Isa. xxiii. 13; Jer. 1. 35–39; Dan. i. 4; ii. 2. "Acre, originally called Accho. . . . It was also termed Ptolemais, because it was greatly enlarged and improved by the first Ptolemy, king of Egypt . usually known by the name of St. Jean d'Acre, in consequence of the town having been given by Richard Cœur de Lion to the knights of St. John of Jerusalem. . . . Famous in modern days as a seat of war between France and England. Napoleon Bonaparte, "he who was destined to overturn the thrones of Europe, was foiled under the walls of Acre.'"-Macleod's Geography of Palestine. ... VII. "EZRA."— Ezra x. 10, and iii.—vi. Esther ii. 17, etc. Ps. lxxvi. 2; xlviii. 2; 1 2 Sam. xxi. 10. 2 Sam. xv.6; xviii. 32, 33. XII. "CONSIDER THE LILIES."-Matt. vi. 28. Gen. xiv. 17. 1 Kings xvi. 28. Dan. iv. 33. 1 Sam. xxviii. 8. 2 Sam. iv. 7. 2 Sam. i. 17. 2 Kings xvi. 7. Prov. xxxi. 1. 2 Chron. xi. 9; xxv. 27. 2 Kings xx. 5-7. 2 Kings xix. 37. 2 Chron. i. 12. |