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Bible Characters: Israelites

The meeting-place of four hundred discontented Israelites. The initials of the following prove the name :- 1. One "who through faith quenched the violence of fire." 2. The feeding-place of Israel's flock, and in later times the scene of a miracle. 3. The name of a king of Judah who was punished for his presumption. 4. The uncle of Esau. 5. The old name of Bethel. 6. The name of one who, through covetousness, "troubled Israel." 7. A Danite, the father of a famous Judge in Israel. BIBLE CHARACTERS, No. 4.

A flourishing church of Asia Minor.

The Initials of the following prove the name :- 1. A Christian householder. 2. A kinsman of St. Paul. 3. One of the divisions of the Holy Land mentioned in the New Testament. 4. A place where St. Paul was in peril from his own coun trymen. 5. An eloquent man, and one mighty in the Scriptures. 6. A city from which St. Paul narrowly escaped with his life. 7. The first fruits of Achaia. 8. One of the apostles. 9. A succorer of St. Paul. 10. A political sect among the Jews. 11. A division of the Roman army. 12. A New Testament prophet.

BIBLE CHARACTERS, No. 5.

A man who left his native city when famine arose.

The initials of the following prove the name :-- One of the brothers of the king of Israel, famous for his commanding stature. 2. The original name of the city of Dan. 3. The district in Palestine likened to an ass bowing dowi. between two burdens. 4. The burial-place of a patriarchal family. 5. An Ethiopian who delivered a prophet from danger. 6. The mountain which the Hebrew Jawgiver prayed to see. 7. The sexport where a royal fleet was wrecked. 8. A king prophesied of by name. 9. The rebuilder of Jericho.

BIBLE CHARACTERS, No. 6.

The talented politician who proved a traitor to his king and country.

The initials of the following prove the name :- 1. The only member of a royal family in Israel who was to be mourned for and buried. 2. A prophetess whose teaching proved a temporary check to idolatry in Judah. 3. One of whom it was prophesied, "Ile shall dwell in the presence of his brethren." 4. The burial-place of the great military leader of the children of Israel. The minister of an Eastern king whose ambition resultod in his ruin. 6. The husbandman with the kingly heart. 7. The watery grave of a multitude. 8. The birthplace of Absalom. 9. A memorial of deliverance in battle. 10. The ather of the second founder of the human race BIBLE CHARACTERS, No. 7.

The godly governor of an idolatrous household.