Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801 ...R. Phillips, 1802 |
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... Arabian side of Egypt ; and there to have erected a kingdom coeval with that of Mizraimn . But the incongruity , which subsisted between their customs and those of the Egyptians , occa- sioned some fierce contentions , which terminated ...
... Arabian side of Egypt ; and there to have erected a kingdom coeval with that of Mizraimn . But the incongruity , which subsisted between their customs and those of the Egyptians , occa- sioned some fierce contentions , which terminated ...
الصفحة 43
... Arabia Petræa on the south , and the desert of Arabia on the east . Its extent seems to have varied considerably at different periods , in consequence of which Josephus distinguishes it , when at the largest , by the epithet of Great ...
... Arabia Petræa on the south , and the desert of Arabia on the east . Its extent seems to have varied considerably at different periods , in consequence of which Josephus distinguishes it , when at the largest , by the epithet of Great ...
الصفحة 44
... Arabia Deserta , having the Arnon on the west , the Ishmaelites on the south , the deserts of Arabia on the east , and the hills of Bashan and Gilead on the north . Their territories , according to the sacred histo- rians , seem to have ...
... Arabia Deserta , having the Arnon on the west , the Ishmaelites on the south , the deserts of Arabia on the east , and the hills of Bashan and Gilead on the north . Their territories , according to the sacred histo- rians , seem to have ...
الصفحة 94
... Arabia Deserta , which the Scriptu distinguishes by the name of the Wilderness . Bu next day , they were ordered towards Pihabiro which is situated between the Red Sea , Migd an and Baal Zephon . The supreme Being now vouchsafed to 94 JEWS ...
... Arabia Deserta , which the Scriptu distinguishes by the name of the Wilderness . Bu next day , they were ordered towards Pihabiro which is situated between the Red Sea , Migd an and Baal Zephon . The supreme Being now vouchsafed to 94 JEWS ...
الصفحة 104
... Arabia Petræa , removed from Ezion - Gaber to Kadesh , in the wilderness of Zin , where a fresh murmur- ing arose for want of water , and Moses was again commanded to bring them a fresh supply out of the rock , but he performed the ...
... Arabia Petræa , removed from Ezion - Gaber to Kadesh , in the wilderness of Zin , where a fresh murmur- ing arose for want of water , and Moses was again commanded to bring them a fresh supply out of the rock , but he performed the ...
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Abimelech Abraham accordingly Achish afterward Ahaz Almighty altar Ammonites Antiochus Antipater Aristobulus army assembled Assyrian Babylon Babylonians Bacchides began besieged blessing brethren brother calamities called captivity caused chief commanded compelled conquest considerable cruelty David dignity divine dreadful Edom Egypt Egyptians enemy erected expiration father favour fortress Galilee governor hastened head Hebrews Herod high-priest holy honour hundred Hyrcan idolatrous Idumea immediately inhabitants invaded Israel Israelites Jacob Jehoshaphat Jerusalem Jewish Jews Jonathan Jordan Joseph Joshua Judah Judas Judea king kingdom land length marched massacred Medes metropolis monarch Moses Mount mountains nation Nebuchadnezzar obtained palace Palestine persons Phasael Philistines possession priests prince prisoners promised prophet Ptolemy punishment put to death received reign resolved river Romans royal sacred sacrifice Samaria Saul sent Shechem siege Simon solemn sons soon Syria temple thousand throne tion took tribe of Judah tribes troops utmost victory wall whilst worship
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الصفحة 329 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
الصفحة 329 - The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair was grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds
الصفحة 329 - Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken ; The kingdom is departed from thee.
الصفحة 16 - Judea, in its most extensive sense, was divided into maritime and inland, as well as into champaign and mountamous ; and again subdivided into Judea on this side, and Judea beyond Jordan. But the most considerable division was that made by lot among the twelve tribes, for the prevention of murmurs and discontent, when two tribes and a half were seated beyond the river, and the rest on this side. In the reign of king Solomon it was divided into...
الصفحة 327 - They contained a square of 400 feet on each side, and consisted of terraces, one above another, carried up to the height of the walls of the city ; the ascent from terrace to terrace being by steps ten feet wide. The whole pile consisted of substantial arches upon arches, and was strengthened with a surrounding wall of twenty-two feet thick.
الصفحة 54 - Babylonia, that he should become a great nation, and that in his seed all nations of the earth should be blessed...
الصفحة 31 - ... this is another small chapel fronting the body of the church. At the west end is the chapel of the sepulchre, hewn out of the solid rock, and ornamented with pillars of porphyry. The cloister round the sepulchre is divided into several chapels for the use of the different Christian sects who reside there; and on the north-west are the apartments of the Latins, who have the care of the church. It may be proper to mention here an edifice erected on Mount Moriah, called Solomon's temple, though...
الصفحة 25 - In each division are alla-s for the celebration of divine worship ; and the whole is cut out of the solid rock. The monument of king Jehoshaphat is divided into several apartments; one of which contains his tomb, adorned with a stately portico and entablature. That of Absalom, two furlongs distant from Jerusalem, is about twenty cubits square, adorned below with four columns of the Ionic order, with their capitals, and entablatures to each front. From the height of twenty to forty feet it i...
الصفحة 311 - His will that they should receive from man the same veneration as the servants of a great prince justly claim from the subject multitude. Impressed with this notion, they began to build temples to the Stars, to sacrifice to them, and to worship them, in the vain expectation that they should thus please the Creator of all things.
الصفحة 306 - Ptolemy, on the north by Mesopotamia ; on the east by the Tigris ; on the west by Arabia Deserta ; and on the south by the Persian Gulf and part of Arabia Felix.