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... tribes of the Canaanites to resist the common enemy , and actually assembled an army for that pur- pose , which is said to have been " like the sand on the sea - shore for numbers . " But these con- federates , being attacked by ...
... tribes of the Canaanites to resist the common enemy , and actually assembled an army for that pur- pose , which is said to have been " like the sand on the sea - shore for numbers . " But these con- federates , being attacked by ...
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... tribes against the cities that had fallen to their lot , but the adverse party maintained their ground with such firmness and resolution that , after all their calamities , they were but lit- tle inferior to the Israelites ; nor had one ...
... tribes against the cities that had fallen to their lot , but the adverse party maintained their ground with such firmness and resolution that , after all their calamities , they were but lit- tle inferior to the Israelites ; nor had one ...
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... tribes of Simeon and Judah , which , however , they soon recovered , but whether by gift or conquest is uncertain . 1305 . About one hundred and twenty years B. C. after the reduction of these cities , the Philistines oppressed the ...
... tribes of Simeon and Judah , which , however , they soon recovered , but whether by gift or conquest is uncertain . 1305 . About one hundred and twenty years B. C. after the reduction of these cities , the Philistines oppressed the ...
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... tribes for forty days successively , without receiv- ing any answer to his proposals , or his menaces ; but at last he was attacked and slain by David , a ruddy youth , who used no other weapons than a sling and a smooth stone chosen ...
... tribes for forty days successively , without receiv- ing any answer to his proposals , or his menaces ; but at last he was attacked and slain by David , a ruddy youth , who used no other weapons than a sling and a smooth stone chosen ...
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... tribe of Judah , who inhabited the finest part of the whole . At present it is generally distinguished by the name of ... tribes and a half on the other side Jordan , called Peraca , and of the kingdoms of Sion , Og , & c . , are not so ...
... tribe of Judah , who inhabited the finest part of the whole . At present it is generally distinguished by the name of ... tribes and a half on the other side Jordan , called Peraca , and of the kingdoms of Sion , Og , & c . , are not so ...
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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...