...the missionary field. It might be said of Oregon, with peculiar truth and propriety, " In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes." But time brought changes, and in these changes originated the absolute necessity...

...of Saul's entering on the kingdom. This is implied by the expression in xvii.6, — ' In those days there was no king In Israel ; but every man did that which was right in his own eyes/ — which is repeated in xviii.l,xix.l,xxi. 25; and more especially by the statement...

...extent Hence, probably, that expression which occurs repeatedly in the Book of Judges : ' In those days . in his own eyes' (xvii. 6 ; xviii. 1 ; xix. 1 ; xxi. 25). Hence, too, it probably was that they were...

...made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. 6In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes. 7 And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was...

...versally diffused before the war. If the condition of America was not exactly like the time when ' there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes,' it was not for want of the most open proclamation and the most barefaced examples...

...taste, according to chance : but each party seems bent on carrying out a notion ; as in those days when there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes ! The cure thinks himself fortunate in seeing his church ornamented. The bishop thinks...

...author of the Book of Judges conveyed indeed an implied disapproval of Micah's images, "In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes";12 but he regarded the matter from his own point of view and by the light of later...

...said in its vindication, except that it accorded with the state of the country "in those days when there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes." It is right to note, however, that whatever there may have been wrong in Jephthah's...

...house. Micah had these images made, and consecrated one of his sons to be his priest. "In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes." A Levite from Bethlehem came to Mount Ephraim, seeking a situation, and met with...

...Subjects and Vassals, and the People all Kings and Monarchs. Certainly they were glorious Days, when there was no King in Israel, but every Man did that which was right in his own Eyes. But 'tis Observable, that whenever that Circumstance happens to be spoken of, some...