city.</p> + +<p>And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. +And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out +by hundreds and by thousands. And the king commanded Joab and +Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young +man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king +gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.</p> + +<p>So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the +battle was in the wood of Ephraim; where the people of Israel +were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a +great slaughter that day, of twenty thousand men. For the battle +was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the +wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.</p> + +<p>And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a +mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, +and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between +the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went +away.</p> + +<p>And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold I +saw Absalom hanged in an oak.</p> + +<p>And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou +sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? +and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a +girdle.</p> + +<p>And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand +shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine +hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged +thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the +young man Absalom. Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood +against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, +and thou thyself wouldst have set thyself against me.</p> + +<p>Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took +three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of +Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. And ten +young men that bare Joab's armor compassed about and smote +Absalom, and slew him. And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people +returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the +people. And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in +the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all +Israel fled every one to his tent.—2 Samuel xviii, 1-17.</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="035"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>DAVID MOURNING OVER ABSALOM.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/035.jpg"><img alt="035th.jpg (35K)" src="images/035th.jpg" height="489" width="384"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear +the king tidings, how that the Lord hath avenged him of his +enemies. And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this +day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou +shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead. Then said +Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi +bowed himself unto Joab, and ran. Then said Ahimaaz the son of +Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also +run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, +seeing that thou hast no tidings ready? But howsoever, said he +let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the +way of the plain, and overran Cushi.</p> + +<p>And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up +to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, +and looked, and behold a man running alone. And the watchman +cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, +there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near. +And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called +unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And +the king said, He also bringeth tidings. And the watchman said, +Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of +Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, +and cometh with good tidings.</p> + +<p>And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And +he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and +said, Blessed be the Lord thy God, which hath delivereth up the +men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king. And the +king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, +When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a +great tumult, but I knew not what it was. And the king said unto +him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood +still.</p> + +<p>And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the +king: for the Lord bath avenged thee this day of all them that +rose up against thee. And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young +man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the +king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that +young man is.</p> + +<p>And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over +the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son +Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O +Absalom, my son, my son!</p> + +<p>And it was told Joab, Behold the king weepeth and mourneth for +Absalom. And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto +all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king +was grieved for his son. And the people gat them by stealth that +day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they +flee in battle.</p> + +<p>But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud +voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!—2 Samuel +xviii, 19 33; xix, 1-4.</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="036"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>SOLOMON</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/036.jpg"><img alt="036th.jpg (39K)" src="images/036th.jpg" height="489" width="385"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, +after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and +daughters born to David. And these be the names of those that +were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and +Nathan, and Solomon, Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and +Japhia, and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.—2 Samuel v. +13-16.</p> + +<p>And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, +and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name +Solomon: and the Lord loved him.—2 Samuel xii, 24.</p> + +<p>So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of +David. And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty +years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three +years reigned he in Jerusalem.</p> + +<p>Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father, and his +kingdom was established greatly.—1 Kings ii, 10-12.</p> + +<p>And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, +and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea +shore. And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the +children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. For he +was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and +Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all +nations round about. And he spake three thousand proverbs: and +his songs were a thousand and five. And he spake of trees, from +the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that +springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, +and of creeping things, and of fishes. And there came of all +people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the +earth, which had heard of his wisdom.—2 Kings iv, 29-34.</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="037"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>THE JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/037.jpg"><img alt="037th.jpg (37K)" src="images/037th.jpg" height="478" width="379"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, +and stood before him.</p> + +<p>And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in +one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. +And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, +that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there +was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. +And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid +it. And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, +while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid +her dead child in my bosom. And when I rose in the morning to +give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had +considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I +did bear.</p> + +<p>And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and +the dead is thy son.</p> + +<p>And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and, the living is +my son.</p> + +<p>Thus they spake before the king.</p> + +<p>Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, +and thy son is the dead—and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is +the dead, and my son is the living. And the king said, Bring me a +sword.</p> + +<p>And they brought a sword before the king.</p> + +<p>And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give +half to the one, and half to the other.</p> + +<p>Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, +for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, +give her the living child, and in no wise slay it.</p> + +<p>But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but +divide it.</p> + +<p>Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, +and in no wise slay it she is the mother thereof.</p> + +<p>And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had +judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of +God was in him, to do judgment. 1 Kings iii, 16-28.</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="038"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>THE CEDARS DESTINED FOR THE TEMPLE.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/038.jpg"><img alt="038th.jpg (42K)" src="images/038th.jpg" height="485" width="383"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he +had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his +father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.</p> + +<p>And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, Thou knowest how that David +my father could not build a house unto the name of the Lord his +God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the +Lord put them under the soles of his feet. But now the Lord my +God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither +adversary nor evil occurrent. And, behold: I purpose to build a +house unto the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake unto +David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne +in thy room, he shall build a house unto my name. Now therefore +command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my +servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give +hire for the servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: +for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to +hew timber like unto the Sidonians.</p> + +<p>And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, +that he rejoiced greatly and said, Blessed be the Lord this day, +which hath given unto David a wise son over this great, people. +And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things +which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire +concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir: My +servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I +will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt +appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou +shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in +giving food for my household.</p> + +<p>So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to +all his desire.</p> + +<p>And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for +food to his household and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave +Solomon to Hiram year by year.</p> + +<p>And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and +there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a +league together.</p> + +<p>And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy +was thirty thousand men. And he sent them to Lebanon, ten +thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and +two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy. And Solomon +had three score and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore +thousand hewers in the mountains beside the chief of Solomon's +officers which were over the work, three thousand and +three-hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the +work. And the king commanded and they brought great stones, +costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the' +house. And Solomon's builders, and Hiram's builders did hew them, +and the stone-squarers; so they prepared timber and stones to +build the house.—1 Kings v.</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="039"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>THE PROPHET SLAIN BY A LION.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/039.jpg"><img alt="039th.jpg (29K)" src="images/039th.jpg" height="459" width="385"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came +and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day +in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they +told also to their father. And their father said unto them, What +way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, +which came, from Judah. And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the +ass. So they saddled him the, ass: and he rode thereon, and went +after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he +said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? +And he said, I am. Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and +eat bread. And he, said, I may not return with thee, nor go in +with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in +this place: for it was said to me by the word of the Lord, Thou +shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by +the way that thou camest. He said unto him, I am a prophet also +as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, +saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may +eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. So he went back +with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.</p> + +<p>And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word +of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back: and he +cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus +saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the +Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God +commanded thee, but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk +water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no +bread, and drink no water; thy carcass shall not come unto the +sepulchre of thy fathers.</p> + +<p>And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he +had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the +prophet whom he had brought back.</p> + +<p>And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: +and his carcass was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the +lion also stood by the carcass.</p> + +<p>And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcass cast in the +way, and the lion standing by the carcass: and they came and told +it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. And when the prophet +that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is; +the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the Lord: +therefore the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath +torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which +he spake unto him. And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me +the ass. And they saddled him.</p> + +<p>And he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass +and the lion standing by the carcass: the lion had not eaten the +carcass, nor torn the ass.—2 Kings xiii, II-28.</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="040"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>ELIJAH DESTROYING THE MESSENGERS OF AHAZIAH.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/040.jpg"><img alt="040th.jpg (36K)" src="images/040th.jpg" height="490" width="383"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber +that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and +said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron +whether I shall recover of this disease.</p> + +<p>But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, +go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto +them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that 'ye go +to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? Now therefore thus +saith the Lord, Thou; shalt not come down from that bed on which +thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.</p> + +<p>And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto +them, Why are ye now turned back? And they said unto him, There +came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto +the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is +it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to +enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not +come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt +surely die. And he said unto them, What manner of man was he +which came up to meet you, and told you these words? And they +answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of +leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the +Tishbite.</p> + +<p>Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. +And he went up to him and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. +And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come +down. And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I +be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume +thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven and +consumed him and his fifty.</p> + +<p>Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his +fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath +the king said, Come down quickly. And Elijah answered and said +unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, +and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down +from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.</p> + +<p>And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. +And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his +knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man +of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy +servants, be precious in thy sight. Behold, there came fire down +from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties +with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy +sight.</p> + +<p>And the angel of the lord said unto Elijah, Go down with him: +be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto +the king. And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as +thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of +Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of +his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on +which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.</p> + +<p>So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had +spoken.—2 Kings i, 2-17.</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="041"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>ELIJAH'S ASCENT IN A CHARIOT OF FIRE.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/041.jpg"><img alt="041th.jpg (32K)" src="images/041th.jpg" height="491" width="379"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into +heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. +And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the +Lord hath sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha said unto him, As the +Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So +they went down to Beth-el.</p> + +<p>And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth +to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will +take away thy master from thy head to-day? And he said, Yea, I +know it; hold ye your peace. And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, +tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. +And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will +not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.</p> + +<p>And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to +Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take +away thy master from thy head to-day? And he answered, Yea, I +know it; hold ye your peace. And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I +pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan. And he +said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not +leave thee. And they two went on.</p> + +<p>And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to +view afar off and they two stood by Jordan.</p> + +<p>And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote +the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that +they two went over on dry ground.</p> + +<p>And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah +said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken +away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double +portion of thy spirit be upon me. And he said, Thou hast asked a +hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from +thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be +so.</p> + +<p>And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, +behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and +parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into +heaven.—2 Kings ii, I-II.</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="042"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>THE DEATH OF JEZEBEL.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/042.jpg"><img alt="042th.jpg (34K)" src="images/042th.jpg" height="476" width="370"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and +she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a +window. And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri +peace, who slew his master?</p> + +<p>And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on +my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. +And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of +her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses and he +trod her under foot. And when he was come in, he did eat and +drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for +she is a king's daughter. And they went to bury her: but they +found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms +of her hands. Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he +said, This is the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servant +Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs +eat the flesh of Jezebel: and the carcass of Jezebel shall be as +dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so +that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.—2 Kings ix, 30-37.</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="043"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>ESTHER CONFOUNDING HAMAN.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/043.jpg"><img alt="043th.jpg (35K)" src="images/043th.jpg" height="478" width="372"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the +queen.</p> + +<p>And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the +banquet of wine What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall +be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be +performed, even to the half of the kingdom.</p> + +<p>Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor +in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be +given me at my petition, and my people at my request: for we are +sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to +perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had +held my tongue although the enemy could not countervail the +king's damage.</p> + +<p>Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the +queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his +heart to do so?</p> + +<p>And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked +Haman.</p> + +<p>Then, Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. And the +king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the +palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to +Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined +against him by the king.</p> + +<p>Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place +of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon +Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also +before me in the house?</p> + +<p>As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's +face. And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the +king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had +made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in +the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.</p> + +<p>So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for +Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.—Esther vii.</p> + + + + + + +<br> +<br> + + + +<center> +<table summary="" cellPadding=4 border=3> +<tr><td> + <a href="p3.htm">Previous Part</a> +</td><td> + <a href="8710-h.htm">Main Index</a> +</td><td> + <a href="p5.htm">Next Part</a> + </td></tr> +</table> +</center> +<br><br> + +</body> +</html> + |