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 113
... rest were divided into loculi . These chambers were cut in a very soft kind of melekeh and are nearly on a plan with the Phœni- cian tombs at Saida , as they are systematically arran- ged tier upon tier with shafts leading down through ...
... rest were divided into loculi . These chambers were cut in a very soft kind of melekeh and are nearly on a plan with the Phœni- cian tombs at Saida , as they are systematically arran- ged tier upon tier with shafts leading down through ...
Page 150
... rests on an abacus with a very elaborate pattern . The only part of this edifice now standing is the east- ern end , and the three apses enclosed in the wall of the modern city . The walls are built against by the mud- huts of the poor ...
... rests on an abacus with a very elaborate pattern . The only part of this edifice now standing is the east- ern end , and the three apses enclosed in the wall of the modern city . The walls are built against by the mud- huts of the poor ...
Page 158
... rests is 12 feet 3 inches long , and 8 feet thick . * The view is from the west end , from which direc- tion it is seen to the best advantage . There is no at- tempt at finish anywhere ; the great blocks of stone were only squared and ...
... rests is 12 feet 3 inches long , and 8 feet thick . * The view is from the west end , from which direc- tion it is seen to the best advantage . There is no at- tempt at finish anywhere ; the great blocks of stone were only squared and ...
Page 159
... rest- ing place of King Solomon's friend . It is of great antiquity , and the surrounding ruins indicate that this was only the central body , around and over which was a structure adorned in a style befitting the pur- pose , the age ...
... rest- ing place of King Solomon's friend . It is of great antiquity , and the surrounding ruins indicate that this was only the central body , around and over which was a structure adorned in a style befitting the pur- pose , the age ...
Page 166
... rest of Syria , passed into the hands of Rome ; and under its rule great cities were built , and beautiful temples erected . The hights on which Baal fires had burned in primeval times , and the groves where the rude mountain tribes wor ...
... rest of Syria , passed into the hands of Rome ; and under its rule great cities were built , and beautiful temples erected . The hights on which Baal fires had burned in primeval times , and the groves where the rude mountain tribes wor ...
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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.