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... siege of twenty - nine years under Psammetichus , king of Egypt . Ascalon , another maritime town and satrapy , lying between Ashdod and Gaza , was reckoned the strongest of any on the Philistine coast ; but was soon reduced , after the ...
... siege of twenty - nine years under Psammetichus , king of Egypt . Ascalon , another maritime town and satrapy , lying between Ashdod and Gaza , was reckoned the strongest of any on the Philistine coast ; but was soon reduced , after the ...
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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 ...
... 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 ...
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... siege of Jabesh the very next morning , and to fly with the utmost precipitation . The Is- raelites , elated with their success , and fascinated with the heroic deportment of their sovereign , advised him to put all those men to death ...
... siege of Jabesh the very next morning , and to fly with the utmost precipitation . The Is- raelites , elated with their success , and fascinated with the heroic deportment of their sovereign , advised him to put all those men to death ...
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... siege to Jerusa lem , and , by the excellent conduct and valour of Joab , obtained a decisive victory over the Je- busites , and carried by assault the fortress of Zion , which had hitherto resisted the united at- VOL . II . N tacks ...
... siege to Jerusa lem , and , by the excellent conduct and valour of Joab , obtained a decisive victory over the Je- busites , and carried by assault the fortress of Zion , which had hitherto resisted the united at- VOL . II . N tacks ...
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... siege of Hanun's metro- polis , a circumstance transpired , which 1035. fixed an indelible stain on the character of David , and tarnished all the lustre of his for- mer noble actions . Being enamoured of a beau- tiful woman , named ...
... siege of Hanun's metro- polis , a circumstance transpired , which 1035. fixed an indelible stain on the character of David , and tarnished all the lustre of his for- mer noble actions . Being enamoured of a beau- tiful woman , named ...
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Página 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
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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!
Página 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...