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 45
... feet . This plateau is of tertiary limestone , the upper beds of which are a hard , compact stone called by the Arabs " Mezzeh , " while the lower consists of a soft white stone called " Melekeh . " It was in this latter that most of ...
... feet . This plateau is of tertiary limestone , the upper beds of which are a hard , compact stone called by the Arabs " Mezzeh , " while the lower consists of a soft white stone called " Melekeh . " It was in this latter that most of ...
Page 47
... feet higher than the east- ern ; on the latter - Mount Moriah - once stood the temples of Solomon , Zerubbabel , and ... feet , and its height varying from thirty to seventy feet , according to the inequalities of the surface of the ...
... feet higher than the east- ern ; on the latter - Mount Moriah - once stood the temples of Solomon , Zerubbabel , and ... feet , and its height varying from thirty to seventy feet , according to the inequalities of the surface of the ...
Page 49
... feet of rubbish was dug through before the original soil was reached . The southern brow of Zion is bold and prominent , and at the southwest corner of the city it is one hun- dred and fifty feet above the valley , and on the south ...
... feet of rubbish was dug through before the original soil was reached . The southern brow of Zion is bold and prominent , and at the southwest corner of the city it is one hun- dred and fifty feet above the valley , and on the south ...
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... feet in diameter . They are found growing all along the course of the Jordan , south of the Sea of Galilee . The gum - arabic of commerce and medicine is pro- duced by this tree spontaneously , and from incisions in the bark . The Arabs ...
... feet in diameter . They are found growing all along the course of the Jordan , south of the Sea of Galilee . The gum - arabic of commerce and medicine is pro- duced by this tree spontaneously , and from incisions in the bark . The Arabs ...
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... feet in length , and from three to four feet thick . Their Jewish origin is indicated by the deep bevel round the edges . The height of the tower above the present level of the fosse is forty feet . It is built solid , and recent ...
... feet in length , and from three to four feet thick . Their Jewish origin is indicated by the deep bevel round the edges . The height of the tower above the present level of the fosse is forty feet . It is built solid , and recent ...
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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.