The Bible Story - Volume II - Chapter 20 - Basil Wolverton - 1961

Basil Wolverton

TWO MORE PLAGUES ON EGYPT, THE KING of Egypt tried to erase from his mind what Aaron had said about the coming plague of locusts. But the more he tried to forget it, the more he worried. "There have been many locust swarms in the land from time to time," Pharaoh thought. "These insects have done damage, but they didn't bother people or animals. Surely another swarm of these creatures wouldn't mean great hardship." Unable to sleep, Pharaoh got out of bed and quietly walked across the room to the curtained east windows. He didn't summon servants to pull the curtains, because he didn't wish to awaken his wife. He hoped that his children, bedded in adjoining rooms, would also sleep through the windstorm. There had been so much furore and excitement in the palace for so many days that everyone was in great need of rest. The king yanked the curtains apart, disclosing a view eastward across the Nile river. The sun was just rising in a weirdly dull, red glow, apparently caused by flying dust and sand. But even as he watched, the sun became dim. Then it disappeared, as though blotted out by a vast, dark currain! - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library