Ancient History: Exhibiting a Summary View of the Rise, Progress, Revolutions, Decline, and Fall, of the States and Nations of AntiquitySouter, 1837 - 601 páginas |
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... marched towards the wilderness of Zin , where a scarcity of provisions gave rise to the most ungrateful and impious murmurings . Such , however , was the love , the mercy , and the incomprehensible goodness of their Creator , that he ...
... marched towards the wilderness of Zin , where a scarcity of provisions gave rise to the most ungrateful and impious murmurings . Such , however , was the love , the mercy , and the incomprehensible goodness of their Creator , that he ...
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... marched against the king of Bezek ; pillaged and burnt Jerusalem , then inhabited by the Jebusites ; com- pelled the gigantic sons of Anak to seek refuge in the cities of Hebron and Kirjath - Sepher ; and struck such terror into the ...
... marched against the king of Bezek ; pillaged and burnt Jerusalem , then inhabited by the Jebusites ; com- pelled the gigantic sons of Anak to seek refuge in the cities of Hebron and Kirjath - Sepher ; and struck such terror into the ...
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... marched against them , and vowed that if God would crown his at- tempts with success , he would sacrifice the first living crea- ture that should come out of his house to meet him at his return . It happened , that the unhappy victim of ...
... marched against them , and vowed that if God would crown his at- tempts with success , he would sacrifice the first living crea- ture that should come out of his house to meet him at his return . It happened , that the unhappy victim of ...
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... marched to Jerusalem , and laid close siege to the temple . But being compelled to raise the siege , he concluded a peace , and entering the city , caused the fortifications to be demo- lished , in open violation of the treaty which he ...
... marched to Jerusalem , and laid close siege to the temple . But being compelled to raise the siege , he concluded a peace , and entering the city , caused the fortifications to be demo- lished , in open violation of the treaty which he ...
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... marched against him , and defeated him . ( B. C. 160. ) He then fortified and garrisoned all such places as might keep the Jews in awe , and shut up the children of the principal inhabitants as hostages in the fortress of Acra . But the ...
... marched against him , and defeated him . ( B. C. 160. ) He then fortified and garrisoned all such places as might keep the Jews in awe , and shut up the children of the principal inhabitants as hostages in the fortress of Acra . But the ...
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