The Eastern use of parables on the most solemn and serious occasions is well known and scarcely needs illustration. It is a common feature of such …

The thistle. Or bramble or briar. (Song of Solomon 2:2.) The Septuagint and Vulgate render “thistle;” the Syr…

And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah the king of
Judah
By the return of his…

For some time after the division of the kingdoms, Judah suffered much from the enmity of Israel. After Asa's time, it suffered more by the friendsh…