The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story (1891) (14761989226)

Identifier: biblepanoramaorh00fost (find matches)
Title: The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Foster, William A. (from old catalog)
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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e heathen nations aroundthem, and taken heathen women for their wives. When Ezra heard their words, he was filled with sorrow; he rent his clothesand plucked off the hair of his head, and sat down in great distress. Then he kneeled down and spread out his hands, and prayed, saying, O myGod, I am ashamed to lift up my face to thee; because the sins of the childrenof Israel are so many and so great, that they are like a mountain reaching up tothe skies. All our lives we have been sinning against thee, and because of oursins thou hast let the heathen nations gain the victory over us, and they havekilled our people with the sword, and made us their captives, as we are at this day. When Ezra had prayed and confessed the wickedness of the people, there came to him great numbers of men and women and children, who were weeping on account of the sins that had been done. After this the people came before Ezra and the chief elders, and confessed their sins, and promised to do what was right. 198
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KING ARTAXERXES GRANTS PERMISSION TO AFX THE JEWS TO GO TO JERU! ALEM. l.i.i Ezra VII. 13. I King Ahasueeus Makes a Decree. 7 ; fHE Jews did not all go back to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel and Ezra: manyof them continued to live in the land of Persia. And the name of the king who then reigned over Persia was Ahasuerus.In the third year of his reign he made a great feast for his servants in the court,or garden, of his palace, that was in the city of Shushan, where the kings ofPersia lived during the winter. Around the court were hung curtains of whiteand green and blue, which were fastened by cords and silver rings, to pillars ofmarble. The beds in the palace were made of gold and silver, and the pavementwas of red and blue, and white and black marble. The persons at the feastdrank out of vessels of gold, and the kings wine was given in abundance, sothat every man might drink as much as he wanted. Vashti, the queen, also made a feast for the women in the palace of kingAhasuerus. And on th