A History of the Holy Bible

interspersed with moral reflections and instructive lessons. Translated from the French [of Nicolas Fontaine, assisted by L.I. Le Maistre de Saci], by the Rev. I. Reeve. Revised by the late Rev. William Gahan.

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A History of the Holy Bible

interspersed with moral reflections and instructive lessons. Translated from the French [of Nicolas Fontaine, assisted by L.I. Le Maistre de Saci], by the Rev. I. Reeve. Revised by the late Rev. William Gahan.

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Table of Contents

CONTENTS.
THE OLD TESTAMENT.
AGE I.
Creation of the World 9
Adam and Eve in Paradise 11 1
Fall of Adam 13
Punishment of Adam 16
Abel slain by Cain 19 128
Noah's Ark 21 1556
The Deluge 23 1656
AGE II.
Noah quits the Ark 26 1657
Tower of Babel 31 1757
AGE III.
Vocation of Abiaham 33 2083
Lot leaves Abraham 36 2084
Sodom consumed by fire 46 2107
Abraham's Sacrifice 53 2145
Isaac's Marriage 57 2148
Jacob and Esau 60 2168
Isaac blesses Jacob 63 2245
Rachel and Lia 68 2252
Jacob's Retujn 71 2265
Joseph sold by his Brothers 79 2276
Joseph's Chastity 82 2286
Joseph's Greatness 84 2287
Joseph discovered to his Brothers 91 2297
Jacob goes into Egypt 95 2298
Midwives of Egypt 97 2395
Moyses saved from the Nile 100 2433
AGE IV.
Moyses before Pharoah 107 2513
Plagues of Egypt 109
The Paschal Lamb 111
Law given on Mount Sinai 124 2513
The Brass Serpent 142 2552
Death of Moyses 144 2563
The Israelites take possession of the Land of Promise under Josue 145
Punishment of the Benjamites 146 2570
Sampson 148 2885
Samuel 150
Saul 150 2909
David 151
AGE V.
Solomon 155
Solomon's Temple 155 3000
The Schism of Samaria 158 3029
TheTrophell 163
Ellas 165 3092
Eliseus 169 3108
Destruction of the Kingdom of Israel 171 3282
Tobias 172 3286
Ezechias 173 3289
Destruction of the kingdom of Juda 177 3417
Holofernes 177 3338
The Prophet Jeremiah 178 3420
Captivity of Babylon 180 3398
Hebrews in the Fiery Furnace 183 3417
Nabachodonosor humbled 183 3434
Daniel in the Lions' Den 184 3442
Afflictions of Job 185
Friends of Job 188
AGE VI.
Temple of Jerusalem rebuilt 191 3468
Queen Esther 194 3495
Heliodorus 195 3828
Tremendous signs in the Heavens 198 3834
Martyrdom of Eleazar, and of the Machabees 200 3837
Mathathias and his five Sons 201
Judas Machabeus 202 3838
Antiochus 204 3841
Simon the High Priest 207 3861
John Hyrcanus 207
Jewish Sects 207
State of the World before the coming of the Messiah 209
The Regal Sceptre transferred 211 2963
The Birth of Jesus Christ 217 4000

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