The History of Ancient Europe: With a View of the Revolutions in Asia and Africa. In a Series of Letters to a Young Nobleman, Volumen2H. Maxwell, Columbia-house, 1801 |
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... hundred talents of silver , and thirty of gold , and agreed to pay the same sum annually for the holding of his kingdom36 . Sennacherib ac- cepted the money and the submission of the king of Judah ; but afterward learning , it appears ...
... hundred talents of silver , and thirty of gold , and agreed to pay the same sum annually for the holding of his kingdom36 . Sennacherib ac- cepted the money and the submission of the king of Judah ; but afterward learning , it appears ...
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... hundred and seventy before the christian æra . Psammitichus , when seated on the Egyptian throne , adhered to the same maxims of policy that had contributed to his aggrandizement . He continued to cultivate commerce ; opened his ports ...
... hundred and seventy before the christian æra . Psammitichus , when seated on the Egyptian throne , adhered to the same maxims of policy that had contributed to his aggrandizement . He continued to cultivate commerce ; opened his ports ...
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... hundred thousand of his native troops deserted in a body ; because he had given the post of honour and of danger to his Gre- cian mercenaries , in whose valour he could best confide . Perceiving his error , he endeavoured to conciliate ...
... hundred thousand of his native troops deserted in a body ; because he had given the post of honour and of danger to his Gre- cian mercenaries , in whose valour he could best confide . Perceiving his error , he endeavoured to conciliate ...
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... hundred and twenty thousand men , and a vast ex- pense of treasure73 . This enlightened monarch , however , was more for- tunate in anotherbold undertaking , intimately con- nected with the former . Having built a fleet in the ports of ...
... hundred and twenty thousand men , and a vast ex- pense of treasure73 . This enlightened monarch , however , was more for- tunate in anotherbold undertaking , intimately con- nected with the former . Having built a fleet in the ports of ...
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... hundred talents of silver , and a talent of gold ; then retired into Egypt , carrying along with him Jehoiahaz in chains ” . But Nechaoh had the mortification , before the close of his reign , to see himself stripped of all his Syrian ...
... hundred talents of silver , and a talent of gold ; then retired into Egypt , carrying along with him Jehoiahaz in chains ” . But Nechaoh had the mortification , before the close of his reign , to see himself stripped of all his Syrian ...
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Página 39 - 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 2 - All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations...
Página 39 - ... thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Página 2 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Página 8 - And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
Página 32 - Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Página 8 - And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died : and Hazael reigned in his stead.
Página 8 - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel : their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
Página 7 - So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease ? And Elisha said unto.
Página 7 - And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.