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Excerpt from The History of the Bible With this account of the building of the temple, imperfect as it is, we should at once close the present chap ter, were we not anxious to meet certain difficulties which we are aware, from personal experience, must afl'ect the mind of the reader while perusing some of the foregoing details. The sacrifice of Saul's descendants, for example, to gratify the vindictive feelin s of the Gibeonites, as well as the arting admonitions of avid to Solomon, respecting J cab, himei, and others, have been felt by many reflecting persons to militate, in appearance at least, against the con sistency of the sacred chronicles while the nature of Da vid's sin in numbering the people, with the terrible conse quences that followed, are matters well calculated to perplex even the most sober-minded. We frankly acknowledge, that after consulting a host of commentators, we have not been able entirely to elucidate the mystery which attaches to some of these transactions; but of the fruits of our re searches, the following may be taken as a compend. 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.