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... Josephus , Calmet , Strabo , Herodotus , D'Anville , Tott , Volney , Burck- hardt , Buckingham , Shaw , Clarke , Mangles , Jolliffe , & c . & c . have been consulted . Also numerous extracts from the Scriptures are given , without ...
... Josephus , Calmet , Strabo , Herodotus , D'Anville , Tott , Volney , Burck- hardt , Buckingham , Shaw , Clarke , Mangles , Jolliffe , & c . & c . have been consulted . Also numerous extracts from the Scriptures are given , without ...
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... Josephus , Aina ; others , Aiath . Joshua having detached 3000 men against Ai , God permitted them to be repulsed , on account of the sin of Achan , who had violated the anathema pronounced against Jericho by appropriating to himself ...
... Josephus , Aina ; others , Aiath . Joshua having detached 3000 men against Ai , God permitted them to be repulsed , on account of the sin of Achan , who had violated the anathema pronounced against Jericho by appropriating to himself ...
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... Josephus , Antiq . lib . viii . cap . 10. Here the prophet Jeremiah was born : it was given to the Levites of Kohath's family ; and was a city of refuge . ANTI - LIBANUS , ( lat . 33 ° . 40 ' - long . 36 ° ̊ . ) The Greeks give this ...
... Josephus , Antiq . lib . viii . cap . 10. Here the prophet Jeremiah was born : it was given to the Levites of Kohath's family ; and was a city of refuge . ANTI - LIBANUS , ( lat . 33 ° . 40 ' - long . 36 ° ̊ . ) The Greeks give this ...
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... Josephus , Pliny , and Ptolemy speak of it . Some , very improperly , confound it with Anti- patris . Josephus , Antiq . lib . xiii . cap . 23 , speaks of Antipatris and Apollonia as of two different places . It is not mentioned in ...
... Josephus , Pliny , and Ptolemy speak of it . Some , very improperly , confound it with Anti- patris . Josephus , Antiq . lib . xiii . cap . 23 , speaks of Antipatris and Apollonia as of two different places . It is not mentioned in ...
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... Josephus , and Tacitus , lib . v . , speak of it , as well as Pliny ; but the authors who treat of the holy wars , take no other notice of the sands of Belus than of something out of use , and known only by the writings of the ancients ...
... Josephus , and Tacitus , lib . v . , speak of it , as well as Pliny ; but the authors who treat of the holy wars , take no other notice of the sands of Belus than of something out of use , and known only by the writings of the ancients ...
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Page 101 - Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Page 37 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Page 34 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness.
Page 147 - Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise; thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up?
Page 261 - They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
Page 73 - Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Page 30 - And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
Page 93 - The people which sat in darkness saw great light ; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Page 57 - Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Page 261 - Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.