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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Page 43
... probably from Sidon , with which it has ever been closely connected . Accordingly , the earliest mention of Beirût by Greek and Latin geographers and historians implies that it was then , and had been previously , a place of importance ...
... probably from Sidon , with which it has ever been closely connected . Accordingly , the earliest mention of Beirût by Greek and Latin geographers and historians implies that it was then , and had been previously , a place of importance ...
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William McClure Thomson. his work is probably to be found in the heaps of rubbish directly in front of the landing . It was in the theatres of Agrippa , I suppose , that Titus celebrated his own victories over Jerusalem , and his ...
William McClure Thomson. his work is probably to be found in the heaps of rubbish directly in front of the landing . It was in the theatres of Agrippa , I suppose , that Titus celebrated his own victories over Jerusalem , and his ...
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... probably so high that he could look directly down into the courts of the neighboring houses . There are such in all cities , and you can scarcely commit a greater offense than to frequent a terrace which thus commands the interior of ...
... probably so high that he could look directly down into the courts of the neighboring houses . There are such in all cities , and you can scarcely commit a greater offense than to frequent a terrace which thus commands the interior of ...
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... probably seized with phrensy and madness , as they were long after , at the siege of Titus . According to Jose- phus , some reveled in drunken feasts , and kept the city in alarm by their stirs and tumults ; some were engaged in plunder ...
... probably seized with phrensy and madness , as they were long after , at the siege of Titus . According to Jose- phus , some reveled in drunken feasts , and kept the city in alarm by their stirs and tumults ; some were engaged in plunder ...
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... probably drawn from the cus- tom of planting beautiful and long - lived trees in the courts of temples and palaces , and in all " high places " used for worship . This is still common ; nearly every palace , and mosque , and convent in ...
... probably drawn from the cus- tom of planting beautiful and long - lived trees in the courts of temples and palaces , and in all " high places " used for worship . This is still common ; nearly every palace , and mosque , and convent in ...
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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...