The Old Testament WorldWritten by two leading Old Testament scholars and widely used throughout the world, Philip Davies and John Rogerson'sThe Old Testament Worlddescribes the historical, social, and cultural setting in which the Old Testament was written and examines the major genres of literature that it contains. Ideally suited for college-level introductory classes, it illuminates the literature of the Old Testament by showing how it was shaped by the events, social structures, and religious and intellectual ideas of the ancient civilizations and cultures in which it was produced. |
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Page 19 - These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you : he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen, and to run before his chariots; and he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.
Page 19 - He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants.