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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... tion , which came with Titus and the Romans ; and of all its precious and beautiful furniture and sacred vessels , there remains only a time - worn sculpture of the Candlestick and the crumbling Triumphal Arch of Titus at Rome . Besides ...
... tion , which came with Titus and the Romans ; and of all its precious and beautiful furniture and sacred vessels , there remains only a time - worn sculpture of the Candlestick and the crumbling Triumphal Arch of Titus at Rome . Besides ...
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... tion by the Jebusites , the conclusion is very evident that the city was founded by them ; but there exists no data for determining the precise time . " And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying , Send thou men that they may search the ...
... tion by the Jebusites , the conclusion is very evident that the city was founded by them ; but there exists no data for determining the precise time . " And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying , Send thou men that they may search the ...
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... the strangers in the land , the remnant of the Canaanite races ; one hundred and fifty - three thousand of whom were sent off to the forests of Lebanon and the quarries . Even the Israelites were compelled to take place by rota tion 23.
... the strangers in the land , the remnant of the Canaanite races ; one hundred and fifty - three thousand of whom were sent off to the forests of Lebanon and the quarries . Even the Israelites were compelled to take place by rota tion 23.
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... tion at the same labor . The addition of the splendid Temple , Palaces Walls , and Towers , together with other great improve- ments made in the City by King Solomon , rendered it at the close of his reign the most beautiful capital of ...
... tion at the same labor . The addition of the splendid Temple , Palaces Walls , and Towers , together with other great improve- ments made in the City by King Solomon , rendered it at the close of his reign the most beautiful capital of ...
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... tion ii . 9. Nearly all of these lamps are pear - shap- ed , and ornamented around the edge of the top only . ( See No. 8. ) The round lamp ( see No. 7 ) is of Greek workmanship , and is ornamented . Inscriptions are found on some of ...
... tion ii . 9. Nearly all of these lamps are pear - shap- ed , and ornamented around the edge of the top only . ( See No. 8. ) The round lamp ( see No. 7 ) is of Greek workmanship , and is ornamented . Inscriptions are found on some of ...
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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.