The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-03-01
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iueuty Grs allies from Samaua. Read
verses ., aul sec that Ahab wanted
Nsboths properly Ssboth had
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8 Jezet.el ready 70 help AAab ous
ofthe diiisuliy As Ingenious NO.
s. she was crafty and wicked.
g A picture u disappointed enget
business See allusion 10 this sin %
Ezek rlyi. IS
Jezebel reminds him that be i
sing and can have hi. own way Il be
chooses o.. Il be viii not manage The
matter ior hlmself she will mauage il
ior him
8 The kings zeal. the sign Of roy
Al authority see Esther viii =: Dan.
vi 49, Elders and Mobiles. the chief
men Of Jszreel
Q. a fast As ifsomc public calan
i,y had taken place. Naboshs alleged
crime. FOR Instance. 70 grca. as TO call
for public humiliation.
10 Sou q BeIial Low aud william
Gus fellows, mean enough 70 swear TO
a lie. % do any other wickeduess.
One witness not enough Two or three
necessary See Dert. xvii. 6 Deut.
xix: l5.) Blaspheme, Blssphemy il
the resilling OF God. TO blasphemc
vas an offence punished with death,
Lev. xiv: is. l6.) But think bow
Ahab had bIasphemed and insulted
God! Stoning, always outside the city
See the case Of Stephen, Acts viii So.
II. The chief citizens Of Jezreei
seem 10 bave been as bad as their king,
ee Solomon's saying on this. Prov.
xxx: IL
II, 10 The property Of bias
phemer was forfeited to the crown.
lhe conspiracy successful against Ma
both. False witnesses. See Matt.
XVI; CT; Acts viii $500 Set Ma
both on high As 10 criminals dock,
in our courts Stoned bin. The most
ancient form Of capital punishment.
See Lev. Xxx; 2. 27.)
H. Jezsbels desires fully accom-
plished But see what happened after
wards, Hcr happiness aud triumph,
both brief aud empty Read VI, 10
10
King AhAb; coyetous ana discomfort
ed Ahab spent part Of his time in Sa-
maria aud part at Jezreel, having pal
aces at both places At which Of these
was the ivory palace above referred to.
we know not We need not suppose
that the whole structure was Of that
costly and fragile material. II was
probably profaseIy decorated with
ivory he French say house Of gold
when they mean that the house ia ele-
CANT with abundant gliding Want
ing more ground for his Jezreel palace,
Ahab determines to have Naboth's.
This, Naboth had Inherited from bis
loreiathers He had right to keep
it There was nothing unreasonable in
refusing TO sell it to Ahab. (Read
Lev XIV; li-ls. Abab behaves more
ike spoiled boy than king. Though
man Of considerable energy in gov
erniag the kingdom. he loses all HE
manlmess 10 his vexation and disapoint-
ment. Prov xiv 8.
Queen Jezetel; scheming and ma
licious Jezebel was not the only
wife Of Ahab. no others are mentioned
by name. see chap * 5. and we
see IN 2 King. <; I Ii that Jehu put
% DEAN seventy OF MS sons.
PRACTICAL TEACHINGS
Four sins are prominently set before
US IN this lesson let Us look at them.
ald pray Tor grace to avoid them.
he sin Of c5vetousness We call the
heathan foolish aud stupid for worship.
ling their wooden idols, but IL we are
covetous, we are idolators, just like
them. Covetousuess, which is idola-
Try. Ii dries OPP every drop Of kind.
uess from the human heart, aud makes
It's victim SO hateful that neither God
nor man is likely to love him.
The sia Of discomfort. Some people
60 through life on continual grumble,
MAX ing themselves az disagreeable as
Ahab was under his disappointment.
Nobody admires these people very
much. II we want 10 be loved we
must avoid this habit Of discomfort
/ Goodness with coatentmeni is great
gain. II we are ia the habit Of being
yexed aud rruss and sour and peevish
ouf goodness does not amount to much
Even though we make great profes-
tioo ofreliglon. yet Indulgence in the
spirit 1t discomfort oyercomes all
happiness, usefulness aud good iaaa,
eHee
The sin Of bearing false witness.
A very coamon sic. aud Often commit.
ted in What seems To be light way
Even wAen 70 lightly done as to 20 by
The name of gossin. d i a fnghtfal