. What the world believes, the false and the true, embracing the people of all races and nations, their peculiar teachings, rites, ceremonies, from the earliest pagan times to the present, to which is added an account of what the world believes today, by countries. vices. They defeated theenemies of their country, and contributed much to establishthe nation in its possessions. The people paid a high respectto these officers, and also to the priests, but they acknowl-edged no other king than God. As this state of things, so long continued, became irksometo the Israelites, and they desired a kin
. What the world believes, the false and the true, embracing the people of all races and nations, their peculiar teachings, rites, ceremonies, from the earliest pagan times to the present, to which is added an account of what the world believes today, by countries. vices. They defeated theenemies of their country, and contributed much to establishthe nation in its possessions. The people paid a high respectto these officers, and also to the priests, but they acknowl-edged no other king than God. As this state of things, so long continued, became irksometo the Israelites, and they desired a king, so as to be like thenations around them, a king was granted to them, but withthe expressed disapprobation of their great spiritual , the son of Kish, was the first king of Israel. Havingbeen privately anointed by Samuel, he was afterwards pub-licly proclaimed, 1079 years The nomination of Saultook place by divine instruction, but may be admired on theplainest principles of human policy. He was selected froma tribe which could not well be an object of jealousy, like thegreat rival tribes of Judah and Ephraim, and he belonged toa part of the country which was most exposed to enemies,and which of course felt most interested in repelling davids tomb, mount zion. THE REIGN OF KING DAVID. 215 Besides, nature had marked him out as no common man. Hepossessed a tall and striking person—an eminent distinctionin the East—and he proved himself, at times, capable of loftyaims. His reign was prosperous at first; he gained import-ant victories over his enemies, particularly the AmmonilPhilistines, and Amalekites ; but his evil propensities, atlength, obtaining the mastery over him, he spent the laslpart of his life in a most unhappy manner, and met withsignal disasters and ill success in the management of hiskingdom. He perished miserably. Being at war with thePhilistines, his army was routed, three of his sons were slain,and ho himself haying received a wound, an
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