,,the ,,dore ,,gallery ,,of ,,bible ,,illustrations ,illustrated by ,gustave ,dore ,volume #c4 ,,deborah',s ,,song ,,of ,,triumph4 ,then sang ,deborah and ,barak1 the son of ,abinoam on that day1 saying3-- ,praise ye the ,lord for the avenging of ,israel1 ,when the people willingly offered themselves4 ,hear1 ,o ye kings2 give ear1 ,o ye princes2 ,i1 even ,i1 will sing unto the ,lord2 ,i will sing praise to the ,lord ,god of ,israel4 ,lord1 when thou wentest out of ,seir1 ,when thou marchedst out of the field of ,edom1 ,the earth trembled1 and the heavens dropped1 the clouds also dropped water4 ,the mountains melted from before the ,lord1 ,even that ,sinai from before the ,lord ,god of ,israel4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ,blessed above women shall ,jael the wife of ,heber the ,kenite be2 ,blessed shall she be above women in the tent4 ,he asked water1 and she gave him milk2 ,she brought forth butter in a lordly dish4 ,she put her hand to the nail1 and her right hand to the workmen's hammer2 ,and with the hammer she smote ,sisera1 ,she smote off his head1 when she had pierced and stricken through his temples4 ,at her feet he bowed1 he fell1 he lay down3 ,at her feet he bowed1 he fell3 ,where he bowed1 there he fell down dead4 ,the mother of ,sisera looked out at a window1 and cried through the lattice1 ,why is his chariot so long in coming8 ,why tarry the wheels of his chariots8 ,her wise ladies answered her1 yea1 she returned answer to herself1 ,have they not sped8 ,have they not divided the prey2 ,to every man a damsel or two2 ,to ,sisera a prey of divers colours1 a prey of divers colours of needlework1 ,of divers colours of needlework on both sides1 meet for the necks of them that take the spoil8 ,so let all thine enemies perish1 ,o ,lord3 ,but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might4 ,judges v1 #b-e1 #bd-ca ,,jephthah ,,met ,,by ,,his ,,daughter4 ,then the ,spirit of the ,lord came upon ,jephthah1 and he passed over ,gilead1 and ,manasseh1 and passed over ,mizpeh of ,gilead1 and from ,mizpeh of ,gilead he passed over unto the children of ,ammon4 ,and ,jephthah vowed a vow unto the ,lord1 and said1 ,if thou shalt without fail deliver the children of ,ammon into mine hands1 then it shall be1 that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me1 when ,i return in peace from the children of ,ammon1 shall surely be the ,lord's1 and ,i will offer it up for a burnt offering4 ,so ,jephthah passed over unto the children of ,ammon to fight against them2 and the ,lord delivered them into his hands4 ,and he smote them from ,aroer1 even till thou come to ,minnith1 even twenty cities1 and unto the plain of the vineyards1 with a very great slaughter4 ,thus the children of ,ammon were subdued before the children of ,israel4 ,and ,jephthah came to ,mizpeh unto his house1 and1 behold1 his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances3 and she was his only child2 beside her he had neither son nor daughter4 ,judges xi1 #bi-cd4 ,,jephthah',s ,,daughter ,,and ,,her ,,companions ,and it came to pass1 when he saw her1 that he rent his clothes1 and said1 ,alas1 my daughter6 thou hast brought me very low1 and thou art one of them that trouble me3 for ,i have opened my mouth unto the ,lord1 and ,i cannot go back4 ,and she said unto him1 ,my father1 if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the ,lord1 do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth2 forasmuch as the ,lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies1 even of the children of ,ammon4 ,and she said unto her father1 ,let this thing be done for me3 let me alone two months1 that ,i may go up and down upon the mountains1 and bewail my virginity1 ,i and my fellows4 ,and he said1 ,go4 ,and he sent her away for two months3 and she went with her companions1 and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains4 ,and it came to pass at the end of two months1 that she returned unto her father1 who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed3 and she knew no man4 ,and it was a custom in ,israel1 that the daughters of ,israel went yearly to lament the daughter of ,jephthah the ,gileadite four days in a year4 ,judges xi1 #ce-dj4 ,,samson ,,slaying ,,the ,,lion4 ,then went ,samson down1 and his father and his mother1 to ,timnath1 and came to the vineyards of ,timnath2 and1 behold1 a young lion roared against him4 ,and the ,spirit of the ,lord came mightily upon him1 and he rent him as he would have rent a kid1 and he had nothing in his hand2 but he told not his father or his mother what he had done4 ,judges xiv1 #e-f4 ,,samson ,,and ,,delilah4 ,and it came to pass afterward1 that he loved a woman in the valley of ,sorek1 whose name was ,delilah4 ,and the lords of the ,philistines came up unto her1 and said unto her1 ,entice him1 and see wherein his great strength lieth1 and by what means we may prevail against him1 that we may bind him to afflict him2 and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver4 ,and ,delilah said to ,samson1 ,tell me1 ,i pray thee1 wherein thy great strength lieth1 and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee4 ,and ,samson said unto her1 ,if they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried1 then shall ,i be weak1 and be as another man4 ,then the lords of the ,philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried1 and she bound him with them4 ,now there were men lying in wait1 abiding with her in the chamber4 ,and she said unto him1 ,the ,philistines be upon thee1 ,samson4 ,and he brake the withs1 as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire4 ,so his strength was not known4 ,and ,delilah said unto ,samson1 ,behold1 thou hast mocked me1 and told me lies3 now tell me1 ,i pray thee1 wherewith thou mightest be bound4 ,and he said unto her1 ,if they bind me fast with clew ropes that never were occupied1 then shall ,i be weak1 and be as another man4 ,delilah therefore took new ropes1 and bound him therewith1 and said unto him1 ,the ,philistines be upon thee1 ,samson4 ,and there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber4 ,and he brake them from off his arms like a thread4 ,and ,delilah said unto ,samson1 ,hitherto thou hast mocked me1 and told me lies3 tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound4 ,and he said unto her1 ,if thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web4 ,and she fastened it with the pin1 and said unto him1 ,the ,philistines be upon thee1 ,samson4 ,and he awaked out of his sleep1 and went away with the pin of the beam and with the web4 ,and she said unto him1 ,how canst thou say1 ,i love thee1 when thine heart is not with me8 thou hast mocked me these three times1 and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth4 ,and it came to pass1 when she pressed him daily with her words1 and urged him1 so that his soul was vexed unto death2 that he told her all his heart1 and said unto her1 ,there hath not come a razor upon mine head2 for ,i have been a ,nazarite unto ,god from my mother's womb if ,i be shaven1 then my strength will go from me1 and ,i shall become weak1 and be like any other man4 ,and when ,delilah saw that he had told her all his heart1 she sent and called for the lords of the ,philistines1 saying1 ,come up this once1 for he hath showed me all his heart4 ,then the lords of the ,philistines came up unto her1 and brought money in their hand4 ,and she made him sleep upon her knees2 and she called for a man1 and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head2 and she began to afflict him1 and his strength went from him4 ,and she said1 ,the ,philistines be upon thee1 ,samson4 ,and he awoke out of his sleep1 and said1 ,i will go out as at other times before1 and shake myself4 ,and he wist not that the ,lord was departed from him4 ,judges xvi1 #d-bj4 ,,the ,,death ,,of ,,samson4 ,but the ,philistines took him1 and put out his eyes1 and brought him down to ,gaza1 and bound him with fetters of brass2 and he did grind in the prison house4 ,howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven4 ,then the lords of the ,philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto ,dagon their god1 and to rejoice3 for they said1 ,our ,god hath delivered ,samson our enemy into our hand4 ,and when the people saw him1 they praised their god3 for they said1 ,our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy1 and the destroyer of our country1 which slew many of us4 ,and it came to pass1 when their hearts were merry1 that they said1 ,call for ,samson1 that he may make us sport4 ,and they called for ,samson out of the prison house2 and he made them sport3 and they set him between the pillars4 ,and ,samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand1 ,suffer me that ,i may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth1 that ,i may lean upon them4 ,now the house was full of men and women2 and all the lords of the ,philistines were there2 and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women1 that beheld while ,samson made sport4 ,and ,samson called unto the ,lord1 and said1 ,o ,lord ,god1 remember me1 ,i pray thee1 and strengthen me1 ,i pray thee1 only this once1 ,o ,god1 that ,i may be at once avenged of the ,philistines for my two eyes4 ,and ,samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood1 and on which it was borne up1 of the one with his right hand1 and of the other with his left4 ,and ,samson said1 ,let me die with the ,philistines4 ,and he bowed himself with all his might2 and the house fell upon the lords1 and upon all the people that were therein4 ,so the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life4 ,then his brethren and all the house of his father came down1 and took him1 and brought him up1 and buried him between ,zorah and ,eshtaol in the burying-place of ,manoah his father4 ,and he judged ,israel twenty years4--,judges xvi2 #ba-ca ,,naomi ,,and ,,her ,,daughters ,,in ,,law4 ,now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled1 that there was a famine in the land4 ,and a certain man of ,beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of ,moab1 he1 and his wife1 and his two sons4 ,and the name of the man was ,elimelech1 and the name of his wife ,naomi1 and the name of his two sons ,mahlon and ,chilion1 ,ephrathites of ,beth-lehem-judah4 ,and they came into the country of ,moab1 and continued there4 ,and ,elimelech ,naomi's husband died2 and she was left1 and her two sons4 ,and they took them wives of the women of ,moab2 the name of the one was ,orpah1 and the name of the other ,ruth3 and they dwelt there about ten years4 ,and ,mahlon and ,chilion died also both of them2 and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband4 ,then she arose with her daughters in law1 that she might return from the country of ,moab for she had heard in the country of ,moab how that the ,lord had visited his people in giving them bread4 ,wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was1 and her two daughters in law with her2 and they went on the way to return unto the land of ,judah4 ,and ,naomi said unto her two daughters in law1 ,go1 return each to her mother's house the ,lord deal kindly with you1 as ye have dealt with the dead1 and with me4 ,the ,lord grant you that ye may find rest1 each of you in the house of her husband4 ,then she kissed them2 and they lifted up their voice1 and wept4 ,and they said unto her1 ,surely we will return with thee unto thy people4 ,and ,naomi said1 ,turn again1 my daughters3 why will ye go with me8 are there yet any more sons in my womb1 that they may be your husbands8 ,turn again1 my daughters1 go your way2 for ,i am too old to have a husband4 ,if ,i should say1 ,i have hope1 if ,i should have a husband also to night1 and should also bear sons2 would ye tarry for them till they were grown8 would ye stay for them from having husbands8 nay1 my daughters2 for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the ,lord is gone out against me4 ,and they lifted up their voice1 and wept again3 and ,orpah kissed her mother in law but ,ruth cleave unto her4 ,and she said1 ,behold1 thy sister in law is gone back unto her people1 and unto her gods return thou after thy sister in law4 ,and ,ruth said1 ,entreat me not to leave thee1 or to return from following after thee3 for whither thou goest1 ,i will go2 and where thou lodgest1 ,i will lodge3 thy people shall be my people1 and thy ,god my ,god3 ,where thou diest1 will ,i die1 and there will ,i be buried3 the ,lord do so to me1 and more also1 if ought but death part thee and me4 ,when she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her1 then she left speaking unto her4 ,so they two went until they came to ,beth-lehem4--,ruth i1 #a-ai4 ,,ruth ,,and ,,boaz4 ,and ,naomi had a kinsman of her husband's1 a mighty man of wealth1 of the family of ,elimelech2 and his name was ,boaz4 ,and ,ruth the ,moabitess said unto ,naomi1 ,let me now go to the field1 and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight ,i shall find grace4 ,and she said unto her1 ,go1 my daughter4 ,and she went1 and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers2 and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto ,boaz1 who was of the kindred of ,elimelech4 ,and1 behold1 ,boaz came from ,bethlehem1 and said unto the reapers1 ,the ,lord be with you4 ,and they answered him1 ,the ,lord bless thee4 ,then said ,boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers1 ,whose damsel is this8 ,and the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said1 ,it is the ,moabitish damsel that came back with ,naomi out of the country of ,moab3 and she said1 ,i pray you1 let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves3 so she came1 and hath continued even from the morning until now1 that she tarried a little in the house4 ,then said ,boaz unto ,ruth1 ,hearest thou not1 my daughter8 ,go not to glean in another field1 neither go from hence1 but abide here fast by my maidens3 let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap1 and go thou after them3 have ,i not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee8 and when thou art athirst1 go unto the vessels1 and drink of that which the young men have drawn4 ,then she fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground1 and said unto him1 ,why have ,i found grace in thine eyes1 that thou shouldest take knowledge of me1 seeing ,i am a stranger8 ,and ,boaz answered and said unto her1 ,it hath fully been shewed me1 all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband3 and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother1 and the land of thy nativity1 and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore4 ,the ,lord recompense thy work1 and a full reward be given thee of the ,lord ,god of ,israel1 under whose wings thou art come to trust4 ,then she said1 ,let me find favor in thy sight1 my lord2 for that thou hast comforted me1 and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid1 though ,i be not like unto one of thine handmaidens4 ,and ,boaz said unto her1 ,at mealtime come thou hither1 and eat of the bread1 and dip thy morsel in the vinegar4 ,and she sat beside the reapers3 and he reached her parched corn1 and she did eat1 and was sufficed1 and left4 ,and when she was risen up to glean1 ,boaz commanded his young men1 saying1 ,let her glean even among the sheaves1 and reproach her not3 and let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her1 and leave them1 that she may glean them and rebuke her not4 ,so she gleaned in the field until even1 and beat out that she had gleaned3 and it was about an ephah of barley4--,ruth ii1 #a-ag4 ,,the ,,return ,,of ,,the ,,ark4 ,and the ark of the ,lord was in the country of the ,philistines seven months4 ,and the ,philistines called for the priests and the diviners1 saying1 ,what shall we do to the ark of the ,lord8 tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place4 ,and they said1 ,if ye send away the ark of the ,god of ,israel1 send it not empty2 but in any wise return him a trespass offering3 then ye shall be healed1 and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you4 ,then said they1 ,what shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him8 ,they answered1 ,five golden emerods1 and five golden mice1 according to the number of the lords of the ,philistines3 for one plague was on you all1 and on your lords4 ,wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods1 and images of your mice that mar the land2 and ye shall give glory unto the ,god of ,israel3 peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you1 and from off your gods1 and from off your land4 ,wherefore then do ye harden your hearts1 as the ,egyptians and ,pharaoh hardened their hearts8 when he had wrought wonderfully among them1 did they not let the people go1 and they departed8 ,now therefore make a new cart1 and take two milch kine1 on which there hath come no yoke1 and tie the kine to the cart1 and bring their calves home from them3 and take the ark of the ,lord1 and lay it upon the cart2 and put the jewels of gold1 which ye return him for a trespass offering1 in a coffer by the side thereof2 and send it away1 that it may go4 ,and see1 if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to ,beth-shemesh1 then he hath done us this great evil3 but if not1 then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us2 it was a chance that happened to us4 ,and the men did so2 and took two milch kine1 and tied them to the cart1 and shut up their calves at home3 and they laid the ark of the ,lord upon the cart1 and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods4 ,and the kine took the straight way to the way of ,beth-shemesh1 and went along the highway1 lowing as they went1 and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left2 and the lords of the ,philistines went after them1 unto the border of ,beth-shemesh4 ,and they of ,beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley3 and they lifted up their eyes1 and saw the ark1 and rejoiced to see it4 ,and the cart came into the field of ,joshua1 a ,beth-shemite1 and stood there1 where there was a great stone3 and they clave the wood of the cart1 and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the ,lord4 ,and the ,levites took down the ark of the ,lord1 and the coffer that was with it1 wherein the jewels of gold were1 and put them on the great stone3 and the men of ,beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the ,lord4--#a ,samuel vi1 #a-e4 ,,saul ,,and ,,david4 ,and it came to pass1 when he had made an end of speaking unto ,saul1 that the soul of ,jonathan was knit with the soul of ,david1 and ,jonathan loved him as his own soul4 ,and ,saul took him that day1 and would let him go no more home to his father's house4 ,then ,jonathan and ,david made a covenant1 because he loved him as his own soul4 ,and ,jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him1 and gave it to ,david1 and his garments1 even to his sword1 and to his bow1 and to his girdle4 ,and ,david went out withersoever ,saul sent him1 and behaved himself wisely3 and ,saul set him over the men of war1 and he was accepted in the sight of all the people1 and also in the sight of ,saul's servants4 ,and it came to pass as they came1 when ,david was returned from the slaughter of the ,philistine1 that the women came out of all cities of ,israel1 singing and dancing1 to meet king ,saul1 with tabrets1 with joy1 and with instruments of music4 ,and the women answered one another as they played1 and said1 ,saul hath slain his thousands1 and ,david his ten thousands4 ,and ,saul was very wroth1 and the saying displeased him2 and he said1 ,they have ascribed unto ,david ten thousands1 and to me they have ascribed but thousands3 and what can he have more but the kingdom8 ,and ,saul eyed ,david from that day and forward4 ,and it came to pass on the morrow1 that the evil spirit from ,god came upon ,saul1 and he prophesied in the midst of the house3 and ,david played with his hand1 as at other times3 and there was a javelin in ,saul's hand4 ,and ,saul cast the javelin2 for he said1 ,i will smite ,david even to the wall with it4 ,and ,david avoided out of his presence twice4--#a ,samuel xviii1 ,i-,,ii4 ,,david ,,sparing ,,saul4 ,and it came to pass1 when ,saul was returned from following the ,philistines1 that it was told him1 saying1 ,behold1 ,david is in the wilderness of ,engedi4 ,then ,saul took three thousand chosen men out of all ,israel1 and went to seek ,david and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats4 ,and he came to the sheepcotes by the way1 where was a cave2 and ,saul went in to cover his feet3 and ,david and his men remained in the sides of the cave4 ,and the men of ,david said unto him1 ,behold the day of which the ,lord said unto thee1 ,behold1 ,i will deliver thine enemy into thine hand1 that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee4 ,then ,david arose1 and cut off the skirt of ,saul's robe privily4 ,and it came to pass afterward1 that ,david's heart smote him1 because he had cut off ,saul's skirt4 ,and he said unto his men1 ,the ,lord forbid that ,i should do this thing unto my master1 the ,lord's anointed1 to stretch forth mine hand against him1 seeing he is the anointed of the ,lord4 ,so ,david stayed his servants with these words1 and suffered them not to rise against ,saul4 ,but ,saul rose up out of the cave1 and went on his way4 ,david also arose afterward1 and went out of the cave1 and cried after ,saul1 saying1 ,my lord the king4 ,and when ,saul looked behind him1 ,david stooped with his face to the earth and bowed himself4 ,and ,david said to ,saul1 ,wherefore hearest thou men's words1 saying1 ,behold1 ,david seeketh thy hurt8 ,behold1 this day thine eyes have seen how that the ,lord had delivered thee to-day into mine hand in the cave3 and some bade me kill thee2 but mine eye spared thee2 and ,i said1 ,i will not put forth mine hand against my lord2 for he is the ,lord's anointed4 ,moreover1 my father1 see1 yea1 see the skirt of thy robe in my hand3 for in that ,i cut off the skirt of thy robe1 and killed thee not1 know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand1 and ,i have not sinned against thee2 yet thou huntest my soul to take it4 ,the ,lord judge between me and thee1 and the ,lord avenge me of thee3 but mine hand shall not be upon thee4 ,as saith the proverb of the ancients1 ,wickedness proceedeth from the wicked3 but mine hand shall not be upon thee4 ,after whom is the king of ,israel come out8 after whom dost thou pursue8 after a dead dog1 after a flea4 ,the ,lord therefore be judge1 and judge between me and thee1 and see1 and plead my cause1 and deliver me out of thine hand4 ,and it came to pass1 when ,david had made an end of speaking these words unto ,saul1 that ,saul said1 ,is this thy voice1 my son ,david8 ,and ,saul lifted up his voice1 and wept4 ,and he said to ,david1 ,thou art more righteous than ,i3 for thou hast rewarded me good1 whereas ,i have rewarded thee evil4 ,and thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well1 with me3 forasmuch as when the ,lord had delivered me into thine hand1 thou killedst me not4 ,for if a man find his enemy1 will he let him go well away8 wherefore the ,lord reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day4 ,and now1 behold1 ,i know well that thou shalt surely be king1 and that the kingdom of ,israel shall be established in thine hand4 ,swear now therefore unto me by the ,lord1 that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me1 and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house4 ,and ,david sware unto ,saul4 ,and ,saul went home2 but ,david and his men gat them up unto the hold4--#b ,samuel xxiv1 #b--bb4