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... walls , and put a garrison into it , a . M. 3806. Polyb lib . v . During the persecutions of Antiochus Epiphanes , the Ammonites manifested their hatred to the Jews , and exercised great cruelties against such as dwelt among them . 1 ...
... walls , and put a garrison into it , a . M. 3806. Polyb lib . v . During the persecutions of Antiochus Epiphanes , the Ammonites manifested their hatred to the Jews , and exercised great cruelties against such as dwelt among them . 1 ...
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... wall , whereof there are now no traces . Pliny , lib . v . cap . 20 . Strabo says , lib . xvi . that the name of Cœlo - Syria , or " hollow Syria , " belongs principally to the valley between Libanus and Anti - libanus . ANTIPATRIS ...
... wall , whereof there are now no traces . Pliny , lib . v . cap . 20 . Strabo says , lib . xvi . that the name of Cœlo - Syria , or " hollow Syria , " belongs principally to the valley between Libanus and Anti - libanus . ANTIPATRIS ...
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... walls of Beth- shan ; but the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead , on the other side Jordan , came in the night , carried off the bodies , and interred them honourably , under a grove of oaks , near this city . 1 Sam . xxxi . 10 , & c . [ The ...
... walls of Beth- shan ; but the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead , on the other side Jordan , came in the night , carried off the bodies , and interred them honourably , under a grove of oaks , near this city . 1 Sam . xxxi . 10 , & c . [ The ...
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... walls of Jerusalem , but there are some who believe that it was within the precincts of the city then as now . [ See Jeru- salem . ] This is also supposed , but probably erroneously , to be the place where criminals sentenced to suffer ...
... walls of Jerusalem , but there are some who believe that it was within the precincts of the city then as now . [ See Jeru- salem . ] This is also supposed , but probably erroneously , to be the place where criminals sentenced to suffer ...
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... wall ; by which tradition says , Paul escaped from the Jews . It is , however , more probable that the place whence St. Paul escaped was further distant from the gate , which was carefully guarded by his enemies . Near Damascus , on the ...
... wall ; by which tradition says , Paul escaped from the Jews . It is , however , more probable that the place whence St. Paul escaped was further distant from the gate , which was carefully guarded by his enemies . Near Damascus , on the ...
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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.