Identifier: biblepanoramaorh00fost (find matches)
Title: The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Foster, William A. (from old catalog)
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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A MOTHER AXT) HER SONS ARE CRUELLY PUT TO DEATTT. 14 209
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ELEAZAR IS SLAIN BECAUSE HE WILL NOT EAT SWINES FLESH. 210 1 The Maccabees Lead tile Jews Against tiikiij Enemies. THERE was among the Jews, a family called the Maccabees. The father, whowas a priest, had five sons. He loved the worship of God, but hated theworship of idols; ami he killed one of the kings servants for setting upan idols altar in the city where he lived. Then he fled with his sons to themountains. There many of the Jews came to him until he had gathered aroundhim a little arnry, with which he fought against their enemies. But being an old man he could not bear the hardships of war, and feelingthat the time was near for him to die, he called his sons to give them his bless-ing. And he told them not to fear the Syrians, but to be brave, and go out tobattle against them, trusting in God, and obeying the words of his law. The sons, after their father was dead, obeyed his command. The) led thepeople against their enemies and drove them away from the temple. Then theJews cam

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