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Title: The home of God's people
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Gage, William Leonard, 1832-1889
Subjects: Bible Palestine -- Description and travel
Publisher: Hartford, Conn. : Dustin, Gilman & Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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s, the light breaks upon the rough,plain, and ancient threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.One can go down into the cavern beneath it; and a country-man of ours. Dr. Barclay, has crawled through the conduitand found that it led him to the Fountain of the Virgin inthe Valley of Jehoshaphat. The revolt of Adonijah never arose to the dignity of Absa-loms, or even Shebas rebellion. He was the oldest survivingson of David, a man of fine presence and of an ambitiousnature. He was aided by the invaluable alliance of Joab andAbiathar, the high priest. Why Joab deserted his master atlast, is not told: but I can not help thinking that at last theKings military and despotic tendencies had gone too far foreven the loyal and well tried Joab, and drove even him intothe service of the son. Besides, David was now an old man,and would not long hold out; the question of a successorcould not be greatly deferred, and it seems probable thatJoab wished to cast the scale in favor of Adonijah, and against
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18 294 THE DEATH OF DAVID. the youthful and aspiring Solomon, by throwing his own in-fluence in favor of the former. But Nathan was siill faithfulto the King, and Batlisheba, a pushing, crafty, and aspiringwoman, under the influence, also, of fear that in case ofAdonijahs success, both she and her son would be put todeath, joined with Nathan in endeavoring to get the moveon Adonijah, and have Solomon made king. The thing waslaid before David in a shrewd manner, and the King showeda vigor and decision worthy of his best days. The proclama-tion of Solomon down in the valley of Gihon, brought theambitious project of Adonijah to grief, and placed Solomonwithout a rival at the head of the kingdom. The death of David followed shortly after. The old Kingpassed away at the age of seventy, completely worn out.The decrepitude of his last years is clearly hinted at in theopening of I. Kings, yet his closing words, are full of his oldpower, trust in God and deep feeling. We have as the rec-ord of

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