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... immediately came , and obliged the royal confederates to retire with the utmost precipitation . As they were flying , and had nearly reached Both - Horon , there fell a dreadful storm of hail , which did more execu- tion than the arms ...
... immediately came , and obliged the royal confederates to retire with the utmost precipitation . As they were flying , and had nearly reached Both - Horon , there fell a dreadful storm of hail , which did more execu- tion than the arms ...
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... immediately seized the opportunity of driving a nail into his temples , and thus de- prived him of life . Barak , the commander of Israel , came to the tent in quest of the fugitive , and found that he had perished by the hand ofa woman ...
... immediately seized the opportunity of driving a nail into his temples , and thus de- prived him of life . Barak , the commander of Israel , came to the tent in quest of the fugitive , and found that he had perished by the hand ofa woman ...
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... immediately opposite . These pools are three in a row , one over the other , and disposed in such a manner that the water of the upper- most may fall into the second , and from the se- cond into the third . They are all quadrangu lar ...
... immediately opposite . These pools are three in a row , one over the other , and disposed in such a manner that the water of the upper- most may fall into the second , and from the se- cond into the third . They are all quadrangu lar ...
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... Immediately after the performance of his obse- quies , Abraham was commanded , by God , to depart into another land where he should enjoy the protection of Heaven , and experience so feli- citous an increase that in his seed all the na ...
... Immediately after the performance of his obse- quies , Abraham was commanded , by God , to depart into another land where he should enjoy the protection of Heaven , and experience so feli- citous an increase that in his seed all the na ...
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... immediately quitted Egypt , and , directing his steps to Bethel , where the famine had now ceased , offered a sacrifice of thanks for his safe return . In the mean time , the herds of Lot , his nephew , increased so considerably that ...
... immediately quitted Egypt , and , directing his steps to Bethel , where the famine had now ceased , offered a sacrifice of thanks for his safe return . In the mean time , the herds of Lot , his nephew , increased so considerably that ...
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Page 348 - Nebuchadnezzar : and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven ; till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds
Page 348 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 66 - Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above : and by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother ; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
Page 80 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them ; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : And Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die.
Page 27 - The plain on both sides from the sea of Tiberias, to the Asphaltite lake, is extremely arid and unwholesome during the heat of summer, and every where steril, except that part which lies contiguous to the river. Among the most remarkable curiosities of Palestine, may be justly reckoned various PETRIFACTIONS in the neighbourhood of Mount Carmel, which bear the most exact resemblance to citrons, melons, olives, peaches, and other vegetable productions. Here are also found a kind of oysters, and bunches...
Page 37 - The altar is adorned with three crosses, and other costly embellishments, among which are forty-six silver lamps that are kept constantly burning. Contiguous to this is another small chapel fronting the body of the church. At the west end is the chapel of the sepulchre, hewn out of the solid rock, and ornamented with pillars of porphyry. The cloister round the sepulchre is divided into several chapels for the use of the different Christian sects who reside there; and on the north-west are the apartments...
Page 78 - And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Page 99 - And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river...
Page 136 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Page 343 - Nebuchadnezzar embellished it, and made it one of the wonders of the world. The most famous works in and about it were, the walls of the city, the temple of Belus, Nebuchadnezzar's palace, the hanging gardens, the banks of the river, the artificial lake, and the canals. The walls...