Antiquities of the Orient Unveiled: Containing a Concise Description of the Remarkable Ruins of King Solomon's Temple, and Store Cities, Together with Those of All the Most Ancient and Renowned Cities of the East, Including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and ShushanTemple Pub. Union, 1875 - 541 pages |
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Page 82
... RODE INTO JERUSALEM . On the Engv . will be seen the road to Bethany , winding around the southern base of the Mount of Olives . It was over this road that Christ rode into Jerusalem . " And it came to pass that when 82.
... RODE INTO JERUSALEM . On the Engv . will be seen the road to Bethany , winding around the southern base of the Mount of Olives . It was over this road that Christ rode into Jerusalem . " And it came to pass that when 82.
Page 91
... base , and 3 to 4 at the top , and 50 to 75 high above the present surface outside ; and 10 or 12 feet above the floor . The ground is highest at the N.W. corner , and slopes south and east . The original hill ( see No. 58 ) was very ...
... base , and 3 to 4 at the top , and 50 to 75 high above the present surface outside ; and 10 or 12 feet above the floor . The ground is highest at the N.W. corner , and slopes south and east . The original hill ( see No. 58 ) was very ...
Page 108
... base of a column which had fallen in through the roof . Several lamps , weights , jars , and an iron bar were found in this canal ; also an ancient stone roller for rolling flat roofs on houses , precisely like the rollers now used for ...
... base of a column which had fallen in through the roof . Several lamps , weights , jars , and an iron bar were found in this canal ; also an ancient stone roller for rolling flat roofs on houses , precisely like the rollers now used for ...
Page 118
... base of this paint is red chalk , which is a natural production and nearly inde- structible by time or the action of the elements . It is found on the Egyptian monuments , where it has stood fresh and bright for 35 centuries . Several ...
... base of this paint is red chalk , which is a natural production and nearly inde- structible by time or the action of the elements . It is found on the Egyptian monuments , where it has stood fresh and bright for 35 centuries . Several ...
Page 121
... base of the Tower of Antonia , north - east angle of the wall , was found another group of marks in red paint . No. 9. Found in a cave near the Conaculum . No. 10 is a group of marks gathered from the ancient structures of Kuryet el ...
... base of the Tower of Antonia , north - east angle of the wall , was found another group of marks in red paint . No. 9. Found in a cave near the Conaculum . No. 10 is a group of marks gathered from the ancient structures of Kuryet el ...
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ANTIQUITIES OF THE ORIENT UNVE M. W. (Moses Wolcott) Redding,Author Of Guide to Mount Moriah No preview available - 2016 |
Antiquities of the Orient Unveiled: Containing a Concise Description of the ... Moses Wolcott Redding No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 336 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Page 220 - And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Page 511 - Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised; there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
Page 80 - Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, "I have sinned, in that I have betrayed the innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? see thou to that." And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
Page 366 - But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Page 315 - And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus; and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven; and he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Page 520 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Page 511 - The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us: That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
Page 510 - For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever : that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord; so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud : for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.
Page 219 - Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth : and he said Sibboleth : for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan : and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.