In Song of Songs we are introduced to a new problem for Abishag: Solomon was choosing wives for political advantages, while she was wasting away in Zion--without children. pg xxiv
Michael Ben Zehabe
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And what is I was only supposed to burn for a certain amount of time?" I whispered. "What if I was o... KARINA HALLE History teachers help children climb mountains. JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS NO ADMITTANCE. NOT EVEN TO AUTHORISED PERSONNEL. YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME HERE. GO A... DOUGLAS ADAMS What do you want Phoenix?" "I'm going away for a while. I wanted to say goodbye." He smiled, bu... JESSICA SHIRVINGTON She walked away without bothering to look further. She knew he’d be fine. Her specialty was subdui... FRANCINE PASCAL She wasn’t broken. She was made up of a thousand tiny little cracks. She was always tryi... JACQUELINE SIMON GUNN Coraline was woken by the mid-morning sun, full on her face. For a moment she felt utterl... NEIL GAIMAN This Lord of natures today was transformed contrary to His nature; it is not too difficult for... EPHREM THE SYRIAN Rosa is a woman that we met in the early 1990s in Peru. She was affected by the civil unrest in her ... 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