Excerpt from Oriental Illustrations of the Sacred Scripture Collected From the Customs, Manners, Rites, Superstitions, Traditions of the Hindoos, Vol. 4 The book of Judges contains some fearful accounts of the impiety of the Israelites, of their subjugation or slavery to the heathen at six different periods. The book of Ruth is named after a heathen woman who was married to a son of Naomi. The first and second books of Samuel relate to the heathen Chieftain Goliath, to the fall of the god Dagon, to Saul and the witch of Endor, and various battles with the idolaters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.