The Old Testament History: From Creation to the Return of the Jews from CaptivityWilliam Smith |
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... ... 230 Lebanon ..... 280 Map of Palestine , exhibiting the physical features .. 285 Section of the country from Jaffa to the Mountains of Moab . Jericho . 287 294 PAGE Sacred Symbolic Tree of the Assyrians .. 319 Dagon.
... ... 230 Lebanon ..... 280 Map of Palestine , exhibiting the physical features .. 285 Section of the country from Jaffa to the Mountains of Moab . Jericho . 287 294 PAGE Sacred Symbolic Tree of the Assyrians .. 319 Dagon.
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From Creation to the Return of the Jews from Captivity William Smith. PAGE Sacred Symbolic Tree of the Assyrians .. 319 Dagon , the fish - god ... 360 Assyrian King in his robes .. 379 Rabbah , the chief city of the Ammonites . 427 Plan ...
From Creation to the Return of the Jews from Captivity William Smith. PAGE Sacred Symbolic Tree of the Assyrians .. 319 Dagon , the fish - god ... 360 Assyrian King in his robes .. 379 Rabbah , the chief city of the Ammonites . 427 Plan ...
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... , omniscient , omnipotent Being . Without preface , therefore , or argument on the being of God , the sacred writer speaks of Him as the Creator of the universe : - " In the be ginning God created the heaven and the earth . "
... , omniscient , omnipotent Being . Without preface , therefore , or argument on the being of God , the sacred writer speaks of Him as the Creator of the universe : - " In the be ginning God created the heaven and the earth . "
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... sacred story reveals the love which was the ruling principle of the whole work , for at each stage God pronounces it good . And if we take this first statement in connection with other passages of the Bible , we learn that the agent in ...
... sacred story reveals the love which was the ruling principle of the whole work , for at each stage God pronounces it good . And if we take this first statement in connection with other passages of the Bible , we learn that the agent in ...
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... sacred name , the mind has constant- divine strength , the sum of the powers ly to guard against a confusion with displayed by God . its lower uses , and , above all , the di- JEHOVAH denotes specifically the rect personal bearing of ...
... sacred name , the mind has constant- divine strength , the sum of the powers ly to guard against a confusion with displayed by God . its lower uses , and , above all , the di- JEHOVAH denotes specifically the rect personal bearing of ...
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Abraham Achish Ahab Ahaz Ahaziah altar Amorites Arabah Assyria Baal Babylon Book Book of Kings called captivity Chron comp covenant cubits Cyrus David death Deut Edom Egypt Egyptian Elijah Ephraim Ezra father Feast God's Hebrew Hebron Hezekiah high-priest Holy Isaiah Israelites Jehoiakim Jehoram Jehoshaphat Jehovah Jehu Jeremiah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jewish Jews Joab Jordan Joseph Josephus Josh Joshua Josiah Judg king of Israel king of Judah king's kingdom kingdom of Israel land later Levites Manasseh Moab Moses Mount narrative nations Nebuchadnezzar Nehemiah Notes and Illustrations passage Philistines priests princes probably promised prophecy prophet Psalm Rehoboam reign sacred sacrifice Samaria Samuel Saul Saul's Scripture seems sent Shechem Solomon sons Syrians tabernacle Temple tion tribes valley viii whole word worship xvii xviii xxii xxiii xxiv
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Page 19 - And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Page 403 - The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 99 - And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him : and they wept.
Page 120 - Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 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 85 - And He said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from Me.
Page 354 - And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ? Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
Page 328 - Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
Page 171 - I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh...
Page 217 - I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth. and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Page 558 - How shall I give thee up, Ephraim ? How shall I deliver thee, Israel? How shall I make thee as Admah? How shall I set thee as Zeboim ? Mine heart is turned within me, My repentings are kindled together.