 | Books - 1806 - 924 pages
...proper canon of Jewish scripture appears to have been closed by Nehemiah, who (n Maccabees, n. 13) ' founding a library, gathered together the acts of...and the prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings concerning the holy gifts.' . To this collection Judas Maccabeus added some apocryphal books... | |
 | Bible - 1832 - 512 pages
...consumed. So also Solomon kept 12 " those eight days. " The same things also were reported in the 13 " writings and commentaries of Neemias ; and " how he,...together " the acts of the kings and the prophets, and of b See Leviticus, ch. x. 16 — 18. " David, and the epistles of the kings concerning 14 " the holy... | |
 | Charles Christian Hennell - Bible - 1838 - 402 pages
...generally agreed, by Ezra.* In the second book of Maccabees we read that " Nehemiah founded a library, and gathered together the acts of the kings, and the prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings, (about 445 BC,) concerning the holy gifts," 2 Macc. ii. 13. This collection was doubtless... | |
 | Jews - Bible - 1840 - 212 pages
...make the Bible accessible to the people. In the second book of the Maccabees, it is stated, that " he, founding a library, gathered together the acts...and the prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings concerning the holy gifts." The latter probably refers to the decrees of the Persian kings,... | |
 | John Relly Beard - Bible - 1847 - 660 pages
...Nehemiah existed, in which, among other tilings, it was reported that he founded a library, in which 'he gathered together the acts of the kings, and the prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings concerning the oblations.' However indefinite this statement may be, it contains the substance... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1850 - 656 pages
...Nehemiah existed, in which, among other things, it was reported that he founded a library, in which ' he gathered together the acts of the kings, and the prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings concerning the oblations.' However indefinite this statement may be, it contains the substance... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1851 - 922 pages
...2 Maccabees, ii. 13, where Nehetniah is said, in ' founding a library ' (j3i£Aio04'n>), to hare ' gathered together the acts of the kings, and the prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings concerning the holy gifts.' But although it was usual to denominate the separate books in... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - Bible - 1852 - 528 pages
...mentaries of Neemias " (though there is no trace of them in what has come down to us under his name); " and how he, founding a library, gathered together...and the prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings concerning the holy gifts," and that " in like manner also Judas gathered together all those... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1854 - 928 pages
...13, where Nehemiah is said, in ' founding a library' (£i0AiofH)K7>), to have ' gathered together (he acts of the kings, and the prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings concerning the holy gifts.' But although it was usual to denominate the separate books in... | |
 | William Lee - Bible - 1858 - 484 pages
...(evpiaKerai 6$ h rale uTroypa^aZf)" — ch. ii 1, &c., he adds : " The same things also were reported in the writings and commentaries of Neemias ; and how he, founding a library ((3i(32,t.o9ijK^v), gathered together the Acts of the Kings, and the Prophets, and of David, and the... | |
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The same things also were reported in the writings and commentaries of Neemias ; and how he founding a library gathered together the acts of the kings, and the prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings concerning the holy gifts. 
