Hours with the Bible, Or the Scriptures in the Light of Modern Discovery and Knowledge; From Manasseh to Zedekiah Volume 3-4

by Cunningham Geikie

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. ...things drifted, ever, from bad to worse. Shut out from the culture and spiritual elevation, slowly attained in the south, under Samuel, David, and ' 1 Kings xi. 33. 1 2 Kings iv. 13. ' 1 Kings xvi. 16. 2 Kings ix. 5. ' 1 Kings xvi. 9. ' Roskotf, art. Kriegshew, Sc-henkel's Lem. ' The Shalishim, or " three," translated " captains." ' 2 Kings x. 25; ix. 25. 7 Ps. lxxviii. 9. 2 Kings ix. 24; xiii. 15. 16. Solomon, the new kingdom suffered greatly from the loss of such healthful and ennobling influences. Soon after its erection, moreover, it received a heavy blow in the withdrawal of the priests and Levites to Jerusalem. To them in great 'measure was confined the education and refinement of the community. They were the representatives of art, law, religion, and general knowledge. The institution of the calf worship of Bethel and Dan, instead of the homage to the Unseen which obtained in Jerusalem, was a fatal error; induced partly by jealousy of the South, partly by unworthy concession to the popular tastes. The nation not only lost the elevating and strengthening influences of a spiritual faith, but was henceforth unable to resist the advance of heathenism, far less to overcome it. Having sanctioned it in a measure, nothing could ' prevent it flooding in ever more strongly from Phenicia and Syria, with which the whole country was in the closest intercourse, through commerce and otherwise. The confusion of the old days of the Judges returned in a great degree by constant political revolutions; popular ignorance and superstition grew apace where all was unsettled; idolatry gradually took deep and wide root, and with it an immorality fatal to any people. Great prophets rose, and able kings, but...

314 pages, Paperback

First published December 28, 2009

About the author

John Cunningham Geikie was a minister and author. He worked as a Presbyterian missionary in Canada. In 1860 he returned to the U.K. and held a Presbyterian minister position at Sunderland and at Islington Chapel. In 1876 he was ordained deacon in the Church of England and priest next year. He was curate of St. Peter's, Dulwich (1876–79), rector of Christ Church, Neuilly, Paris (1879–81), vicar of St. Mary's, Barnstaple (1883–85), and vicar of St Martin at Palace, Norwich (1885–90). In 1890 he retired for health reasons.

Reviews

[Pastoralmusings]

This is not truly a review, but a quick description of this series.
An old, out of print series. Ten volumes covering the Old and New Testaments.
The books give background, geographical, historical, sociological, and theological information about the Bible.
If one can get a set of these, it would be worth paying a premium to get them.