Category: THE WONDER BOOK OF BIBLE STORIES
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THE STORY OF THE GRAPES FROM CANAAN
THE STORY OF THE GRAPES FROM CANAAN The Israelites stayed in their camp before Mount Sinai almost a year, while they were building the Tabernacle and learning God’s laws given through Moses. At last the cloud over the Tabernacle rose up, and the people knew that this was the sign for them to move. They…
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THE STORY OF ELIJAH, THE PROPHET
THE STORY OF ELIJAH, THE PROPHET One of the greatest of all the kings of the Ten Tribes was Jeroboam the second. Under him the kingdom of Israel grew rich and strong. He conquered nearly all Syria, and made Samaria the greatest city of all those lands. But though Syria went down, another nation was…
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THE STORY OF MOSES, THE CHILD WHO WAS FOUND IN THE RIVER
THE STORY OF MOSES, THE CHILD WHO WAS FOUND IN THE RIVER The children of Israel stayed in the land of Egypt much longer than they had expected to stay. They were in that land about four hundred years. And the going down to Egypt proved a great blessing to them. It saved their lives…
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THE MYSTERY OF THE LOST BROTHER
THE MYSTERY OF THE LOST BROTHER The food which Jacob’s sons had brought from Egypt did not last long, for Jacob’s family was large. Most of his sons were married and had children of their own; so that the children and grandchildren were sixty-six, besides the servants who waited on them, and the men who…
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THE STORY OF SOLOMON AND HIS TEMPLE
THE STORY OF SOLOMON AND HIS TEMPLE During the later years of David’s reign, he laid up great treasure of gold and silver, and brass, and iron, for the building of a house to the Lord on Mount Moriah. This house was to be called “The Temple”; and it was to be made very beautiful,…
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THE STORY OF THE MONEY IN THE SACKS
THE STORY OF THE MONEY IN THE SACKS When Joseph was made ruler over the land of Egypt, he did just as he had always done. It was not Joseph’s way to sit down, to rest and enjoy himself, and make others wait on him. He found his work at once, and began to do…
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THE STORY OF THE CAVE OF ADULLAM
THE STORY OF THE CAVE OF ADULLAM Now Saul had a son, Jonathan, near David’s own age. He and David became fast friends and loved one another as brothers. Saul the king became very jealous of David because the people praised him after his fight with Goliath. He even threatened to take David’s life. He…
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THE DREAMS OF A KING
THE DREAMS OF A KING The men who bought Joseph from his brothers were called Ishmaelites, because they belonged to the family of Ishmael, who, you remember, was the son of Hagar, the servant of Sarah. These men carried Joseph southward over the plain which lies beside the great sea on the west of Canaan;…
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THE STORY OF THE FIGHT WITH THE GIANT
THE STORY OF THE FIGHT WITH THE GIANT All through the reign of Saul, there was constant war with the Philistines, who lived upon the lowlands west of Israel. At one time, when David was still with his sheep, a few years after he had been anointed by Samuel, the camps of the Philistines and…
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THE STORY OF DAVID, THE SHEPHERD BOY
THE STORY OF DAVID, THE SHEPHERD BOY Living at Ramah, in the mountains of Ephraim, there was a man whose name was Elkanah. He had two wives, as did many men in that time. One of these wives had children, but the other wife, whose name was Hannah, had no child. Every year Elkanah and…