The Old and New Testament connected in the history of the Jews and neighbouring nations, from the declension of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah to the time of Christ, Volumes 1-2D. Schaw and Company, 1799 - 2 pages |
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Humphrey Prideaux. with his father , and was there educated , after the Persian man- ner , in hardship and toil , and all fuch exercifes as would beft tend to fit him for the fatigues of war , in which he exceeded all his contemporaries ...
Humphrey Prideaux. with his father , and was there educated , after the Persian man- ner , in hardship and toil , and all fuch exercifes as would beft tend to fit him for the fatigues of war , in which he exceeded all his contemporaries ...
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... Persia , that reigned between the time of Cyrus , and the time of that Darius by whofe decree the temple was finished ; but that Darius being Darius Hyftafpis ( as will be unanswerably demonstrated in its proper place ) , and none ...
... Persia , that reigned between the time of Cyrus , and the time of that Darius by whofe decree the temple was finished ; but that Darius being Darius Hyftafpis ( as will be unanswerably demonstrated in its proper place ) , and none ...
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... Persians , is called Gushtafph , and his fa- ther Lorasph ; and , under thefe names , they are much spoken of in that country even to this day . The empire of Perfia being thus reftored , and fettled by the wisdom and valour of these ...
... Persians , is called Gushtafph , and his fa- ther Lorasph ; and , under thefe names , they are much spoken of in that country even to this day . The empire of Perfia being thus reftored , and fettled by the wisdom and valour of these ...
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... Persia , who having been convicted of bribery and corruption by Cam- byfes , there is related this remarkable inftance of that king's juftice towards him , that he caufed him to be flea'd alive , and making with his skin a covering for ...
... Persia , who having been convicted of bribery and corruption by Cam- byfes , there is related this remarkable inftance of that king's juftice towards him , that he caufed him to be flea'd alive , and making with his skin a covering for ...
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... Persian king of the Magian religion , was about 1150 years ; yea , it went fo far , that the priests themselves never approached this fire , but with a cloth over their mouths , that they might not breathe thereon ; and this they did ...
... Persian king of the Magian religion , was about 1150 years ; yea , it went fo far , that the priests themselves never approached this fire , but with a cloth over their mouths , that they might not breathe thereon ; and this they did ...
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Page 399 - And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple, who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
Page 112 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 357 - And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, ° before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
Page 415 - And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
Page 112 - The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair was grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds
Page 89 - Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
Page 224 - Lord, and there is none elfe. I form the ' * light, and create darknefs : I make peace, " and create evil : I the Lord do all thefe
Page 328 - Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
Page 523 - ... than others can travel, often with his horse pursuing his enemies upon the spur whole days and nights, and sometimes making long marches for several days, one after the other, as once he did in pursuit of Darius, of near forty miles a day, for eleven days together. So that, by the speed of his marches, he came upon his enemy before they were aware of him, and conquered them before they could be in a posture to resist him.
Page 102 - ... which was dug out of it made the bricks wherewith the walls were built ; and therefore, from the vast height and breadth of the walls may be inferred the greatness of the ditch.