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Historical Class Book: Containing Sketches of History from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Roman Empire in Italy, A.D. 476
Historical Class Book Containing Sketches of History from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Roman Empire in Italy AD 476 Author:William Sullivan General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1833 Original Publisher: Carter, Hendee, and Co. Subjects: History, Ancient Rome Greece History / Ancient / General History / Ancient / Greece History / Ancient / Rome History / World History / Europe / Greece Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of ... more »the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER VI. . The reigns of Saul, David, and Solomon, two thousand nine hundred and nine, to three thousand and twenty-nine; -- one hundred and twenty years. § 55. Soon after David's accession to the throne, came the most brilliant period in the history of the Israelites ; and that to which the most frequent reference is made at the present day. The reign of S'aul was turbulent and disastrous. He was engaged in frequent wars during his forty years, and was at first uniformly victorious over the different nations near to Canaan, on the east. But he at length incurred the divine displeasure and was rejected by God, as king; and David indicated as his successor.' In his last war with the Philistines, he fell on his own sword, through fear of being made a captive. David, the son of Jesse, of the tribe of Judah, was born at Bethlehem in the year 2919. This place, though inconsiderable in itself, is distinguished as the birth place of the Saviour. It is about six miles south-west of Jerusalem. To this place Samuel went to anoint the future king, who was then fifteen years of age. § 56. Seven sons of Jesse were presented to Samuel, who said that the one whom he sought, was not among them. David was pursuing a pastoral employment, and was called from the fields into the presence of Samuel. He was anointed, and then returned to his flocks; and soon after distinguished himself by vanquishing, with his...« less