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Curiosities of the Bible: Esther

Esther vii. 10. .Jer. xxxviii. 7 D-ungeon..

E-l-elohe-Israel.

A-chan........ .Jer. xxxviii. 13. .....

Gen. xxxiii. 20.

Joshua vii. 1. .............

D-euil.... ....Eph. vi 11. .....

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 116.-ADD TO YOUR FAITH, VIPTUZ. 2 Peter i. 5.

A-pollos....

D-amaris. ... ..

Acts xviii. 34. .......

D-agon. .... ........

T-atnai. ....... ....

O-rnan..... ....

Acts xvii. 34. 1 Sam. v. 2.

Ezra v. 3. .1 Chron. xxi. 18. .1 Kings x. 28.

Y-arn... ..... ...

O-badiah.

Obadiah i. ....

U-z..... .Job i. 1. .......

R-ehoboth.

Gen. xxvi. 22. .............

F-estus....

Acts xxiv. 27. ... ....

A-rchippus.... 1-shbi-benob.

Phil. ii. ..

T-ebeth. ...

H-aggeth.... ........ .... ... .2 Sam. xxi. 16.

Esther ii. 16 ..2 Sam. iii. 4. ...........

V-ine. .... ...

I-dumea.

R-aguel.......

T-oi....

U-zziah.

E-demites.

Isaiah v. 7.

Ezekiel xxxv. 15 Num. x. 29. .2 Sam. viii. 10 .Zec. xiv. 5. ..Gen. xxvi..

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 117. -" BE GLAD IN THE LORD."- 1. B-artimeus. 2. E-lymas.. 3. G-ilgal 4. L-ehi... 5. A-dam. 6. D-ura. 7. I-saac.. .. ..... .. ......... ... ... 8. N-athan.. .. 9. T-ilgath-pileser. 10. II-iram... ..... ........ 11. E-glon... 12. L-ystra........ 13. O-mri. 14. R-amah. 15. D-athan. ........ .......

Psa. xciv. 31. .. ..

Mark x. 46.

Acts xiii. 4. .Jud. ii. 1. .Jud. xv. 19 .Josh. xiii. 16.

Dan. iii. 1. .Gen. xxvi. 1. .2 Sam. xii. 13. .2 Chron xxviii. 20. .. .1 Kings vii. 45. .Jud. iii. 14.

Acts xiv. 8. .1 Kings xvi. 16. .1 Sam. ii. 11. .2 Kings vi. 13.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 118. -THOU HAST PUT GLADNESS IN MY 1. T-heshol-d. 2. 11-ama-n 3. O-se-e .. ....... ...

HEART. I''sa. iv. 7 ... .......... .... 4. U-ria-s.. 5. II-erodia-s. 6. A-bisha-i. 7. S-iho-n 8. T-erapi-m 9. P-rophec-y 10. U-zzia-h 11 T-yr-e.... 12. G-algoth-a.. 13. L-odeba-r. 14. A-rara-t. ...... ........ .. .. ..

Ezek. x. 4.

Esther vii. 9, 10 Rom. ix. 25.

Matt. i. 6.

Mark vi. 19. 1 Sam. xxvi 8.

Num. xxi. 23.

Jud. xvii. 5. .2 Peter i. 21. .2 Chron. xxvi. 16.

Isaiah xxiii. 8.

Matt. xxvii. 38. .2 Sam. xvii. 27.

Gen. viii. 20.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 119. --JEREMIAH and ANATHOTH.- J-oshu-a.

E-kro-n..

R-eb-a. ....... .... .... ......... ...... ...........

E-gyp-t.....

Mephiboshet-h.

I-dd-o ..

A-n-t...

II-orma-h.. .. ... .. ..

Jer. 1. 1. .. Deut. xxxiv. 9. .2 Kings i. 2.

Num. xxxi. 8. .1 Kings iv. 30. 2 Sam. ix. 6, 7. 1 Chron. xxvii 21.

Prov. vi. 6.

Num. xxi. 16.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO 120.-BARNABAS.- Acts iv. 36, 37 ... ..Mark xlvi. 52. .... ......... .... .... 1. B-artimaeus 2. A-himelech. 3. R-echabites. 4. N-ineveh. .... 5. A-ssyria...... 6. B-ow 7. A-rabia 8. S-halmaneser. ... .......... ....... .. .1 Sam. xxii. 9. .Jer. xxxv.

Jonah iii. .2 Kings xix. 35.

Gen. ix. 12. . Cal. i. 7. .2 Kings xvii. 3.

KRY TO ENIGMA NO. 121.-DAMASCUS-HANANIAH.-Acts i. 8 D-ebora-h A-bana-a.

M-atta-n A-quil-a.

S-almo-n..

C-ush-i..

U-zz-a.

S-ara-h. ....... ......... .......

Gen. xxxx. 8. .2 Kings v. 12. .. 2 Kings xi. 18.

Acts xviii. 2, 3.

Ruth iv. 21. .2 Sam. xviii. 21. 1 Chron. xiii. 10. .. Gen. xvii. 15. 1. D-orcas 2. A-bel

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