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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... decreed , that this fecond paffover fhould be kept by all the congregation of Ifrael , instead of the firft ; and accordingly he fent meffengers to carry notice hereof , not only through all Judah , but also through all the other tribes ...
... decreed , that this fecond paffover fhould be kept by all the congregation of Ifrael , instead of the firft ; and accordingly he fent meffengers to carry notice hereof , not only through all Judah , but also through all the other tribes ...
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... decree , that Holofernes , the chief captain of his army , should go forth , to execute the wrath of his lord upon them for it . And , accordingly , the next year after , he marched westward with an army of an hundred and twenty Manaf ...
... decree , that Holofernes , the chief captain of his army , should go forth , to execute the wrath of his lord upon them for it . And , accordingly , the next year after , he marched westward with an army of an hundred and twenty Manaf ...
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... decree , make acknowledgement hereof through all the Babylonith em- pire , praifing his almighty power , and magnifying his mercy in his late refloration fhewn upon him . An . 563 . Nebuchad- nezzar 42 . After this he lived only one ...
... decree , make acknowledgement hereof through all the Babylonith em- pire , praifing his almighty power , and magnifying his mercy in his late refloration fhewn upon him . An . 563 . Nebuchad- nezzar 42 . After this he lived only one ...
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... decree of the king's , again to re- turn into their own country . The feventy years , which Jere- miah had prophefied should be the continuance of this captivity , were now just expired : for it began a year and two months be- fore the ...
... decree of the king's , again to re- turn into their own country . The feventy years , which Jere- miah had prophefied should be the continuance of this captivity , were now just expired : for it began a year and two months be- fore the ...
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... decree of releafe for their preparing for that journey , it will fix the end of the faid captivity , which they were then releafed from , exactly in the middle of the month of November , in the first year of Cy- rus ; which was the very ...
... decree of releafe for their preparing for that journey , it will fix the end of the faid captivity , which they were then releafed from , exactly in the middle of the month of November , in the first year of Cy- rus ; which was the very ...
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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.