{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_8702/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_8702","id":"gutenberg_8702","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8702","summary":null,"tags":["Bible -- Illustrations","Category: Art","Category: Religion/Spirituality"],"text":"Produced by David Widger\n\n\n\n\n\n              THE DORE GALLERY OF BIBLE ILLUSTRATIONS\n\n                  Illustrated by Gustave Dore\n\n                          Volume 2.\n\n\n\n\nTHE TRIAL OF THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM.\n\n\nAnd it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and\nsaid unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take\nnow thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into\nthe land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of\nthe mountains which I will tell thee of.\n\nAnd Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took\ntwo of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for\nthe burnt offering, and rose up and went unto the place of which God had\ntold him. Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the\nplace afar off. And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with\nthe ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to\nyou. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it upon\nIsaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand and a knife, and they\nwent both of them together. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and\nsaid, My father: and he, said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the\nfire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And\nAbraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt\noffering: so they went both of them together. And they came to the place\nwhich God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the\nwood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon\nthe wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand and took the knife to slay\nhis son. And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and\nsaid, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not\nthine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him: for now I\nknow that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine\nonly son, from me. And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold\nbehind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and\ntook the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his\nson.\n\nAnd Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is to this\nday, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.\n\nAnd the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second\ntime, and said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou\nhast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, that\nin blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy\nseed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore;\nand thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; and in thy seed shall\nall the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my\nvoice.--Geneszs xxii. 1-18.\n\n\n\n\nTHE BURIAL OF SARAH.\n\n\nAnd Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old these were the\nyears of the life of Sarah. And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is\nHebron in the land of Canaan and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to\nweep for her.\n\nAnd Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of\nHeth, saying, I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a\npossession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my\nsight.\n\nAnd the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, Hear us, my\nlord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres\nbury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but\nthat thou mayest bury thy dead.\n\nAnd Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even\nto the children of Heth. And he communed with them, saying, If it be your\nmind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for\nme to Ephron the son of Zohar, that he may give me the cave of Machpelah,\nwhich he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it\nis worth he shall give it me for a possession of a burying-place amongst\nyou.\n\nAnd Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite\nanswered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all\nthat went in at the gate of his city, saying, Nay, my lord, hear me: the\nfield give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the\npresence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.\n\nAnd Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. And he\nspake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But\nif thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for\nthe field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.\n\nAnd Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, My lord, hearken unto me:\nthe land is worth four hundred shekels of silver: what is that betwixt me\nand thee? bury therefore thy dead.\n\nAnd Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the\nsilver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four\nhundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.\n\nAnd the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre,\nthe field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in\nthe field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure unto\nAbraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before\nall that went in at the gate of his city.\n\nAnd after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of\nMachpelah before Mamre; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. And the\nfield, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a\npossession of a burying-place by the sons of Heth.--Genesis xxiii.\n\n\n\n\nELIEZER AND REBEKAH.\n\n\nAnd the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and\nsware to him concerning that matter.\n\nAnd the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and\ndeparted; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose\nand went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. And he made his camels\nto kneel down, without the city by a well of water at the time of the\nevening, even the time that women go out to draw water. And he said, O\nLord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day,\nand shew kindness unto my master Abraham. Behold, I stand here by the\nwell of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw:\nwater: and let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let\ndown thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say,\nDrink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that\nthou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that\nthou hast shewed kindness unto my master.\n\nAnd it came to pass before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah\ncame out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor,\nAbraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. And the damsel was\nvery fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she\nwent down to the well, and filled her pitcher and came up. And the\nservant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little\nwater of thy pitcher. And she said, Drink, my lord; and she hasted, and\nlet down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. And when she had\ndone giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also,\nuntil they have done drinking. And she hasted and emptied her pitcher\ninto the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for\nall his camels.\n\nAnd the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had\nmade his journey prosperous or not.\n\nAnd it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a\ngolden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands\nof ten shekels weight of gold: and said, Whose daughter art thou? tell\nme, I pray thee; is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?\nAnd she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah,\nwhich she bare unto Nahor. She said moreover unto him, We have both straw\nand provender enough, and room to lodge in.\n\nAnd the man bowed down his head and worshiped the Lord. And he said,\nBlessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute\nmy master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me\nto the house of my master's brethren.\n\nAnd the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these\nthings.--Genesis xxiv, 9-28.\n\n\n\n\nISAAC BLESSING JACOB.\n\n\nAnd it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so\nthat he could not see, he called Esau, his eldest son, and said unto him,\nMy son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. And he said, Behold now,\nI am old, I know not the day of my death: Now therefore take, I pray\nthee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and\ntake me some venison; And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring\nit to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.\n\nAnd Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the\nfield to hunt for venison, and to bring it.\n\nAnd Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father\nspeak unto Esau thy brother, saying, Bring me venison, and make me\nsavoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my\ndeath. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I\ncommand thee. Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids\nof the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father such as he\nloveth; And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that\nhe may bless thee before his death.\n\nAnd Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy\nman, and I am a smooth man: My father peradventure will feel me, and I\nshall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and\nnot a blessing.\n\nAnd his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my\nvoice, and go fetch me them.\n\nAnd he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother\nmade savoury meat, such as his father loved. And Rebekah took goodly\nraiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put\nthem upon Jacob her younger son: And she put the skins of the kids of the\ngoats upon his hands and upon the smooth of his neck: And she gave the\nsavoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her\nson Jacob.\n\nAnd he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I;\nwho art thou, my son? And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first\nborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit\nand eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. And Isaac said unto\nhis son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he\nsaid, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me. And Isaac said unto\nJacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou\nbe my very son Esau or not. And Jacob went; near unto Isaac his father;\nand he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are\nthe hands of Esau. And he discerned him not, because his hands were\nhairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.\n\nAnd he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. And he said,\nBring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may\nbless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat; and he brought\nhim wine, and he drank. And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near\nnow, and kiss me, my son. And he came near, and kissed him: and he\nsmelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the\nsmell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed:\nTherefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the\nearth, and plenty of corn and wine: Let people serve thee, and nations\nbow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons\nbow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be\nhe that blesseth thee.--Genesis xxvii. 1-29.\n\n\n\n\nJACOB TENDING THE FLOCKS OF LABAN.\n\n\nAnd while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep:\nfor she kept them. And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the\ndaughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his\nmother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the\nwell's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. And\nJacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. And Jacob told\nRachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son:\nand she ran and told her father.\n\nAnd it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's\nson, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and\nbrought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. And Laban\nsaid to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him\nthe space of a month. And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my\nbrother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for naught? tell me, what\nshall thy wages be?\n\nAnd Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name\nof the younger was Rachel. Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful\nand well favoured.\n\nAnd Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for\nRachel thy younger daughter. And Laban said, It is better that I give her\nto thee, than that I should give her to another man; abide with me.\n\nAnd Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a\nfew days, for the love he had for her. And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me\nmy wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.\n\nAnd Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.\nAnd it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and\nbrought her to him; and he went in unto her. And Laban gave unto his\ndaughter Leah Zilpah his maid, for an handmaid. And it came to pass that\nin the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this\nthou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore\nthen hast thou beguiled me? And Laban said, It must not be so done in our\ncountry, to give the younger before the firstborn. Fulfil her week, and\nwe will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with\nme yet seven other years.\n\nAnd Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week; and he gave him Rachel his\ndaughter to wife also. And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his\nhandmaid to be her maid. And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved\nalso Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other\nyears.--Genesis xxix, 9-30.\n\n\n\n\nJOSEPH SOLD INTO EGYPT.\n\n\nThese are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old,\nwas feeding the flock with his brethren, and the lad was with the sons of\nBilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph\nbrought unto his father their evil report. Now Israel loved Joseph more\nthan all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made\nhim a coat of many colors. And when his brethren saw that their father\nloved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak\npeaceably unto him.\n\nAnd Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated\nhim yet the more. And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream\nwhich I have dreamed. For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field,\nand, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your\nsheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. And his\nbrethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou\nindeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his\ndreams and for his words.\n\nAnd he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said,\nBehold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon\nand the eleven stars made obeisance to me. And he told it to his father\nand to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What\nis this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy\nbrethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth. And his\nbrethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.\n\nAnd his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.\n\nAnd Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. And when\nthey saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired\nagainst him to slay him. And they said one to another, Behold, this\ndreamer cometh. Come now, therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him\ninto some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him; and we\nshall see what will become of his dreams. And Reuben heard it, and he\ndelivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. And\nReuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is\nin the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of\ntheir hands to deliver him to his father again.\n\nAnd it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they\nstript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him;\nand they took him and cast him into a pit; and the pit was empty, there\nwas no water in it. And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up\ntheir eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from\nGilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to\ncarry it down to Egypt. And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is\nit if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? Come, and let us sell\nhim to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our\nbrother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.\n\nThen there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up\nJoseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty\npieces of silver; and they brought Joseph into Egypt.\n\nAnd the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of\nPharaoh's, and captain of the guard.--Genesis xxxvii, 2--12, 17-28, 36\n\n\n\n\nJOSEPH INTERPRETING PHARAOH'S DREAM.\n\n\nAnd it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed:\nand, behold, he stood by the river. And, behold, there came up out of the\nriver seven well favoured kine and fat-fleshed; and they fed in a meadow.\nAnd, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill\nfavoured and lean-fleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of\nthe river. And the ill favored and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven\nwell favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.\n\nAnd he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn\ncame up upon one stalk, rank and good. And, behold, seven thin ears and\nblasted with the east wind sprung up after them. And the seven thin ears\ndevoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it\nwas a dream.\n\nAnd it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he\nsent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men\nthereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could\ninterpret them unto Pharaoh.\n\n[At the suggestion of his chief butler Pharaoh sends for Joseph and\nrelates to him his dreams, which Joseph interprets as follows:]\n\nAnd Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath\nshewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. The seven good kine are seven\nyears; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. And the\nseven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years;\nand the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years\nof famine. This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God\nis about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. Behold, there come seven years of\ngreat plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: And there shall arise\nafter them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten\nin the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; and the\nplenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following;\nfor it shall be very grievous. And for that the dream was doubled unto\nPharaoh twice it is because the thing is established by God, and God will\nshortly bring it to pass.\n\nNow therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him\nover the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers\nover the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the\nseven plenteous years. And let them gather all the food of those good\nyears that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them\nkeep food in the cities. And that food shall be for store to the land\nagainst the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt;\nthat the land perish not through the famine.--Genesis xli. 1-36.\n\n\n\n\nJOSEPH MAKING HIMSELF KNOWN TO HIS BRETHREN.\n\n\nThen Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him;\nand he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man\nwith him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. And he wept\naloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.\n\nAnd Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live?\nAnd his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his\npresence. And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you.\nAnd they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold\ninto Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that\nye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. For\nthese two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five\nyears, in which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. And God sent\nme before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your\nlives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you that sent me hither,\nbut God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his\nhouse, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. Haste ye, and go up\nto my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made\nme lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: And thou shalt dwell\nin the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy\nchildren, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and\nall that thou hast. And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five\nyears of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast,\ncome to poverty. And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother\nBenjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. And ye shall tell\nmy father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye\nshall haste and bring down my father hither.\n\nAnd he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept\nupon his neck. Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them:\nand after that his brethren talked with him.\n\nAnd the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's\nbrethren are come and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.\n\nAnd Pharaoh said unto Joseph, say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade\nyour beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; and take your\nfather and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the\ngood of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.--Genesis\nxlv, 1-18.\n\n\n\n\nMOSES IN THE BULRUSHES.\n\n\nAnd there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of\nLevi. And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that\nhe was a goodly child, she hid him three months. And when she could not\nlonger hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with\nslime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the\nflags by the river's brink. And his sister stood afar off, to wit what\nwould be done to him.\n\nAnd the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and\nher maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark\namong the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened\nit, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion\non him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. Then said his\nsister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the\nHebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? And Pharaoh's\ndaughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's\nmother. And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and\nnurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the\nchild and nursed it.\n\nAnd the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he\nbecame her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I\ndrew him out of the water.--Exodus ii, 1-10.\n\n\n\n\nTHE WAR AGAINST GIBEON.\n\n\nTherefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king\nof Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon,\ngathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and\nencamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.\n\nAnd the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying,\nSlack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us\nand help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the\nmountains are gathered together against us.\n\nSo Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him,\nand all the mighty men of valor. And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear them\nnot: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of\nthem stand before thee. Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and\nwent up from Gilgal all night. And the Lord discomfited them before\nIsrael, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them\nalong the way that goeth up to Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and\nunto Makkedah. And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and\nwere in the going down to Beth-horon, that the Lord cast down great\nstones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more\nwhich died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew\nwith the sword.\n\nThen spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the\nAmorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of\nIsrael, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley\nof Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people\nhad avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the\nbook of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and\nhastened not to go down about a whole day. And there was no day like that\nbefore it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man:\nfor the Lord fought for Israel.\n\nAnd Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.\nBut these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah. And\nit was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at\nMakkedah. And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave,\nand set men by it for to keep them: and stay ye not, but pursue after\nyour enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter\ninto their cities; for the Lord your God hath delivered them into your\nhand.\n\nAnd it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an\nend of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed,\nthat the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities. Joshua\nx, 5-20.\n\n\n\n\nSISERA SLAIN BY JAEL.\n\n\nNow Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab, the\nfather-in-law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched\nhis tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.\n\nAnd they shewed Sisera that Barak, the son of Abinoam, was gone up to\nMount Tabor. And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine\nhundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from\nHarosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.\n\nAnd Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the Lord\nhath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the Lord gone out before\nthee? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after\nhim.\n\nAnd the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots and all his host,\nwith the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off\nhis chariot, and fled away on his feet. But Barak pursued after the\nchariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the\nhost of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man\nleft.\n\nHowbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael, the wife of\nHeber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and\nthe house of Heber the Kenite. And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said\nunto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had\nturned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle. And he\nsaid unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am\nthirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered\nhim. Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall\nbe, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man\nhere? that thou shalt say, No. Then Jael, Heber's wife, took a nail of\nthe tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and\nsmote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he\nwas fast asleep and weary. So he died.\n\nAnd, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said\nunto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest. And when\nhe came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his\ntemples. Judges iv, 2-22.","title":"The Dor\u00e9 Bible Gallery, Volume 2","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":5715}