{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_8705/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_8705","id":"gutenberg_8705","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8705","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 5.\n\n\n\nISAIAH.\n\n\nIsaiah (in Hebrew, Yeshayahu, \"Salvation of God\"), the earliest and most\nsublime of the four greater Hebrew prophets, was the son of Amoz (2 Kings\nxix, 2-20; Isaiah xxxvii, 2), and he uttered his oracles during the\nreigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. The dates\nof his birth and death are unknown, but he lived from about 760 B.C. to\nabout 700 B.C. He was married and had three sons--the children referred\nto in Isaiah viii, 18; and he appears to have resided near Jerusalem.\n\nBut by most competent critics it is now held that the last twenty-seven\nchapters (40-66) of the book bearing his name were the work, not of the\nprophet, but of a later writer who is commonly styled the second or\nDeutero-Isaiah. In this portion of the book, Cyrus, who was not born till\nafter 600 B.C., is mentioned by name (Isaiah, xliv, 28; xlv, i); and\nevents which did not take place till a century after the prophet's death\nare referred to as happening contemporaneously with the writer's account\nof them. The style of these last twenty-seven chapters, also, is\ndifferent, and the tone is more elevated and spiritual.\n\nDore's ideal portrait is more suited to the second or pseudo-Isaiah, than\nto the real one.\n\n\n\n\nDESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB'S HOST.\n\n\nTherefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall\nnot come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it\nwith shield, nor cast a bank against it. By the way that he came, by the\nsame shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.\nFor I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my\nservant David's sake.\n\nAnd it came to pass that night that the angel of the Lord went out, and\nsmote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five\nthousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all\ndead corpses.\n\nSo Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt\nat Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of\nNisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with\nthe sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his\nson reigned in his stead.--2 Kings xix, 32-37\n\n\n\n\nBARUCH.\n\n\nAnd it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah\nking of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,\nTake thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have\nspoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the\nnations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even\nunto this day. It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil\nwhich I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his\nevil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.\n\nThen Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the\nmouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord, which he had spoken unto\nhim, upon a roll of a book. Jeremiah xxxvi; 1-4.\n\nThe word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah,\nwhen he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in\nthe fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,\nThus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch; thou didst\nsay, Woe is me now! for the Lord hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted\nin my sighing, and I find no rest.\n\nThus shalt thou say unto him, The Lord saith thus; Behold, that which I\nhave built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck\nup, even this whole land. And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek\nthem not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord:\nbut thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou\ngoesth. Jeremiah xlv, 1-5.\n\n\n\n\nEZEKIEL PROPHESYING.\n\n\nEzekiel, the third of the great Hebrew prophets, was the son of the\npriest Buzi. (Ezekiel i, 3). He was probably born about 620 or 630 years\nbefore Christ, and was consequently a contemporary of Jeremiah and\nDaniel, to the latter of whom he alludes in chapters xiv, 14-20 and\nxxviii, 3. When Jerusalem was taken by Nebuchadnezzar in 597 B.C. (2\nKings xxiv, 8-16; Jeremiah xxix, 1-2; Ezekiel xvii, 12; xix, 9), Ezekiel\nwas carried captive along with Jehoiachin, or Jeconiah, king of Judah,\nand thousands of other Jewish prisoners, to Babylonia, or as he himself\ncalls it, \"the land of the Chaldeans.\" (Ezekiel i, 3). Here, along with\nhis exiled fellow-countrymen, he lived on the banks of the river Chebar\n(Ezekiel i, 1-3), in a house of his own (viii, i). Here also he married,\nand here, too, his wife, \"the desire of his eyes,\" was taken from him\n\"with a stroke\" (Ezekiel xxiv, 15-18). His prophetic career extended over\ntwenty-two years, from about 592 B.C. to about 570 B.C.\n\nThe book bearing his name is written in a mystical and symbolical style,\nand abounds with visions and difficult allegories which indicate on the\npart of the author the possession of a vivid and sublime imagination.\nEzekiel's authorship of it has been questioned. The Talmud attributes it\nto the Great Synagogue, of which Ezekiel was not a member. It is\ndivisible into two portions. The first (chapters i-xxiv) was written\nbefore, and the second (chapters xxv-xlviii) after, the destruction of\nJerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C, the eleventh year of the\nprophet's captivity (Ezekiel xxvi, 1-2; XI, i). The present text is very\nimperfect, being corrupted by the interpolation of glosses and other\nadditions by later hands.\n\nDore's picture represents the prophet uttering his oracles to his\nfellow-exiles (\"them of the captivity\"), or to the \"elders of Judah,\" or\n\"elders of Israel,\" on one of the occasions to which he himself alludes\n(viii, I; xi, 25; xiv, I; xx, I).\n\n\n\n\nTHE VISION OF EZEKIEL.\n\n\nThe hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the Spirit of the\nLord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,\nand caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very\nmany in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.\n\nAnd he said unto me; Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O\nLord God, thou knowest.\n\nAgain he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye\ndry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord God unto these\nbones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:\nAnd I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and\ncover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live and ye\nshall know that I am the Lord.\n\nSo I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a\nnoise, and behold a shaking, and the, bones came together, bone to his\nbone. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them,\nand the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.\n\nThen said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and\nsay to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O\nbreath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.\n\nSo I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and\nthey lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.\n\nThen he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of\nIsrael: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we\nare cut off for our parts. Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus\nsaith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and\ncause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of\nIsrael. And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your\ngraves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, and shall put\nmy Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own\nland: then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed\nit, saith the Lord.--Ezekiel xxxvii, 1-14.\n\n\n\n\nDANIEL.\n\n\nRespecting the parentage or family of Daniel, the fourth of the great\nHebrew prophets, nothing is known, though he appears to have been of\nnoble if not of royal descent (Daniel i, 3). When, in the third year of\nthe reign of King Jehoiakim (607, 606, 605, or 604 B.C.), Jerusalem was\nfirst taken by Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel, then a youth, was among the\ncaptives carried to Babylon. By the king's orders, he, with others of the\nJewish youth, was educated for three years (Daniel i, 3-7). At this time\nDaniel acquired the power of interpreting dreams (i, 17), which he used\nwith such advantage in expounding a dream of Nebuchadnezzar, that he was\nmade ruler over the whole province of Babylon (Daniel ii, 46-48).\nDaniel's interpretation of Belshazzar's famous vision having been\nfulfilled by the capture of Babylon by Darius, that conqueror promoted\nDaniel to the highest office in the kingdom (Daniel vi, 1-3). The prophet\nalso prospered greatly during the reign of Cyrus (Daniel vi, 28).\n\nThe book of Daniel is written partly in Chaldaic or Syriac (the\nvernacular Aramaic language spoken by the people of Palestine), and\npartly in sacred Hebrew. It is manifestly divisible into two portions.\nThe first (chapters i-vi) narrating the details of the prophet's life,\nand the second (chapters vii-xii) setting forth his apocalyptic visions.\nMuch doubt has been cast upon the authenticity of the work. The evident\nreference in the eleventh chapter to the conquest of Persia by Alexander\nthe Great, which took place about 330 B.C., or more than two hundred\nyears after Daniel flourished, has led many modern critics to believe\nthat the work was composed in the time of the Maccabees.\n\nDore's picture appears to be intended to represent the prophet meditating\nover one of the many visions which came to him.\n\n\n\n\nTHE FIERY FURNACE.\n\n\nWherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.\nThey spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever.\nThere are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the\nprovince of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king,\nhave not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden\nimage which thou hast set up.\n\nThen Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach,\nMeshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.\n\nNebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach,\nand Abed-nego? do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image\nwhich I have set up? Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the\nsound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and\nall kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made;\nwell: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the\nmidst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver\nyou out of my hands?\n\nShadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O\nNebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it\nbe so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery\nfurnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be\nit known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship\nthe golden image which thou hast set up.\n\nThen was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was\nchanged against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and\ncommanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it\nwas wont to be heated. And he commanded the most mighty men that were in\nhis army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into\nthe burning fiery furnace.\n\nThen these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats,\nand their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning\nfiery furnace. Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent and\nthe furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took\nup Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. And these three men, Shadrach,\nMeshach, and Abed-nego fell down bound into the midst of the burning\nfiery furnace.\n\nThen Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and\nspake, and said unto his counselors, Did not we cast three men bound into\nthe midst of the fire? They answered, and said unto the king, True, O\nking.\n\nHe answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of\nthe fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the\nSon of God.\n\nThen Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace,\nand spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the\nmost high God, come forth and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and\nAbed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire. And the princes,\ngovernors, and captains, and the king's counselors, being gathered\ntogether, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was\na hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the\nsmell of fire had passed on them.--Daniel iii, 8, 9, 12-27.\n\n\n\n\nBELSHAZZAR'S FEAST.\n\n\nBelshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and\ndrank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine,\ncommanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father\nNebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that\nthe king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink\ntherein. Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the\ntemple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his\nprinces, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. They drank wine\nand praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood,\nand of stone.\n\nIn the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over\nagainst the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's\npalace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. Then the king's\ncountenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the\njoints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.\n\n[On the failure of his astrologers and soothsayers to interpret the\nwriting, the king, at the suggestion of his queen, sends for Daniel, who\ninterprets it as follows:]\n\nO thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom,\nand majesty, and glory, and honor: and for the majesty that he gave him,\nall peoples, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom\nhe would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he\nset up; and whom he would he put down. But when his heart was lifted up,\nand his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne,\nand they took his glory from him and he was driven from the sons of men;\nand his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the\nwild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with\nthe dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the\nkingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.\n\nAnd thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou\nknewest all this; but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven;\nand they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and\nthy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and\nthou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and\nstone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy\nbreath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.\n\nThen was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was\nwritten.\n\nAnd this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.\nThis is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy\nkingdom and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art\nfound wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and\nPersians.\n\nIn that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius\nthe Median took the kingdom.--Daniel v.\n\n\n\n\nDANIEL IN THE LIONS' DEN.\n\n\nNow when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house;\nand his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled\nupon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his\nGod, as he did aforetime.\n\nThen these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making\nsupplication before his God. Then they came near, and spake before the\nking concerning the king's decree Hast thou not signed a decree, that\nevery man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days,\nsave of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.\n\nThe king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of\nthe Medes and Persians, which altereth not.\n\nThen answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the\nchildren of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the\ndecree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.\n\nThen the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with\nhimself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till\nthe going down of the sun to deliver him.\n\nThen these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O\nking, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor\nstatute which the king establisheth may be changed. Then the king\ncommanded, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions.\nNow the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest\ncontinually, he will deliver thee. And a stone was brought, and laid upon\nthe mouth of the den and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with\nthe signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning\nDaniel.\n\nThen the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither\nwere instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from\nhim. Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste\nunto the den of lions. And when he came to the den, he cried with a\nlamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O\nDaniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest\ncontinually, able to deliver thee from the lions?\n\nThen said Daniel unto the King, O king, live forever. My God hath sent\nhis angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me:\nforasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee,\nO king, have I done no hurt.\n\nThen was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should\ntake Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and\nno manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. And\nthe king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel,\nand they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their\nwives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones\nin pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.--Daniel vi.\n\n\n\n\nTHE PROPHET AMOS.\n\n\nAmos, one of the earliest of the Hebrew prophets, flourished during the\nreign of Uzziah, about 790 B.C., and was consequently a contemporary of\nHosea and Joel. In his youth he lived at Tekoa, about six miles south of\nBethlehem, in Judaea, and was a herdsman and a gatherer of sycamore fruit\n(Amos i, i; vii, 14). This occupation he gave up for that of prophet\n(vii, 15), and he came forward to denounce the idolatry then prevalent in\nJudah, Israel, and the surrounding kingdoms.\n\nThe first six chapters of his book contain his denunciations of idolatry;\nthe other three, his symbolical vision of the overthrow of the people of\nIsrael, and a promise of their restoration. The style is remarkable for\nclearness and strength, and for its picturesque use of images drawn from\nthe rural and pastoral life which the prophet had led in his youth.\n\n\n\n\nJONAH CALLING NINEVEH TO REPENTANCE.\n\n\nAnd the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise,\ngo unto to Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching\nthat I bid thee.\n\nSo Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord.\nNow Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. And Jonah\nbegan to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet\nforty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.\n\nSo the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on\nsackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. For word\ncame unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid\nhis robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. And\nhe caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree\nof the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor\nflock taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water: but let man and\nbeast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them\nturn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their\nhands. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his\nfierce anger, that we perish not?\n\nAnd God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God\nrepented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he\ndid it not.--Jonah iii.\n\n\n\n\nDANIEL CONFOUNDING THE PRIESTS OF BEL.\n\n\nNow the Babylonians had an idol called Bel: and there were spent upon him\nevery day, twelve great measures of fine flour, and forty sheep, and\nsixty vessels of wine. The king also worshipped him, and went every day\nto adore him: but Daniel adored his God. And the king said unto him: Why\ndost thou not adore Bel? And he answered, and said to him Because I do\nnot worship idols made with hands, but the living God, that created\nheaven and earth, and hath power over all flesh. And the king said to\nhim: Doth not Bel seem to thee to be a living God? Seest thou not how\nmuch he eateth and drinketh every day? Then Daniel smiled and said: O\nking, be not deceived: for this is but clay within, and brass without,\nneither hath he eaten at any time.\n\nAnd the king being angry called for his priests, and said to them: If you\ntell me not, who it is that eateth up these expenses, you shall die. But\nif you can show that Bel eateth these things, Daniel shall die, because\nhe hath blasphemed against Bel.\n\nAnd Daniel said to the king: Be it done according to thy word.\n\nNow the priests of Bel were seventy besides their wives and little ones\nand children. And they went with Daniel into the temple of Bel. And the\npriests of Bel said: Behold, we go out: and do thou, O king, set on the\nmeats, and make ready, the wine, and shut the door fast, and seal it with\nthy own ring: and when thou comest in the morning, if thou findest not\nthat Bel hath eaten all up, we will suffer death, or else Daniel that\nhath lied against us.\n\nAnd they little regarded it, because they had made under the table a\nsecret entrance, and they always came in by it, and consumed those\nthings.\n\nSo it came to pass after they were gone out, the king set the meats\nbefore Bel: and Daniel commanded his servants, and they brought ashes,\nand he sifted them all over the temple before the king: and going forth\nthey shut the door, and having sealed it with the king's ring, they\ndeparted.\n\nBut the priests went in by night, according to their custom, with their\nwives and their children: and they eat and drank all up.\n\nAnd the king rose early in the morning, and Daniel with him. And the king\nsaid: Are the seals whole, Daniel? and he answered: They are whole, O\nking. And as soon as he had opened the door, the king looked upon the\ntable, and cried out with a loud voice Great art thou, O Bel, and there\nis not any deceit with thee. And Daniel laughed: and he held the king\nthat he should not go in: and he said: Behold the pavement, mark whose\nfootsteps these are. And the king said: I see the footsteps of men, and\nwomen, and children. And the king was angry. Then he took the priests,\nand their wives, and their children: and they showed him the private\ndoors by which they came in, and consumed the things that were on the\ntable.\n\nThe king therefore put them to death, and delivered Bel into the power of\nDaniel: who destroyed him, and his temple.--Daniel xiv, I-21 (Douay\nVersion).\n\n\n\n\nHELIODORUS PUNISHED IN THE TEMPLE.\n\n\nBut Heliodorus executed that which he had resolved on, himself being\npresent in the same place with his guard about the treasury.\n\nBut the spirit of the Almighty God gave a great evidence of his presence,\nso that all that had presumed to obey him, falling down by the power of\nGod, were struck with fainting and dread. For there appeared to them a\nhorse with a terrible rider upon him, adorned with a very rich covering:\nand he ran fiercely and struck Heliodorus with his fore-feet, and he that\nsat upon him seemed to have armor of gold. Moreover, there appeared two\nother young men, beautiful and strong, bright and glorious, and in comely\napparel: who stood by him, on either side, and scourged him without\nceasing with many stripes.\n\nAnd Heliodorus suddenly fell to the ground, and they took him up covered\nwith great darkness, and having put him into a litter they carried him\nout. So he that came with many servants, and all his guard into the\naforesaid treasury, was carried out, no one being able to help him, the\nmanifest power of God being known. And he indeed by the power of God lay\nspeechless, and without all hope of recovery.--2 Maccabees iii, 23-29.","title":"The Dor\u00e9 Bible Gallery, Volume 5","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":4658}