Curiosities of the Bible

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Matthew xi. 29.

Matthew ii. 9.

Exodus xii. 11.

Jeremiah xxxi. 15.

Isaiah vii. 11.

Luke ii. 51.

Matthew xxvi. 36.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 13.-"I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA' (Rev. i. 11, 13; xxii. 12, 13, 16.20), "the First and the Last" (Isaiah xliv. 6; xlviii. 12; xli. 4. 1. Ishbosheath .. 2. AM-monites....... 3. ALPII-œus. 4. A-mram. 5. AND-rew. 6. OM-ri. 7. E-mmans. 8. GA-maliel. ........ .. ...... ......... .2 Sam. iv. 1-12. 51 Sam. xi.; xii. 12; Judges xi. 4 -6; 2 Sam. x. 6-19.

S 1 Matt x. 2, 3; Mark iii. 16-19 Luke vi. 13-16. 1 Chron. vi. 3; Exod. vi. 18, 20. .John i. 40-42. 1 Kings xvi. 15-18.

Luke xiv. 13-31. .Acts xxii. 3; v. 34-39.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO 11.- INCREASE OUR faith."- 1 I-sh-borheth... 2. N-ethaneel 3 C-apernaum. 4. R-immon 5. E-lymas ... ....

Luke xvii. v. 2 Samuel IV. 2 Chronicles xvii. 7, 9.

Matthew xi. 23. .2 Kings v. 18.

Acts xiii. 8, 12. 6. A-rk 7. S-amuel S. E-unice. ... ...

Gen. vii. 11-13; viii. 13-116. .1 Samuel iii.; xii. 2, 23. .2 Timothy i. 5; iii. 15 Numbers xxi. 33. . Daniel v. 25. .. 9. O-g 10. U-pharsin. 11. R-ehoboam. 12. F-ire. 13. A-ngels. 14. I-shmael 15. T-itus.. ....... .. ... 1 Kings xii. 13.

Jeremiah xxiii. 29.

Hebrews i. 14.

Jeremiah xli. 2. .2 Corinthians vii. 5, 7. ............ 16. II-orn........ ..

Luke i. 69.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 15.-Jo. 'ATHAN.--2 SAM. XV. 36 ABIATHAR.-2 SAM. xv. 35 1. J-oshu-a..

Exodus xvii. 9. ..... 2 O-re-b.. ..... ........ .. .Judges vii. 25. 3. N-imsh-i.. ........ 1 Kings xix. 16. 4. A-mas-a.. .2 Sam. xvii. 25. .. 6. H-ulda-h. .. .2 Kings xxii. 14-16. 5. T-rumpe-t.......... .Josh. vi. 4, 5. 7. A-rmeni-a.......... .2 Kings xix. 37. 8. N-ebuchadnezza-r.... Dan. iv. 25-35.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 16. -" COME UNTO ME." - Matthew xi. 28 1. C-aleb 2. O-badiah.. ...... 3. M-ary Magdalene. 4. E-lizabeth. 5. U-r. .. .... ....... ............. 6. N-ain... ... 7. T-admor. 8. O-phir.... .... 9. M-icah.. 10. E-lijah. . Numbers xiv. 24. .1 Kings xviii. 3.

Mark xvi. 9. . Luke i. 6.

Neh. ix. 7.

Luke vii. 11. 2 Chron. viii. 4. 1 Kings ix. 28.

Micah. i. 1. 1 Kings xvii. 1.

Art thou weary, art thou languid, Art thou sore distressed ?

Come to me, saith One ; and, coming, Be at rest.

ΚΕΥ ΤΟ ΕΝIGMA NO. 17. - DUTY-" IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS."-1 Thess. v. 18.-PROMISE-" ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THEM THAT LOVE GOD -Rom. viii. 28. 1. I-scariot.. 2. N-athan.. 3. EVE 4. R-abbi. 5. Y-ea.. ........... 6. TII-yatira. 7. I-srael.. ...... ... ... 8. N-ob............ 10. GI-beon. 11. V-au. 12. E-THAN 13. K-ish .. 14. S-aul .......

Matt. xxvi. 24. .2 Sam. xii. 7-10.

Gen. iii. 4-6.

Matt. xxiii. 6-8. .2 Cor. i. 20.

Acts xvi. 14.

Gen. xxxii. 28. 1 Sam. xxii. 18, 19. 2 Sam. xxiv. 11.

Josh. ix. 3-11.

Psa. cxix. 41. 1 Kings iv. 30, 31 1 Sam. ix. 3. 1 Sam. x. 1.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 18-" PRINCE OF PEAC 1. P-riest. 9. G-ad. ....... " Isa 6 .Heb. v. 6. 2. R-oot.

Rev. v. 5. 3. I-mage of God. .2 Cor. iv. 4. 4. N-azarene. ....

Matt. ii. 23. 5 C-ounsellor...... Isa. ix. 6. 6. E-verlasting Father.. Isa. ix. 6. 7. O-ffspring of David.. Rev. xvii. 16. 8. F-ountain...... Zech. xiii. 1. 9. Prophet..... 10. E-mmanuel. 11. A-lpha...

Deut. xviii. 18.

Matt. i. 23. ..

Rev. i. 8. 12. C-hief Corner Stone.. 1 Peter ii. 6. 13 E-ternal Life 1 John v. 20.

ΚΕΥ ΤΟ ENIGMA NO 19.- "THE LORD BLESS THER. ANE KEEP THEE." 1. T-imothy.. 2. H-iram 3. E-lijah.. 4. L-eah. 5. O-bed 6. R-euben 7. D-avid. ............ ...... .. ............. ... 8. B-arnabas. 9. L-ysias.. ... ... ... ............. 10. E-lhanan.. 11. S-hebne. ..... ...... 12. S-harezer....... 13. T-ola 14. II-ezekiah. .. 15. E-srom. 16. E-liphaz. 17. A-rba..... 18. N-athan.. 19. D-eborah. 20. K-ish.. 21. E-liezer. 22. Eunice 23. Philip.

Numbers vi. 21. 1 Tim. i. 2. 1 Kings v. 10, 11.

Luke ix. 30, 33.

Gen. xxix. 16.

Ruth iv. 17.

Gen. xxxv. 23. 1 Sam. xvii. 14.

Acts xiii. 1.

Acts xxiii. 26. .2 Sam. xxi. 19.

Isa. xxxvii. 2. .2 Kings xix. 37. ....Judges x. 1. ........ ........... ... ... 2 Chron. xxxii. 33.

Luke iii. 33. .Job. ii. 11.

Joshua xxi. 11. .2 Sam. xii. 1. ....Judges iv. 4. 1 Sam. x. 21 Gen. xv. ii. .2 Tim. i. 5. .John i. 43 24. T-ertullus 25. II-erod. 26. E-lymas.. 27. E-zekiel. ........ .. Acts xxiv. 1, 2.

Luke iii. 19. ............ ............

Acts xiii. 6-8.

Ezek. i. 3.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 20. - "THE LORD REIGNEΤп."-Psalm xciii. 1: xcvii. 1; xcix. 1. 1. THE-ssalonica. 2. L-ystra 3. OR-nan. ...... 4. D-ionysius... .. Acts xvii. 1. 6. ...... ..... 5. RE-hoboam ... 6. I-shbi-benob. 7. G-ilgal. 8. N-ebo....... 9. ETII-baal. .. ............ .....

Acts xiv. 8, 11, 10. .2 Chron. iii. 1; 1 Chron. xxi. 18- 26; xxii. 1.

Acts xvii. 16, 34. 1 Kings xii. 1-11. 2 Sam. xxi. 16.

Joshua iv. 19-23.

Deut. xxxii. 49, 50; xxxiv. 5, 6. 1 Kings xvi. 31; xviii. 13.

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