The Signs of the Times: As Denoted by the Fulfilment of Historical Predictions : Traced Down from the Babylonish Captivity to the Present Time, Volume 1Jonathan Leavitt, 1832 - Bible |
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... Egypt were gnawed by Persia ; they were subjected by it , as if held in its mouth ; and they were despoiled , as if ground beneath its teeth . The Persian empire gave place to the Grecian , or Macedonian , under Alexander the Great ...
... Egypt were gnawed by Persia ; they were subjected by it , as if held in its mouth ; and they were despoiled , as if ground beneath its teeth . The Persian empire gave place to the Grecian , or Macedonian , under Alexander the Great ...
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... Egypt . The third beast , like a leopard , was the Greek empire , and its four heads and four wings were the kingdoms of Cassander , Lysimachus , Ptolemy , and Seleucus . The fourth beast , with its great iron teeth was the Roman empire ...
... Egypt . The third beast , like a leopard , was the Greek empire , and its four heads and four wings were the kingdoms of Cassander , Lysimachus , Ptolemy , and Seleucus . The fourth beast , with its great iron teeth was the Roman empire ...
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... Egyptian monarchies , which vied with each other in antiquity and splendour , could not stand before it , and could neither retard its ascendency nor maintain their own . But great as was its power , even more sud- denly than it arose ...
... Egyptian monarchies , which vied with each other in antiquity and splendour , could not stand before it , and could neither retard its ascendency nor maintain their own . But great as was its power , even more sud- denly than it arose ...
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... Egypt , and Babylonia , Armenia , Media , Persia , India , Bactria , Parthia , and Hyrca- nia , throughout all the provinces of the Persian empire , and even beyond its bounds . He waxed very great . Conquering kingdoms wherever he went ...
... Egypt , and Babylonia , Armenia , Media , Persia , India , Bactria , Parthia , and Hyrca- nia , throughout all the provinces of the Persian empire , and even beyond its bounds . He waxed very great . Conquering kingdoms wherever he went ...
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... Egypt , and that of the Seleucidæ in Assy- ria . After their respective eras had ceased , the Assyrian , or eastern kingdom , partially escaped , more than the rest , from the Roman yoke . The vision was for many days . But the locality ...
... Egypt , and that of the Seleucidæ in Assy- ria . After their respective eras had ceased , the Assyrian , or eastern kingdom , partially escaped , more than the rest , from the Roman yoke . The vision was for many days . But the locality ...
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