| John Henry Blunt - 1872 - 494 páginas
...previous numberings by Moses, those under twenty years of age were not to be taken into account at all, " because the Lord had said He would increase Israel like to the stars of the heaven ;" but the census of the rest did not extend beyond the fighting men, and " Joab the son of... | |
| Henry Cadwallader Adams - 1873 - 452 páginas
...is the natural conclusion one would draw from Scripture, especially from I. Chronicles xxvii. 23 : " David took not the number of them from twenty years...increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens," that is, make them a multitude which no man could number. CLEMENT. But how then do you account for... | |
| William Mackergo Taylor - 1874 - 418 páginas
...have shrunk from adding up the total, for it is recorded (i Chron. xxvii., 23) that he did not take " the number of them from twenty years old and under...increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens." Thus this census was never finished ; and it is solemnly said, " Neither was the number put in the... | |
| Elizabeth Jane Whately - 1875 - 148 páginas
...distinct command : and we find one passage which leads us to infer that such a command had been given: "David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, * " Sam. xxiv. because the Lord had said He would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens."... | |
| Edwin Hobson - 1877 - 408 páginas
...complete. In 1 Chron. xxvii. 23, we are told that the census was not taken of any under twenty years old, " because the Lord had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens ; " David seems to have had a feeling that it would be irreverent to count that which God had promised... | |
| John Keble - 1877 - 370 páginas
...and elsewhere, pro V"D? [borders in sense of territories]. OTTO iurovf KTX] Cf. i Chron. xxvii. 23, David took not the number of them from twenty years old, and under; 2 Chron. xxxi. 1 6, From three years old, and upwards. VER. 1 8. 3><j)vr) ev 'Papa ^Kovcrdr), 6pr]vo<;... | |
| John Anderson (M.R.C.S.) - 1878 - 226 páginas
...your God with you ? (xxii. 18.) The Lord God of Israel hath given rest unto His people. (xxiii. 25.J The Lord had said He would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens. (xxvii. 23.) Who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord ? {xxix. 5. ) repetition... | |
| Charles John Ellicott - 1883 - 558 páginas
...Abner : f22' of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel. (as) But David took not the number of them from twenty...increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens. W> Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because a there fell wrath for it... | |
| Joseph Parker - 1888 - 380 páginas
...light. — Let us learn all we can from them, and grow in wisdom and in ability to fulfil our destiny. " But David took not the number of them from twenty...increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.'"— i CHRON. xxvii. 23. David here showed himself to be at once a poet and a saint. — He could have numbered... | |
| Charles John Ellicott (bp. of Gloucester) - 1883 - 556 páginas
...14. 5, &C.; CU.JL7. 1 Heb., ascended. of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel (23) But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under : because the LOED had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of tho heavens. (24) Joab the son of Zeruiah... | |
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