Black History In The Bible | #BHITB
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1And king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus of Persia received his kingdom. 2And Daniel conversed with the king, and was honoured above all his friends. 3Now the Babylons had an idol, called Bel, and there were spent upon him every day twelve great measures of fine flour, and forty sheep, and six…
1There dwelt a man in Babylon, called Joacim: 2And he took a wife, whose name was Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, a very fair woman, and one that feared the Lord. 3Her parents also were righteous, and taught their daughter according to the law of Moses. 4Now Joacim was a great rich man, and had…
1And they walked in the midst of the fire, praising God, and blessing the Lord. 2Then Azarias stood up, and prayed on this manner; and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire said, 3Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers: thy name is worthy to be praised and glorified for evermore:…
1A copy of an epistle, which Jeremy sent unto them which were to be led captives into Babylon by the king of the Babylonians, to certify them, as it was commanded him of God. 2Because of the sins which ye have committed before God, ye shall be led away captives into Babylon by Nabuchodonosor king…
1Put off, O Jerusalem, the garment of mourning and affliction, and put on the comeliness of the glory that cometh from God for ever. 2Cast about thee a double garment of the righteousness which cometh from God; and set a diadem on thine head of the glory of the Everlasting. 3For God will shew thy…
1This is the book of the commandments of God, and the law that endureth for ever: all they that keep it shall come to life; but such as leave it shall die. 2Turn thee, O Jacob, and take hold of it: walk in the presence of the light thereof, that thou mayest be illuminated. 3Give…
1O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, the soul in anguish the troubled spirit, crieth unto thee. 2Hear, O Lord, and have mercy; for thou art merciful: and have pity upon us, because we have sinned before thee. 3For thou endurest for ever, and we perish utterly. 4O Lord Almighty, thou God of Israel, hear now…
1Therefore the Lord hath made good his word, which he pronounced against us, and against our judges that judged Israel, and against our kings, and against our princes, and against the men of Israel and Juda, 2To bring upon us great plagues, such as never happened under the whole heaven, as it came to pass…
1And these are the words of the book, which Baruch the son of Nerias, the son of Maasias, the son of Sedecias, the son of Asadias, the son of Chelcias, wrote in Babylon, 2In the fifth year, and in the seventh day of the month, what time as the Chaldeans took Jerusalem, and burnt it…
1A Prayer of Jesus the son of Sirach. I will thank thee, O Lord and King, and praise thee, O God my Saviour: I do give praise unto thy name: 2For thou art my defender and helper, and has preserved my body from destruction, and from the snare of the slanderous tongue, and from the…