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12 miles Acts afterwards Amorites ancient Apostle Arabia Arabs Asia Minor Assyrians Babylon blessed Lord called Canaan capital captivity Cesarea Christian churches Chron coast Crusades Damascus David Dead Sea desert destroyed Deut district east eastern Edom Egypt empire Euphrates Exod Ezek fertile Galilee Gilead Greece Greek Herod Heshbon hill idolatry inhabitants Isai Isaiah island Israel Israelites Jerem Jeru Jerusalem Jewish Jews Jordan Josh Joshua Judah kingdom kingdom of Israel Kings land Lycaonia Manassites mentioned miles N.W. miles S. E. Moab modern Mohammedans Moses Mount mountains neighbourhood Numb numerous occupied Palestine Paul Persian Philistines Phoenicia Phrygia plain possessed prophet province rebuilt river Roman ruins Scriptures Shechem shore Sidon Solomon southern supposed Syria Temple territory Tiberias tion town tribe tribe of Gad tribe of Judah Turks Tyre valley viii visited by St walls western xvii xxvii
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Page 85 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire : and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Page 60 - 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 68 - I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
Page 63 - In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, " Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates...
Page 46 - And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Page 33 - And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water : and they ceased, and there was a calm.
Page 67 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 8 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell ih the presence of all his brethren.
Page 16 - These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Page 91 - Therefore thus saith the Lord God ! Behold I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers : I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea : for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God...