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Title: A child's story of the Old Testament in words of one syllable;
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Publisher: Philadelphia, H. Altemus company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Is-ra-el well. Thispleased the Lord, and he said: Since thou didstnot ask for wealth, nor fame, nor long life, butjust for a wise heart, I will make thee wise andrich and great; thy fame shall spread to all landsand if thou wilt keep my laws I will give theea long life. All these things came to Sol-o-mon, and folkscame from far and near to see him and hear hiswise words. The Queen of She-ba came fromher far off land and brought him rich gifts andasked him all the hard things she could think ofto find out if he was as wise as men said he was.When she saw his slaves and his ships and finehouse, and found he could tell her all she wishedto know she went back home and said he wastwice as wise and rich as she had heard. Ere Da-vid died he told Sol-o-mon he mustbuild a tem-ple for the Ark of God and he gavehim a plan to make it by—so when Sol-o-monhad been king a few years he set to work to buildthis house. It took seven years to build it. TheArk was placed in it, and a cloud came down on
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THE QUEEN OF SHE-BA AND SOL-OMON. 90 A CHILDS STORY OF THE BIBLE. the house and the Lord was in the cloud. Sol-o-mon knelt and prayed in the sight of allIs-ra-el; he begged the Lord to watch the househe had built for him, and to bless all the tribesand help them to keep his laws and serve himwith pure hearts. Then a great feast was madeand at the end of a week the folks went homewith joy in their hearts. Sol-o-mon reigned two-score years and didmuch that was good, but in his old age he turnedfrom the true God and bowed down to the falseones of his wives. For this sin the Lord raisedup foes to rob him of his peace, and told himthat his son should not be king of all Is-ra-el,but should rule just one tribe, and some one elseshould be king of ten tribes. So when Sol-o-mon died the tribe of Ju-dah chose his sonRe-ho-bo-am to be their king, and ten tribeschose Je-ro-bo-am to rule them. These two kings were at war all the time tillRe-ho-bo-am died and left his son A-bi-jam torule and fight i

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