Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801, Volumen2Isaac Collins and sons, 1803 |
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... Ascalon . It was here the idol Dagon fell in pieces before the ark of God . The strength of the place was so consi derable , that it is said to have sustained a siege of twenty - nine years under Psammetichus king of Egypt . 40 JEWS .
... Ascalon . It was here the idol Dagon fell in pieces before the ark of God . The strength of the place was so consi derable , that it is said to have sustained a siege of twenty - nine years under Psammetichus king of Egypt . 40 JEWS .
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... siege of Jericho . The Israelites having obtained an entrance into Jericho by the singular method alluded to in the history of Canaan , conveyed Rahab and her family into a place of safety ; and then mas sacred the inhabitants without ...
... siege of Jericho . The Israelites having obtained an entrance into Jericho by the singular method alluded to in the history of Canaan , conveyed Rahab and her family into a place of safety ; and then mas sacred the inhabitants without ...
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... siege of Jabesh the very next morning , and to flee with the utmost precipitation . The Israelites , elated with their success , and fasci- nated with the heroic deportment of their sove- reign , advised him to put all those men to ...
... siege of Jabesh the very next morning , and to flee with the utmost precipitation . The Israelites , elated with their success , and fasci- nated with the heroic deportment of their sove- reign , advised him to put all those men to ...
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... siege to Jerusalem , and , by the excellent conduct and valour of Joab , ob- tained a decisive victory over the Jebusites , and carried by assault the fortress of Zion , which had hitherto resisted the united attacks of Judah and Simeon ...
... siege to Jerusalem , and , by the excellent conduct and valour of Joab , ob- tained a decisive victory over the Jebusites , and carried by assault the fortress of Zion , which had hitherto resisted the united attacks of Judah and Simeon ...
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... siege of Hanun's metro- 1035. polis , a circumstance transpired , which fixed an indelible stain on the character of David , and tarnished all the lustre of his former noble actions . Being enamoured of a beautiful woman , named ...
... siege of Hanun's metro- 1035. polis , a circumstance transpired , which fixed an indelible stain on the character of David , and tarnished all the lustre of his former noble actions . Being enamoured of a beautiful woman , named ...
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Abraham accordingly Achish afterwards Almighty altar Antigonus Antiochus Antipater Arabia Archelaus Aristobulus army assembled Assyrian Babylon Babylonians Bacchides began besieged blessing brethren brother calamities captivity caused chief commanded compelled considerable cruelty David defeated dignity divine dreadful 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 Midian monarch Moses Mount mountains nation Nebuchadnezzar obtained palace Palestine persons Phasael Philistines pontifical possession priests prince prisoners promised prophet Ptolemy put to death received reign resolved river Romans Rome 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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Página 351 - 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 hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds
Página 351 - 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...
Página 65 - 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.
Página 348 - 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 were 87 feet thick, 350 feet high, and...
Página 79 - 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.
Página 100 - ... brought water out of the rock, and gave you a law from heaven. 12 Ye provoked him all ways, and desired for yourselves a molten calf, and worshipped it, and sacrificed to it, and said, These are thy Gods, O Israel, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt...
Página 76 - 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.
Página 101 - And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river...
Página 348 - ... or convenience. A branch of the Euphrates divided the city into two, running through the midft of it, from north to fouth, over •which, in the very middle of the city, was a bridge, a furlong in length ", or...