 | Benjamin Richings - 1840 - 264 pages
...why is thy countenance sad ?" It was an appeal to the feelings of the king in common with his own : " Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire ?" (Nehemiah ii. 2, 3.) By many... | |
 | 1841 - 592 pages
...before the Lord of heaven. When inquired of by the king, why his countenance was sad, he replied : " Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates are consumed by fire ?" The pious captives, as the}'- sat by... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 814 pages
...the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick?...but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, 3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever : why should not my countenance be sad, when the... | |
 | L. E. Lincoln - 1843 - 176 pages
...unto the king. Now I had not boen beforetime sad in his presence. Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick ;...sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid. And I said unto the king, Let the king live forever : why should not my countenance be sad, when the city,... | |
 | 1843 - 1108 pages
...not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, 3 And said unto tljc father's sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gatos thereof are consumed with fire? 4 Then the king said... | |
 | Disney ROBINSON - 1843 - 200 pages
...* Scripture Reader's Guide, p. 86. plainly and openly told him the truth, saying, " Why should nut my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lielh waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire ?" Let this be remembered for... | |
 | Henry Melvill - 1844 - 154 pages
...and displaying her King to " the daughter of Zion." i SERMON XIII. NEHEMIAH BEFORE ARTAXEKXES. 1 1 said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why...countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? Then the king said unto me,... | |
 | 636 pages
...his sadness. This peremptory demand filled Nehemiah with fear; and he tremblingly answered — •" Let the king live for ever; why should not my countenance be sad, when the city — the place of my father's sepulchres — Jieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire ? Then the king said... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1844 - 702 pages
...exhibit sadness in the presence of " the king of kings," Nehemiah was much alarmed, bat answered, " Let the king live for ever : why should not my countenance be sad when the city, the place of mv fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?" Tbe king encouraged... | |
 | 640 pages
...were burned with fire. He said unto the king, who asked him why he was sad, when he was not sick, " Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?" But a place of sepulchres lying... | |
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Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, and said unto the king, Let the king live for ever : why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers... 
