Sacred History, in Familiar Dialogues, for the Instruction of Youth: with Maps: To which is Added, The History of the Jews, from the Time of Nehemiah to the Destruction of Jerusalem, Volume 1T. Gardiner, ... W. Button; Sherwood Neely, and Jones; Gale, Curtis, and Fenner; T. Hamilton; and Cradock and Joy, Paternoster-Row; C. Law, ... Williams and Son, ... Darton and Harvey, ... J. Hatchard; and Sharpe and Hales, Piccadilly., 1813 - 363 pages |
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Page xi
... PTOLEMY Soter , king of Egypt , marches to Jerusalem . He takes the city by surprise , and treats the Jews with great severity . Ptolemy Philadelphus causes the scriptures of the Old Testament to be translated out of Hebrew into Greek ...
... PTOLEMY Soter , king of Egypt , marches to Jerusalem . He takes the city by surprise , and treats the Jews with great severity . Ptolemy Philadelphus causes the scriptures of the Old Testament to be translated out of Hebrew into Greek ...
Page xiii
... Ptolemy to build a temple like that at Jerusalem . Demetrius , surnamed Soter , lays claim to the crown of Syria . He causes Antiochus to be put to death , and ascends the throne . He makes war on Judea , and sends Nicanor thither with ...
... Ptolemy to build a temple like that at Jerusalem . Demetrius , surnamed Soter , lays claim to the crown of Syria . He causes Antiochus to be put to death , and ascends the throne . He makes war on Judea , and sends Nicanor thither with ...
Page xiv
... Ptolemy , king of Egypt . Deme- trius , the eldest son of Demetrius Soter , claims the crown . He is joined by great numbers . The usurper defeated and slain . Ptolemy Philometer dies at the same time . Deme- trius possesses the kingdom ...
... Ptolemy , king of Egypt . Deme- trius , the eldest son of Demetrius Soter , claims the crown . He is joined by great numbers . The usurper defeated and slain . Ptolemy Philometer dies at the same time . Deme- trius possesses the kingdom ...
Page 191
... Ptolemy governed Egypt , Arabia , Coelosyria , and Palestine , or the Holy Land . But this partition was not fully esta- blished till above twenty years after the death of Alexander . The Egyptians and Syrians were continually at war ...
... Ptolemy governed Egypt , Arabia , Coelosyria , and Palestine , or the Holy Land . But this partition was not fully esta- blished till above twenty years after the death of Alexander . The Egyptians and Syrians were continually at war ...
Page 192
... obtained the name of Simon the Just . At his death , he left a son , who was very young , called Onias , on which account Eleazar , Simon's brother , took upon him the priesthood . Ptolemy , surnamed Soter , king of Egypt , being 192.
... obtained the name of Simon the Just . At his death , he left a son , who was very young , called Onias , on which account Eleazar , Simon's brother , took upon him the priesthood . Ptolemy , surnamed Soter , king of Egypt , being 192.
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