...of his sins, and that his last days were penitent. His reign, on the whole, was most prosperous. " Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by...multitude, eating and drinking and making merry." From Dan even to Beersheba, they dwelt safely every man " under his vine and under his fig-tree." The...

...how could there be a livelier representation of those times than in the history of that prince ? " Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by...multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the...

...had twelve officers over all Israel to provide victuals for his household. Judah and Israel were as many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. When Solomon grew older he offended God ; he took a great many wives from strange nations. He served...

...the stars of heaven for multitude."* And we read of them, four hundred and fifty years afterwards, " Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude."* This increase was preternatural, and was the effect of a peculiar blessing. And we need not ask the...

...of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan, and he was the only officer which was in the land. 20 IT 21 And "Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto...

...to enjoy. And this the kingdom of Christ, when fully come, shall evince. The days of Solomon, when " Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by...multitude, eating, and drinking, and making merry," but faintly foreshadowed the prosperity which shall then be witnessed. For the millions of earth's...

...pastures, and s. hundred sheep, besides harts, and roe-bucks, and fallow-deer, and fatted fowls. ' Judah and Israel were many, as the sand . which is...multitude^ 'eating and drinking, and making merry ; for all 'dwelt safely, every man under his vine and 'under his fig-tree, from "flan even to ' Beershfba,...

...sins, and that his last days were penitent. His reign, on the whole, was most prosperous. " Judah.and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea...multitude, eating and drinking and making merry." From Dan even to Beersheba, they dwelt safely every man " under his vine and under his fig-tree." The...

...officers05 over all Israel to providevictuals for his household. Judah and Israel were as 'many ae the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and 'making merry. When Solomon grew older he offended God ; he Took a great many wives from 'strange nations. He 'served...

...Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as sycamore trees that are in the vale for abundance ; and Judah and Israel were many ; as the sand which is by the sea-shore for multitude, eating, and drinking, and making merry.' (1 Kings, x. 27.) After the death...