Saturday, December 1, 2007

The Imperial Bible-dictionary By Patrick Fairbairn

The Imperial Bible-dictionary By Patrick Fairbairn: "sin He could decide for Jehovah in opposition to Baal but not for the pure worship of Jehovah as opposed to the idolatrous forms that had been set up at Bethel and Dan To go so far as to abolish these would have been to take Jerusalem for a religious centre and this might have opened the way for a return of the kingdom of Israel to the house of David Policy therefore dictated an adherence to the course pursued by the founder of the Israelitish monarchy And hence while a prolongation of his dynasty was promised for the work of judgment he had executed against the house of Baal it was accompanied with a limitation which implied a want of approval in regard since upon to winch the not called name 13 2 "

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