The Lions’ Den E-Book

V. Gilbert Beers

• Herausgeber: Peter Pan Press
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Seitenzahl: 22

Beschreibung

A collection of Bible stories by V. Gilbert Beers and Ronald A. Beers. Each story includes a colorful illustration by Daniel J. Hochstatter.

Stories included in the book:

David Is Kind to Mephibosheth
David and Bathsheba
Absalom Rebels Against David
David Buys a Threshing Floor
David Plans the Temple
Solomon’s Wisdom
Solomon Builds the Temple
Solomon Is Rich and Famous
Solomon Turns from God
Ravens Feed Elijah
A New Room for Elisha
Naaman the Leper Is Healed
The Story of Jonah
Daniel Refuses to Eat the King’s Food
The Fiery Furnace
The Handwriting on the Wall
Daniel in the Lion’s Den
The Story of Queen Esther 

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C O N T

David Is Kind to Mephibosheth

David and Bathsheba

Absalom Rebels Against David

David Buys a Threshing Floor

David Plans the Temple

Solomon’s Wisdom

Solomon Builds the Temple

Solomon Is Rich and Famous

Solomon turns from God

E N T S

Ravens Feed Elijah

A New Room for Elisha

Naaman the Leper Is Healed

The Story of Jonah

Daniel Refuses to Eat the King’s Food

The Fiery Furnace

The Handwriting on the Wall

Daniel in the Lions’ Den

The Story of Queen Esther

David Is Kind to Mephibosheth

s any of King Saul’s family still alive?” David asked one day. “I would like to help him.” Saul’s son Jonathan had been David’s spe-

cial friend, even though Saul often tried to kill David.

Someone remembered Ziba, a servant of Saul’s family. He would know. So some people brought Ziba to King David. “One of Jonathan’ssons is still living,” Ziba told the king. “He is crippled.”

Before long Mephibosheth was there, standing in front of David. But he didn’t stand

long. He bowed down before the king. He must have been shaking. Would David kill him because Saul had tried to kill David?

“Don’t be afraid,” David told Mephibosheth. “Your father and I were good friends. So I will give your grandfather’s land to you. You may eat with me from now on.”

Mephibosheth bowed before the king again. What a kind man David was!

From that day on, Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem. He ate with the king, and the king treated him like a son.

CONTENTS

David and Bathsheba

ate one afternoon David went to the roof of his palace. As he walked around, he saw a beautiful woman. She was taking a

bath at her house below.

“Who is she?” David asked.

“Bathsheba, Uriah’s wife,” someone told him.

David sent for Bathsheba and went to bed with her. Later Bathsheba learned that she and David were going to have a baby. She sent someone to tell the king.

David wanted Uriah to think this was his baby. He brought Uriah home from a battle at Rabbah. But Uriah would not go to bed withhis wife. He thought it would be wrong to dothis when his friends were fighting a battle.

David sent Uriah back to his army com-mander with a note. “Put Uriah in the front