Excerpt from The Bible Text-Book, or the Principal Texts Relating to the Persons, Places, and Subjects, Occurring in the Holy Scriptures: Arranged for the Use of Ministers, Teachers, Visitors, and All Students of the Bible; With Two Maps, and a Variety of Useful Tables It would be presumptuous to expect that mistakes or imperfections may not be found in this work, involving, as every comment upon Scripture does, so much of deli cacy and difficulty; yet it can be asserted with truth, that arduous labor and anxious care have been expended, in order to render it subservient to the great end for which it is designed. This work has not been undertaken or carried on with a view of establishing any particular class of Opinions the endeavor has been to set forth the word of God not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God. It is now sent forth with the humble prayer, that it maybe the means, through the blessing of the Holy Ghost, of more extensively unfolding the gospel of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. 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.