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... successful in their attempt for the reco- very of their liberty that they routed Jabin's army , and pursued Sisera ( who had the command of nine hundred chariots of iron ) to the gates of Harosheth of the Gentiles . That general , fear ...
... successful in their attempt for the reco- very of their liberty that they routed Jabin's army , and pursued Sisera ( who had the command of nine hundred chariots of iron ) to the gates of Harosheth of the Gentiles . That general , fear ...
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... success . They are said to have courted the favour of Jehoshaphat , king of Judah , by a voluntary pay- ment of their tribute , which had been for some time neglected : but in the reign of his son Je- horam they rose in open rebellion ...
... success . They are said to have courted the favour of Jehoshaphat , king of Judah , by a voluntary pay- ment of their tribute , which had been for some time neglected : but in the reign of his son Je- horam they rose in open rebellion ...
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... success was probably owing to the assistance they re- ceived from the Arabians , who at the same pe- riod made war upon the Israelites ; but they were soon afterward recompensed by Uzziah , king of Judah , who dismantled Ashdod , Gath ...
... success was probably owing to the assistance they re- ceived from the Arabians , who at the same pe- riod made war upon the Israelites ; but they were soon afterward recompensed by Uzziah , king of Judah , who dismantled Ashdod , Gath ...
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... success that he became exceedingly rich , while Laban's property gradually diminished . B. C. 1739 . That peculiar blessing , which was evi- dently stamped by Heaven itself on all the concerns of Jacob , gave such um- brage to Laban and ...
... success that he became exceedingly rich , while Laban's property gradually diminished . B. C. 1739 . That peculiar blessing , which was evi- dently stamped by Heaven itself on all the concerns of Jacob , gave such um- brage to Laban and ...
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... success of his first message . The divine Being vouchsafed to repeat his former assurances of love and compassion toward the descendants of Jacob ; affirming that he would soon cause the Egyptians to acknowledge his incomparable power ...
... success of his first message . The divine Being vouchsafed to repeat his former assurances of love and compassion toward the descendants of Jacob ; affirming that he would soon cause the Egyptians to acknowledge his incomparable power ...
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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...