The Book of Judges: With Map, Notes and IntroductionJohn James Lias |
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... valleys , the scanty vegetation , the wells in every valley , the vestiges of terraces , whether for corn or wine , " as well as the ruins on the hill - tops , testifying to the former populousness of the territory . the south Two words ...
... valleys , the scanty vegetation , the wells in every valley , the vestiges of terraces , whether for corn or wine , " as well as the ruins on the hill - tops , testifying to the former populousness of the territory . the south Two words ...
Page 48
... valley ] low country , margin . The word in the original is Shephêlah , and it is applied to the tract of undulating country that ex- tended from the mountains to the coast . Its fertility made it a great con- trast to the Negeb . Cf ...
... valley ] low country , margin . The word in the original is Shephêlah , and it is applied to the tract of undulating country that ex- tended from the mountains to the coast . Its fertility made it a great con- trast to the Negeb . Cf ...
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... valleys . Peaks and knolls of fantastic forms rise suddenly from the swelling downs , and magnificent precipices of ruddy limestone stand up like fortress walls above the sea . Not a tree nor a spring is visible in the waste , and only ...
... valleys . Peaks and knolls of fantastic forms rise suddenly from the swelling downs , and magnificent precipices of ruddy limestone stand up like fortress walls above the sea . Not a tree nor a spring is visible in the waste , and only ...
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... valley , because they had chariots of iron . And they gave Hebron unto Caleb , as Moses said : and he expelled side ... valley to resist him . Cf. Josh . xi . 4-6 , xvii . 16 , 18. It is of course possible ( see note on last verse ) that ...
... valley , because they had chariots of iron . And they gave Hebron unto Caleb , as Moses said : and he expelled side ... valley to resist him . Cf. Josh . xi . 4-6 , xvii . 16 , 18. It is of course possible ( see note on last verse ) that ...
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... valley : but the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon , and in Shaalbim : sun was worshipped . See Josh . xix . 38. Not to be confounded with Beth - shemesh , the Levitical city , in the tribe of Judah ( see Josh . xv . 10 ...
... valley : but the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon , and in Shaalbim : sun was worshipped . See Josh . xix . 38. Not to be confounded with Beth - shemesh , the Levitical city , in the tribe of Judah ( see Josh . xv . 10 ...
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Abimelech altar Amorites ancient angel Baal Barak behold Benjamin Bertheau Beth-el Bible book of Judges Canaan Canaanites children of Ammon children of Israel Chron Chushan-rishathaim daughter death Deborah deliverance delivered Deut doubt dwelt Ehud Ephraim Ewald Exod father Gibeah Gideon Gilead hand hath Hebrew host inhabitants Israelites Issachar Jael Jehovah Jephthah Jerubbaal Jerusalem Jordan Josh Joshua Judah judged Israel Kings land Levite liers in wait Literally Manasseh Manoah margin means Micah Midian Midianites Mizpeh Moab Moses mount mountain narrative note on ch Numb occurs Palestine passage Philistines priest probably rendered Samson Shechem shews Shiloh signifies Sihon Sisera slew smote song supposed Targum thou took tribe Tristram unto the LORD valley verse viii Vulgate word translated worship xvii xviii xxii xxiv Zalmunna Zebah
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Page 149 - And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
Page 148 - And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Page 94 - They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon.
Page 159 - Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me ; for she pleaseth me well.
Page 113 - And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
Page 88 - In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
Page 168 - And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
Page 110 - Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead.
Page 131 - Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Page 87 - Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. 5 The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.