The English Bible Volume 2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ... now therefore, Moab, to the spoile. And when they came to the campe of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fledde before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their countrey. And they beat downe the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it, and they stopped all the welles of water, and felled all the good trees: onely in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof: howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it. And when the king of Moab sawe that the battell was too sore CHAPTER for him, he tooke with him seven hundred men that drewe III swordes, to breake thorow even unto the king of Edom: but they The king of could not. Then hee tooke his eldest sonne that should have Moab, by reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the kingo?E8doms wall: and there was great indignation against Israel, and they sonne, raiseth departed from him, and returned to their owne land. tne sie8e CHAPTER IIII NOW there cryed a certaine woman of the wives of the Elisha multisonnes of the Prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant P16 le my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant 1 owes oy did feare the Lord: and the creditour is come to take unto him my two sonnes to be bondmen. And Elisha said unto her, What shall I doe for thee? Tell mee, what hast thou in the house? And shee sayd, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oyle. Then hee said, Goe, borrow thee vessels abroad, of all thy neighbours; even emptie vessels, borrow not a few. And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the doore upon thee, and upon thy sonnes, and shalt powre out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. So shee went from him, and shu...