CHAPTER X.
_ FOREIGN WARS._
2 Samuel 8:1.
THE transitions of the Bible, like those of actual life, are often
singularly abrupt; that which now hurries us from the scene of
elevated communion with God to the confused noise and deadly struggles
of the battle-field is peculiarly startling. We are cal... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XI.
_ ADMINISTRATION OF THE KINGDOM._
2 Samuel 8:15.
IF the records of David's warlike expeditions are brief, still more so
are the notices of his work of peace. How he fulfilled his royal
functions when there was no war to draw him from home, and to engross
the attention both of the king... [ Continue Reading ]