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Excerpt from From Solomon to the Captivity: The Story of the Two Hebrew Kingdoms As we open the historic page we find the Hebrew nation in the acme of its magnificence. It is the growth of centuries. It embodies the living of the grandest men of time. It is the incorporation of the best thoughts and purposes of Deity. It is the expression of Gods matchless love, and Gods fidelity in covenant-keeping, and Gods forbearance and forgiveness. The life of Moses is in it his talents, toils, prayers, holy character, and self-surrender. Joshua is in it his heroism, war-genius, and loyalty. Samuel is in it his prophetic life and his faculty for organization. David is in it his sword and his harp, and his spirit of praise which keeps alive the soul-nature of the Hebrew citizen. It is a pity that this magnificent nation must be broken into two, but it is, and the division is deep and bitter and broad. As we are to study the histories of the two kingdoms made from this one, let us in the very start take a bird seye-view as a preparation for entering into details. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.