ous is of the Lord: he is their
strength in the time of trouble.--_Psalms 37:39_.

The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
--_Psalms 118:14_.

He giveth power to the faint: and to them that have no might he
increaseth strength.--_Isaiah 40:29_.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or
distress, or persecution, or famine, or {508} nakedness, or sword?
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that
loved us.--_Romans 8:35,37_.

Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good
pleasure to give you the kingdom.--_Luke 12:32_.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith.--_II Timothy 4:7_.

[End of "VOLUME TWO: HERO TALES"]

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[Start of "VOLUME THREE: TALES OF OLD JUDAEA"]

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THE BIBLE STORY

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[Illustration]
BUILDING THE ARK

"Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shall thou make in the ark
and shall cover it within and without with pitch. And this is how
thou shalt make it; the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the
breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits."
[End illustration]

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THE BIBLE STORY

VOLUME THREE

TALES OF OLD JUDAEA

ARRANGED AND EDITED BY

REV. NEWTON MARSHALL HALL, D.D.

MINISTER OF THE NORTH CHURCH, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

AND

REV. IRVING FRANCIS WOOD, PH.D.

PROFESSOR OF
BIBLICAL LITERATURE AND COMPARATIVE RELIGION
AT SMITH COLLEGE

_Authors of "The Early Days of Israel" "Advanced Bible Studies" Etc_.

THE KING-RICHARDSON COMPANY
SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

CHICAGO CLEVELAND

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COPYRIGHT, 1906,
COPYRIGHT, 1917,

BY THE KING-RICHARDSON COMPANY,
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.

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PREFACE

This volume contains stories from the Old Testament, not included in
the previous volume of this series, "Hero Tales from the Old
Testament." It tells of brave women and strong men, of marvelous
adventures and escapes, of gallant struggles for liberty, of good and
bad kings, of national deliverance and captivity. Some of these
stories are given in the form of great symbolic poems and stories like
the "Pilgrim's Progress," conveying some great truth by means of
poetic imagery, others are the literal recital of historic facts. All
are full of the deepest interest and are of profound moral value.

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CONTENTS

TALES O