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Identifier: homeofgodspeople00gage (find matches)
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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chel, which is still to be seennear the line of Bethlehem, and back to the home of Saul afew miles north of Jerusalem. The first event of Sauls reign carries us across the Jordanto Jabesh-gilead, a city which has already come before us inconnection with the Benjamite war of extermination. Justwhat connection there was between the tribe of Benjamin andthat trans-jordanic city, can not now be discovered, but it isclear that there was some, because at the time of the greatgathering at Mizpeh, to punish the Benjamites for upholdingthe sin in the matter of the Levites wife, Jabesh-gilead was,the only city that was not represented. Here in the time ofSaul the city comes into view again: this time there was anarmy of fierce Ammonite Arabs at its gates, demanding thesurrender of the city. A compact was entered into that incase the people of Jabesh should not have succor in sevendays they would open their gates and submit to have theirright eyes put out. The promptness of Saul to come to their
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13 210 THE BATTLE OF MICHMASH. rescue must always be set to the credit of that impulsive chief-tain. Here his character does flash out for an instant with abeautiful light. There have been few things in all mihtaryhistory like the rallying of forces which followed Sauls call,and an army of three hundred and thirty thousand men nevercame together in less time. Their rendezvous was at Bezek,about fourteen miles south-west of the Succoth ford of the Jor-dan. Jabesh-gilead lay eight or ten miles from the Jordan,on the brink of a ravine which ran eastward from the deepvalley of the river. That last days march, after the promisehad been given, to-morrow by that time the sun be hot hewould succor them, is one of the most brilliant days works inall the records of quick marches. But the whole world knowsthat he reached the eagerly expecting city, and brought therelief which they needed. This act was never forgotten.Long afterward the people of that city stole across the river,and when the body

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