Word: slain
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...prevent Ahaziah from imitating his impiety and that of Athaliah his mother. But this prince, atter a reign of one year only, having gone to pay a visit to the king of Israel, brother to Athaliah, was included in the fall of the house of Ahab, and slain by order of Jehu, whom God had caused to be anointed by his prophet to reign over Israel, and to be the instrument of his vengeance. Jehu utterly destroyed the posterity of Ahab and caused Jezebel to be thrown from a window; she, in fulfilment of Elijah's propheay, was eaten...
...person to the temple. Appalled by the scene she finds there, she can only rend her garments and cry, "Treason, Treason," but no one will come to her assistance, her officers desert her. The High Priest pronounces her fate. She is led out beyond the sacred precincts and there slain...
...Crothers preached in Appleton Chapel last evening from the text "Come from the four winds, O breathe. and breathe upon these slain, that they may live." Ezekiel...
Mars was the sun god and around him was established the worship for the seasons. Elaborate ceremonies for the celebration of spring and autumn festivals were observed. The "October horse" was known to the early Romans as a corn demon or harvest divinity. He was slain in the fall but kept all winter and was believed to come to life again, in a manner, in the following spring...