The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-05-24
BIBLE FACTS.
by AMBROSE 8. oTrEY.

After Gideon's death the children OF
Israel returned TO idolatry, and made
Baal-berith their God.-Judges8 8, 33.
Idohtry was forbidden In the first
com Observation-Disclosures 20. 35.
But while Moses was still upon the
mount commnnlnR with Jehovah.
Aoron made golden calf for the poo
pie to worship.-Exodus 32. The word
'calf' occurs 81 times In the Bible.
David took the two SONS OF RiZpah
and the five sons Of Michael and de-
Ilivered them into The hands OF the
'Gibeonltes, and they hanged them on
"a hill before the Lord. (Huiuan sacri-
fees were always offered on a hill. D
I'D. Samuel 81, so.
The children Of Israel served Baal
and Ashtaroth after the death Of
2. ll-l3.
IDThe children Of Israel again served
Bauiam and Ashtaroth, and tho gods
of Syria, and the gods OF Zidon, and
the gods OF Moab, and the gods OF the
children OF Ammon. and the gods OF
the Philistines 10, &.
1t is not known tor certain whether
IJephtha sacrificed his daughter Miz-
,pah for burnt Offering, In accordance
with vow. There Is controversy or
this subject. The story, which Ia
worth reading, is found In Judges IL,
80 40.
Micah's mother made a craven
image OF eleven hundred shekels of
oliver. (Thls money was first stolen
by him from his mother. Judges II,
AS.
The children of Dan set up craven
and had ido'atrous priests until
The day of captivity of tho land
Judges IS, 30-3l,
Samuel hewed Agag to pieces before
the Lord.-1 Samuel 49, e-33.
SolomoE's wives In his old age drew
him to idolntry. And they turned his
henrt after other Gods, Ashtaroth,
lMilcoina. Chemosh and Molech. He
also for all his wives burnt incense
and sacrificed unto their Gods.-l
Kings II, 4'S.
Jeroboam, son of Solomon. made
two golden calves, and set one up at
Bethel and the other at Dan. He also
ordained priests in the high places to
loiler sacrifice and burnt incense.-I
Us.
From that time until the captivity.
with the exception of the reign OF
liezekiah and Josiah, who remov-
Jed tho high places brake the i'm
!oges. cut down the groves and
brake into pieces the brazen SER
Ipent that Moses had made, the chill.
Idren OF Israel continued In idoiatry.-
I'LL Kings IS. 4; 50.
The children of Israel and Judah.
through long succession of kings.
shared their worship OF God with with
the gods of the heather, built places
lin all their cities, set up high images
and groves on every high hill, and un-
der every green tree, and burned in
Icense and served idols i King Is, 10
~; ? Kings l2, Is, Il. 15, Is, 2lst chap
tiers.
/ The same accounts are also duplicat-
led in LIST and I'd Chronicles.
4 The king OF Moab offered his son for
"a burnt Offering. III Kings 8. 81.
\ In the thirty-first chapter of Gene.
sis Is the first mention of images or
idols. Rachel stole her father Laban's
Images and hid them.
4 (Note. At the present time there are
lover 600, coo, COO of the human race
who worship idols.)
Cain made the first offering. men,
toned in tho Bible, Genesis As.
The word God" occurs 1890 times In
the Bible. The. word Code" 20s
times.
The tribe OF Dan were the first
openly to Introduce idolatry, in the
Numbering up of the twelve tribes,
1spoken OF In Revelation, 7th chapter.