SCRIPTURE HOWLERS
The following “ howlers were contributed by young boys taking an examination in Scripture:— Moses sent ten plagues to Pharoah, The. last one was children, so he drowned them all in the Red Sea. AVo remember Jonah because it was through him that the idea of the submarine occurred to modern minds. AVhen David slew Goliath with a catapult the age of missile warfare commenced. This incident drove tire fust nail into the coffin of feudalism. The Queen of Sheba was the only woman of his day that King Solomon never married. Hence arose the phrase, “ The wisdom of Solomon.” Zadok was the name of an ointment much used in olden times. On the alabaster box in which it was packed was printed in Hebrew characters; 1 Rub it in.” Shimei was lined the maximum penalty by David for spitting in public.
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Evening Star, Issue 19839, 12 April 1928, Page 11
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143SCRIPTURE HOWLERS Evening Star, Issue 19839, 12 April 1928, Page 11
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