...At length the Lord sent Nathan to him, and when he was come to him he said : — NATHAN S PARABLE. There were two men in one city, the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many sheep and oxen. But the poor man had nothing at all but one little ewe-lamb, which he had bought and...

...nliM. 2 8am. xl, IB. IT. And he [DavM] wn-te In the letter, saying. Set ye Uriah In the forefront ol ׮! the men or the city went out, and fought with Joib: and there fell some of the people ofthe servants...

...be-sieg-ing Rab-bah, the chief ci-ty of the Am-mo-nites, and said to him, " Set U-ri-ah in the fore-front of the hot-test bat-tle, and re-tire ye from him, that he may be smit-ten and die." Jo-ab did so. He sent the brave U-ri-ah with some men to attack part of the wall, where he knew that...

...epistolary correspondence, and may be inserted here entire, as follows : " Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him that he may be smitten and die ". 2 S. A/. 15. Joab, like a faithful servant, observed the city well, and assigned a place to Uriah,...

...sent it by the hand of Uriah : and he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the fore-front of the hottest battle and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten and die." The order was but too literally obeyed, and the anointed adulterer sinned without inconvenience. Yet,...

...•!/ 2 Sam. xl, 15. IT. And he [Davlil] wrcte In the letter, saying. Set y Uriah In the forefront ol . Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to u anil die. And the men ot the city went out, ami fought with Jo ib: and there fell gome of the people...

...severest temporal chastisement. Nathan conveyed his reproof in a most beautiful parable, saying, " There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor. The rich man bad exceeding many flocks and herds, but the poor man had nothing save one little ewe lamb, which drank...

...might be startled, as was David, if once they could be convinced of its mean and selfish baseness. " There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor." " The rich" young " man" had all that he needed; " the poor" old " man" had nothing save " one little ewe lamb,...

...letter written by King David, in which he said to his chief captain, " Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die." This was writing "grievousness" indeed. This cruel letter was nothing better than a command to do a...

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