Category: Mother Stories
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Nathan Reproving the King
NATHAN REPROVING THE KING David was now King. He had great riches and honour, and a palace had been built for him. He had brought the ark from Kirjath-jearim, and placed it in the tabernacle prepared for it at Jerusalem, and he now reigned over all the people of Israel and Judah. But David did…
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David and Goliath
DAVID AND GOLIATH How attentively David looks at the stones in his hand. His sling is on his arm, and his bag by his side. What is he about to do with those stones? And who is that tall man in armour, strutting about with such a long spear in his hand? Two armies were…
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Playing on the Harp Before Saul
PLAYING ON THE HARP BEFORE SAUL We are not told much in the Bible concerning the early life of David. He was born in Bethlehem. We have seen who his father was, but I do not find that his mother’s name is given. His own name means “beloved.” What a happy name! He must have…
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Death of Eli and his sons
DEATH OF ELI AND HIS SONS In the morning Samuel feared to tell Eli what the Lord had shown him; but Eli bade him do so, saying to Samuel, “God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all that He said unto thee.” So Samuel told Eli…
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Eli and Samuel
ELI AND SAMUEL Elkanah went up to Shiloh yearly to offer sacrifice: and when Samuel was old enough, Hannah went with her husband and took her little boy with her. They came to Eli the high priest, and Hannah said: “Oh, my Lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here praying. For this…
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Hannah Praying Before the Lord
HANNAH PRAYING BEFORE THE LORD The Tabernacle, which had been set up by the Israelites in the wilderness, was after the conquest of Canaan erected at Shiloh, a city about ten miles south of Shechem. There it remained for more than three hundred years. No Temple was at Jerusalem in those days, so the Jewish…
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Boaz and Ruth
BOAZ AND RUTH When Naomi returned to Bethlehem she was poor. The poor were allowed at harvest time to follow the reapers; gleaning or gathering up the stray ears of corn. One day, Ruth obtained permission from her mother-in-law to go gleaning, and went to glean in the field of a rich man named Boaz,…
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Ruth and Naomi
RUTH AND NAOMI Naomi was the wife of a Jew named Elimelech, who left his own city of Bethlehem to go into the land of Moab, because there was a famine in Canaan. Some time afterwards he died, leaving Naomi a widow with two sons, all dwellers in a strange land. Her sons married two…
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The Death of Samson
THE DEATH OF SAMSON Samson’s birth was foretold by an angel. He was to grow up a Nazarite, forbidden to drink strong drink, neither was his head to be shaved. His strength was very great; but his marriage was sinful, and his doings with the idolatrous Philistines terrible. Though an Israelite and a judge, I…
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The Defeat of the Midianites
THE DEFEAT OF THE MIDIANITES Large numbers of the Israelites gathered around Gideon, prepared to fight against the Midianites, who were encamped in a valley, “like grasshoppers for multitude.” How Gideon’s host was reduced till only three hundred men remained, and the wonderful dream he heard related, when he and his servant went down as…