CHAPTER VI.

Womanhood in the Time of the Prophets and During the Captivity.

THE WICKED JEZEBEL--THE WIDOW OF SAREPTA--THE TISHBITE AT THE CITY GATE--HIS STRANGE REQUEST--THE WIDOW’S UNFALTERING OBEDIENCE--AN APPEAL TO ELISHA--A POT OF OIL--THE WIDOW’S WONDERFUL FAITH--THE RICH WOMAN OF SHUNEM--HER MODEST LIFE--BARLEY HARVEST--A RIDE TO CARMEL IN THE GLARE OF THE SUN--ESTHER--HER BEAUTIFUL TRAITS OF CHARACTER--CROWNED AS QUEEN--PLEADING FOR THE LIFE OF HER PEOPLE--FOUND FAVOR WITH THE KING. 138-161