The Land and the Book, Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy LandHarper, 1859 |
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... close of day , somewhat as these Arabs are now seated , I suppose , and thereby he obtained the priv- ilege of entertaining unawares those angels who saved him from the destruction of that wicked city . It was at the gate of Kirjath ...
... close of day , somewhat as these Arabs are now seated , I suppose , and thereby he obtained the priv- ilege of entertaining unawares those angels who saved him from the destruction of that wicked city . It was at the gate of Kirjath ...
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... close alliance with it , Be- rothai may have been her sea - port , as Beirût is now ; and after David had conquered Damascus , he might naturally enough cross over Lebanon to her sea - port , where so much of her wealth would be ...
... close alliance with it , Be- rothai may have been her sea - port , as Beirût is now ; and after David had conquered Damascus , he might naturally enough cross over Lebanon to her sea - port , where so much of her wealth would be ...
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... close of 1840 overturn- ed this wall of columns , and spread them out again where they had been before . Probably this was only the repeti- tion of a former attempt to protect the quay of Beirût , when these columns were gathered from ...
... close of 1840 overturn- ed this wall of columns , and spread them out again where they had been before . Probably this was only the repeti- tion of a former attempt to protect the quay of Beirût , when these columns were gathered from ...
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... close of the thirteenth century , few signal events have happened to vary the monotony of her story . But we must not forget to mention that exploit which was considered her greatest glory in the days of legendary lore . It was here ...
... close of the thirteenth century , few signal events have happened to vary the monotony of her story . But we must not forget to mention that exploit which was considered her greatest glory in the days of legendary lore . It was here ...
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... close- ly latticed , there is no place but the roofs from whence one can obtain a view of what was going on without . Hence , when any thing extraordinary occurs in the streets , all class- es rush to the roof and look over the ...
... close- ly latticed , there is no place but the roofs from whence one can obtain a view of what was going on without . Hence , when any thing extraordinary occurs in the streets , all class- es rush to the roof and look over the ...
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Acre ancient antiquity Arabs Baalbek Banias beautiful Beirût Bible birds called Capernaum castle charms Christian cliffs coast columns custom doubt Druses east entire eyes fact farther flocks friends gate Gennesaret Hamath Hasbany Hazor head Hebrew Hermon hills hour Hûleh hundred feet inhabitants Jabin Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Kings Kudes Kurn ladies lake land Lebanon look Lord mentioned Metawelies miles Moses Moslems mountains Naphtali never night olive once Oriental Palestine pass Phoenicians plain plow poor probably prophet ravine region Rehob ride river road rock round ruins Safed sarcophagi says seen Sheikh shepherd shore side Sidon Solomon stone suppose Syria tarbush Tell temple tent terebinth thee thing thorns thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs trees tribes Tyre unto vast village wady wall whole wild wind Zaanaim
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Page 436 - At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down : At her feet he bowed, he fell : Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
Page 423 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire ; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly...
Page 506 - And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men ; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha : and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha. he revived, and stood up on his feet.
Page 420 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord, against the mighty.
Page 377 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Fire and hail; snow and vapours: stormy wind fulfilling his word: Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl...
Page 490 - My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
Page 439 - Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord. For my people have committed two evils ; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Page 436 - She put her hand to the nail, And her right hand to the workmen's hammer; And with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, When she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
Page 445 - Moreover, ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death.
Page 524 - Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish...