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الصفحة 18
... prophet Zepha- niah , " Gaza shall be forsaken , and Askelon a desolation they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day , and Ěkron shall be rooted up . Wo unto the inhabitants of the sea - coasts , the nation of the Cherethites ! the ...
... prophet Zepha- niah , " Gaza shall be forsaken , and Askelon a desolation they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day , and Ěkron shall be rooted up . Wo unto the inhabitants of the sea - coasts , the nation of the Cherethites ! the ...
الصفحة 23
... prophet Elijah . Mount Olivet , or the Mount of Olives , is situated at the distance of one mile from Jeru- salem , and commands a fine view of the city , from which it is parted by the brook Kedron and the valley of Jehoshaphat . It is ...
... prophet Elijah . Mount Olivet , or the Mount of Olives , is situated at the distance of one mile from Jeru- salem , and commands a fine view of the city , from which it is parted by the brook Kedron and the valley of Jehoshaphat . It is ...
الصفحة 26
... prophet Elisha . Of the seas there are commonly reckoned five , viz . the Mediterranean , the Dead sea , the sea of Tiberias , the Samachonite sea , or lake , and the sea of Jazer . The first of these has been frequently described by ...
... prophet Elisha . Of the seas there are commonly reckoned five , viz . the Mediterranean , the Dead sea , the sea of Tiberias , the Samachonite sea , or lake , and the sea of Jazer . The first of these has been frequently described by ...
الصفحة 48
... prophets . The same spirit of dissipation , which induced the Israelites to direct their worship to dumb idols , led them gradually into the practice of di- vination and necromancy , though the law of Moses expressly enjoined that such ...
... prophets . The same spirit of dissipation , which induced the Israelites to direct their worship to dumb idols , led them gradually into the practice of di- vination and necromancy , though the law of Moses expressly enjoined that such ...
الصفحة 50
... prophets . Their changing the solar into the lunar year , and the complete month of thirty days into the irregular moons of twenty - nine and thirty ; their division of the day into four parts , and the night into four watches , are ...
... prophets . Their changing the solar into the lunar year , and the complete month of thirty days into the irregular moons of twenty - nine and thirty ; their division of the day into four parts , and the night into four watches , are ...
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Abraham accordingly Achish afterward Ahaz Alexander Almighty altar Antigonus Antiochus Antipater Archelaus Aristobulus army assembled Assyrian Babylon Babylonians Bacchides began besieged blessing brethren brother calamities captivity caused chief commanded compelled considerable cruelty David dignity divine dreadful Egypt Egyptians enemy expiration father favour fortress Galilee governor hastened head Hebrews Herod high-priest holy honour hundred Hyrcan idolatries 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 ment metropolis Midian monarch Moses Mount nation Nebuchadnezzar obtained palace Palestine persons Phasael Philistines pontiff possession priests prince prisoners promise prophet Ptolemy punishment put to death received reign resolved river Romans Rome royal sacred sacrifice Samaria Saul sent Shechem siege Simon solemn sons soon Syrian temple thousand throne tion took tribe of Judah tribes troops utmost victory wall worship
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الصفحة 348 - 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 hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds
الصفحة 348 - 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 66 - Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above : and by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother ; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
الصفحة 80 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them ; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : And Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die.
الصفحة 27 - The plain on both sides from the sea of Tiberias, to the Asphaltite lake, is extremely arid and unwholesome during the heat of summer, and every where steril, except that part which lies contiguous to the river. Among the most remarkable curiosities of Palestine, may be justly reckoned various PETRIFACTIONS in the neighbourhood of Mount Carmel, which bear the most exact resemblance to citrons, melons, olives, peaches, and other vegetable productions. Here are also found a kind of oysters, and bunches...
الصفحة 37 - The altar is adorned with three crosses, and other costly embellishments, among which are forty-six silver lamps that are kept constantly burning. Contiguous to 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...
الصفحة 78 - And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
الصفحة 99 - And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river...
الصفحة 136 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
الصفحة 343 - Nebuchadnezzar embellished it, and made it one of the wonders of the world. The most famous works in and about it were, the walls of the city, the temple of Belus, Nebuchadnezzar's palace, the hanging gardens, the banks of the river, the artificial lake, and the canals. The walls...