. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . THE DEATH OF AB-SA-LOM. 184 History of the Old Testament. througn Ab-sa-lom, so that he died. And he wasthrown in-to a pit that was in the wood, and a greatheap of stones was piled on him. And all the men who had been withhim went back totheir tents. Da-vid sat inthe gate, and whenmen came backwith news of thefight, he would askof each one, IsAb-sa-lom safe?And at last one ofthem said, May allthe kings foes beas this- young manis. Then Da-vidknew that Ab-sa-lom was dead, andhe went to his ownroo
. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . THE DEATH OF AB-SA-LOM. 184 History of the Old Testament. througn Ab-sa-lom, so that he died. And he wasthrown in-to a pit that was in the wood, and a greatheap of stones was piled on him. And all the men who had been withhim went back totheir tents. Da-vid sat inthe gate, and whenmen came backwith news of thefight, he would askof each one, IsAb-sa-lom safe?And at last one ofthem said, May allthe kings foes beas this- young manis. Then Da-vidknew that Ab-sa-lom was dead, andhe went to his ownroom and he cried DA-VID HEAR-ING OF AB-SA-LOM S DEATH. # out with a loudvoice, O, my son, Ab-sa-lom; my son, my son Ab-sa-lom ! I would that God had let me die in thystead, O, Ab-sa-lom, my son, my son!. Solomon, the Wise Man, 185 Da-vid was king for two-score years, and was anold man when he died and had hosts of when he felt that his death was near, he badehis men take Sol-o-mon to a place called Gi-hon, andpour oil on his head. Then they were to blow thehorn and cry out, God save King Sol-o-mon. And this was done; and when Da-vid died, Sol-o-mon sat on his throne and ruled Is-ra-eL CHAPTER XV. SOLOMON, THE WISE MAN. Sol-o-mon gave his heart to God when he wasyoung, and tried to lead a good life, and to do nowrong. And God spoke to him in a dream onenight and said, Ask what I shall give thee. And Sol-o-mon said, Grant me, I pray thee awise mind that I may know right from wrong, andjudge well those who look up to me as their king. This speech pleased the Lord, and he said, Sincethou didst not ask me for great wealth, or for longlife, or that thy foes might be put to death, I willmake thee wise, and will give thee both great wealthand a long life if thou wilt serve me and
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