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... plain from the command of God to Moses , to " get up into this mountain Abarim , unto Mount Nebo , which is in the land of Moab , over against Jericho . " Pisgah was also a part of the same assemblage of mountains , and as appears , of ...
... plain from the command of God to Moses , to " get up into this mountain Abarim , unto Mount Nebo , which is in the land of Moab , over against Jericho . " Pisgah was also a part of the same assemblage of mountains , and as appears , of ...
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... plain of Adullum and there passed the sabbath - day . 2 Macc . xii . 38. Joshua killed the king of Adullum . Josh . xii . 15 . David , during his flight , hid himself in the cave of Adullum . 1 Sam . xxii . 1 . AHLAB , ( lat . 33 ° . 15 ...
... plain of Adullum and there passed the sabbath - day . 2 Macc . xii . 38. Joshua killed the king of Adullum . Josh . xii . 15 . David , during his flight , hid himself in the cave of Adullum . 1 Sam . xxii . 1 . AHLAB , ( lat . 33 ° . 15 ...
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... places it ten miles from Lydda , and twenty - six from Cæsarea . Herod the Great changed its name to Antipatris , in honour of his father Antipater . Antipatris was situated in a very fruitful and agreeable plain , watered 14 ANT.
... places it ten miles from Lydda , and twenty - six from Cæsarea . Herod the Great changed its name to Antipatris , in honour of his father Antipater . Antipatris was situated in a very fruitful and agreeable plain , watered 14 ANT.
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Peter Graham (topographical writer.) situated in a very fruitful and agreeable plain , watered with many fine springs and rivulets , and pretty near the mountains , in the way from Jerusalem to Cæsarea . Josephus , de Bello , lib . i ...
Peter Graham (topographical writer.) situated in a very fruitful and agreeable plain , watered with many fine springs and rivulets , and pretty near the mountains , in the way from Jerusalem to Cæsarea . Josephus , de Bello , lib . i ...
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... now remote from the sea , though formerly adjacent to it . In the course of ages , a vast plain has been interposed between the mountains now in the midst of the country , and the sea , which has gradually retired from them . 16 ARA.
... now remote from the sea , though formerly adjacent to it . In the course of ages , a vast plain has been interposed between the mountains now in the midst of the country , and the sea , which has gradually retired from them . 16 ARA.
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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.