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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... received no succours : so that Samaria , after a siege of three years , was com- pelled to submit to the law of the conqueror26 . And the king of Israel and his subjects , after having seen their capital sacked , were carried captives ...
... received no succours : so that Samaria , after a siege of three years , was com- pelled to submit to the law of the conqueror26 . And the king of Israel and his subjects , after having seen their capital sacked , were carried captives ...
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... received an account of the death of his father84 . This event made his presence necessary at Babylon ; where , and in the neighbouring country , he spent some years , in fortifying and adorning that city , and in regulating the ...
... received an account of the death of his father84 . This event made his presence necessary at Babylon ; where , and in the neighbouring country , he spent some years , in fortifying and adorning that city , and in regulating the ...
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... received assurances of support from the king of Egypt , broke out into open rebellion against the authority of the king of Babylon9 . The Jewish king's alliance with the rival power of Egypt , from which the sovereignty of Syria had ...
... received assurances of support from the king of Egypt , broke out into open rebellion against the authority of the king of Babylon9 . The Jewish king's alliance with the rival power of Egypt , from which the sovereignty of Syria had ...
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... received a visit from the king of Babylon . The remonstrances of Nabonadius , enforced by rich pre- sents , and certain ambiguous responses of the Del- phic oracle , determined Cræsus in the choice of war , though strongly inclined to ...
... received a visit from the king of Babylon . The remonstrances of Nabonadius , enforced by rich pre- sents , and certain ambiguous responses of the Del- phic oracle , determined Cræsus in the choice of war , though strongly inclined to ...
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... received the submissions of the neighbouring Africans , and of the Greeks of Cyrenaica 59. Now undisputed master of Egypt , and of the neighbouring parts of Africa to the west , he projected three grand expeditions ; one against the ...
... received the submissions of the neighbouring Africans , and of the Greeks of Cyrenaica 59. Now undisputed master of Egypt , and of the neighbouring parts of Africa to the west , he projected three grand expeditions ; one against the ...
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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.