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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