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IV. — PARABLES RECORDED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
Spoken by. Concerning | Spoken at | Recorded |
Balaam. The Moabites and Israelites | Mount Pisgah........................ | ..Numbers 23:24 |
Jotham Trees making a king | Mount Gerizim...................... | ...Judges 9:7- 15 |
Samsom. Sweetness coming forth from the strong. | Timnath.................................. | ....Judges 14:14 |
Nathan. The poor man's ewe lamb | Jerusalem.................................. | ..2 Samuel 12:1-4 |
Woman of Tekoah................... Two brothers striving | Jerusalem.................................. | ..2 Samuel 14:1. |
One of the sons of the prophets The escaped prisoner...................... | Near Samaria.......................... | ...1 Kings 20:35-49 |
Johoash, king of Israel The thistle and the cedar | Jerusalem................................ | ....2 Kings 14:9 |
Israel The vineyard yielding wild grapes | Jerusalem................................ | ....Isaiah 5:1-6 |
Ezekiel........Lion's whelps.... | Babylon.................................. | ...Ezekiel 19:2- 9 |
The great eagles and the vine | Babylon.................................. | ...17:3-10 |
The boiling pot........................ | Babylon.................................. | ...24:3-5 |