. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . o On Solomon, the Wise Man. 191 And when the ark was put in its place, and thepriests came out, there was such a cloud in the housethat all stood still. For the Lord was in the cloud. Then Sol-o-mon stood up, andwith raised handsasked him to comedown and dwell inthe house, and todwell in menshearts, that theymight walk in theright way, and loveGod all their days. Now the fameof Sol-o-mon cameto the ears of a richqueen, who dweltat She-ba, and shethought she wouldlike to see if thisman was as wis
. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . o On Solomon, the Wise Man. 191 And when the ark was put in its place, and thepriests came out, there was such a cloud in the housethat all stood still. For the Lord was in the cloud. Then Sol-o-mon stood up, andwith raised handsasked him to comedown and dwell inthe house, and todwell in menshearts, that theymight walk in theright way, and loveGod all their days. Now the fameof Sol-o-mon cameto the ears of a richqueen, who dweltat She-ba, and shethought she wouldlike to see if thisman was as wiseand rich as he was J i-~ L~ CL~ QUEEN OF SHE-BA. said to be. bhe had a long way to come, and a great train came withher, and these brought loads of rich spice, andgold and sil-ver and gems of worth. And the queen. 192 History of the Old Testament had a talk with Sol-o-mon and he told her all sheought to know. And she said to the king, What I had heard ofthee in my own lands I did not think could be I came to see for my-self, and I find the halfwas not told me. So she gave rich gifts to Sol-o-mon, and he gave rich gifts to her, and the queenwent back to her own land. Now it was thought no sin in those days for aman to have more than one wife. And some of Sol-o-mons wives had been brought up to serve falsegods. And it was a sin for the king to wed withsuch. And as he grew old these wives made himserve their Gods, and turn from the true God whomhe had been taught to love and fear. And this did not please the Lord, and he saidthat Sol-o-mons son should not be king when Sol-o-mon died. For Da-vids sake he would let him bea prince of two tribes all the days of his life. Butten tribes he would take from him. And foes rose up to plague Sol-o-mon, and forhis sins he had to give up the peace and
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