Title: The History of the Holy Bible abridged :
Date: 1809
Publisher: Published by A. Dickinson,
Physical description: 52 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: A
Contents: Chap. I. Treating of God -- Chap. II. Of the Creation -- Chap. III. Of the Garden of Eden -- Chap. IV. Of Adam and Eve in Paradise, their fall and expulsion -- Chap. V. The consequences of the fall -- Chap. VII. The birth and call of Abraham. Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed. Isaac born -- Chap. VI. Of the flood.--The building of the Tower of Babel -- Chap. VIII. Of Joseph and his brethren -- Chap. IX. The oppression of the children of Israel in Egypt, and their deliverance from thence. Pharaoh and his host drowned in the Red Sea. The law published on Mount Sinai -- Chap. X. The story of Baalam and his ass -- Chap. XI. The Israelites pass through Jordan, and take Jericho. The history of Samson. Saul anointed king. The story of David and Goliath. The reign of David -- Chap. XII. Solomon's wisdom. His judgment between the two harlots. The building and dedication of the temple -- Chap. XIII. Jonah in the whale's body. Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego cast into the fiery furnace. Daniel in the lion's den.
Notes: Stories from the Old Testament. Pagination includes [8] leaves of plates, including engraved title page. Page 27 misnumbered 25.
Subject headings (LCSH): Bible stories; Bible stories, English.; Bible. Old Testament