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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... reign of Saul , and the reign of David at Hebron . But the Jebusites successfully resisted every attempt on the fortress of Zion , and thus remained practically masters of the city until about 1049 B.O. , when David with an army of ...
... reign of Saul , and the reign of David at Hebron . But the Jebusites successfully resisted every attempt on the fortress of Zion , and thus remained practically masters of the city until about 1049 B.O. , when David with an army of ...
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... reign and adornment of the holy city was the Tem- ple or House of Jehovah . The magnificence and mar- velous beauty of this edifice did not arise so much from its size as from the whiteness of its walls , the style and finish of its ...
... reign and adornment of the holy city was the Tem- ple or House of Jehovah . The magnificence and mar- velous beauty of this edifice did not arise so much from its size as from the whiteness of its walls , the style and finish of its ...
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... reign God gave him the victory over the vast army of the Cushite King Zerah . Asa was succeeded by his son Jehoshaphat 914 B.C. His reign was distinguished by the cleansing of the land from idolatry , the restoration of the divine ordi ...
... reign God gave him the victory over the vast army of the Cushite King Zerah . Asa was succeeded by his son Jehoshaphat 914 B.C. His reign was distinguished by the cleansing of the land from idolatry , the restoration of the divine ordi ...
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... reign of 25 years , he died at the age of 60 . Joram succeeded his father , after reigning with him four years , then reigned four years alone ; in all 8 years . Unfortunately he was married to Athalia , daughter of Ahab and Jezebel ...
... reign of 25 years , he died at the age of 60 . Joram succeeded his father , after reigning with him four years , then reigned four years alone ; in all 8 years . Unfortunately he was married to Athalia , daughter of Ahab and Jezebel ...
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... reign 838 B.C. , and reigned 29 years . Having established himself on his throne and punished the murderers of his ... reign B.C. 808. At first his reign was prosperous ; but afterwards , presuming to offer incense in the Temple , he was ...
... reign 838 B.C. , and reigned 29 years . Having established himself on his throne and punished the murderers of his ... reign B.C. 808. At first his reign was prosperous ; but afterwards , presuming to offer incense in the Temple , he was ...
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Ahaziah altar ancient city antiquity Arabs arch army Assyria Baalbek Babylon beautiful bricks building built called capital captive castle cedar chamber Christ Christian Chron church columns covered cubits Damascus David deep Druzes earth east edifice Egypt Egyptian entrance Euphrates father feet high feet long Gate gold grand Greek Hamath Hauran hight hill Hiram Holy inhabitants inscriptions Israel Jaffa Gate Jebusites Jehoshaphat Jericho Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews Joppa Jordan Judah Kerak king Solomon Kirjath-jearim land Lebanon Lord magnificent marble Maronites Masonic miles Mohammedan mounds Mount mountains Nahr-el-Kelb nearly Nebuchadnezzar Nineveh ornamented palace Palestine pillars pool priests quarry reign remains river rock Roman ruins sacred Saladin Sepulchre Shechem side siege silver Solomon's Temple stands stone street Syria Temple area Temple of Solomon thee thou thousand throne Tiberias tion tomb tower town Tyre unto valley village wall worship Zion
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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.