Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801 ...R. Phillips, 1802 |
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الصفحة 188
... Simon died in the ninth year of his pon tificate . The sanctity of his manners , and the integrity of his actions , had acquired him the sur name of the Just ; " and his laudable exertions r the benefit of the nation have iminortalise h ...
... Simon died in the ninth year of his pon tificate . The sanctity of his manners , and the integrity of his actions , had acquired him the sur name of the Just ; " and his laudable exertions r the benefit of the nation have iminortalise h ...
الصفحة 189
... Simon the Just , who left it to Onias in he thirty - sixth year of Ptolemy Philadelphus . he danger to which the Jewish state was re- iced , by the sordid avarice of this pontiff , has been already shown in the history of Egypt . His ...
... Simon the Just , who left it to Onias in he thirty - sixth year of Ptolemy Philadelphus . he danger to which the Jewish state was re- iced , by the sordid avarice of this pontiff , has been already shown in the history of Egypt . His ...
الصفحة 190
... Simon , was justly celebrated for his piety , zeal , conduct , and resolution ; all of which were severely tried in the first year of his pontificate , as the Samaritans eagerly em- braced every opportunity of wreaking their malice on ...
... Simon , was justly celebrated for his piety , zeal , conduct , and resolution ; all of which were severely tried in the first year of his pontificate , as the Samaritans eagerly em- braced every opportunity of wreaking their malice on ...
الصفحة 191
... Simon : he governor of the temple , introduced a series . f vexations and calamities . The cause of this misunderstanding does not ap- ear ; but the contest , whatever it was , grew to chaheight , that Simon resolved to revenge him- If ...
... Simon : he governor of the temple , introduced a series . f vexations and calamities . The cause of this misunderstanding does not ap- ear ; but the contest , whatever it was , grew to chaheight , that Simon resolved to revenge him- If ...
الصفحة 192
... Simon perceived the ill success of hi treacherous design , he ' endeavoured to enflam the minds of the Jews against their pontiff , whom he impudently charged with having invited He liodorus to Jerusalem . This iniquitous asser- tion ...
... Simon perceived the ill success of hi treacherous design , he ' endeavoured to enflam the minds of the Jews against their pontiff , whom he impudently charged with having invited He liodorus to Jerusalem . This iniquitous asser- tion ...
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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.