...and acceptable shade thus afforded, that we read in the Old Testament the interesting statement, — "Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine, and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon." — I Kings, iv. 25. Hence, too,...

...of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates." In the corresponding words of the annalist0, " Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by...multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry; and Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border...

...of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates." In the corresponding words of the annalist 8, " Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by...multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry ; and Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river nnto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border...

...the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides -harts, and -roe-bucks, and -fallowdeer, and fatted fowls. Judah and Israel were many -as the sand which is by...in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry ; for they all dwelt safely, every man -under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beersheba...

...the world. During the reign of Solomon the people seem to have increased rather than diminished. " Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by...multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry," 1 Kings, iv. 20. The country must have been well watered then, and still, were there an industrious...

...of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan ; and he tvas the only officer which was in the land. 20 thy mercy toward me ; and thou hast delivered" my...lowest "hell. 14 O God, the proud are risen again _21 And Solomon reigned' over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto...

...thee power to get wealth" (Deut. 8). The statement in First Kings that during the reign of Solomon "Judah and Israel dwelt safely every man under his vine and under his fig tree" (4:25) reflects the economic status after Israel had become an agricultural people. Every man...

...(Deut. viii. 8.) In 1 Kings iv. 25, the fig-tree ia referred to as one of the signs of prosperity : " And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine, and under his fig-tree." And its failure is noted as a sign of affliction : " He smote their fig-trees, and broke...

...east by the Euphrates. " And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father." " Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by...multitude, eating and drinking and making merry : " and they " dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Ik'ersheba,...

...the stalls for his forty thousand horses, that he spoke three thousand proverbs, and that his people were many, "as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry." I remember That great queen with spice and myrrh From Araby, whom Solomon delighted. I remember his...