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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... last of them ; and our countrymen Archbishop Ufher , and Mr Lydiat , two of the most eminent chronologers that any age hath produced , go into the fame opinion . Such a year , I acknowledge , was in ufe among the Chaldeans , from whom ...
... last of them ; and our countrymen Archbishop Ufher , and Mr Lydiat , two of the most eminent chronologers that any age hath produced , go into the fame opinion . Such a year , I acknowledge , was in ufe among the Chaldeans , from whom ...
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... last of a Shemittah ; and fo all the reft down to the laft of the whole num- ber : and to this end fome have perplexed themfelves in vain to find out fabbatical years to fuit their hypothefes , and fix them to times to which they did ...
... last of a Shemittah ; and fo all the reft down to the laft of the whole num- ber : and to this end fome have perplexed themfelves in vain to find out fabbatical years to fuit their hypothefes , and fix them to times to which they did ...
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... last year of his father's reign , been admitted a partner with him in the kingdom , while he was languishing ( as it may be supposed ) under the fickness of which he died . However , as long as his father lived he could make no ...
... last year of his father's reign , been admitted a partner with him in the kingdom , while he was languishing ( as it may be supposed ) under the fickness of which he died . However , as long as his father lived he could make no ...
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... last war , he sent again to Hezekiah , adding a moft blafphemous letter to his former meffage , defying therein , both him , and alfo the Lord his God , in a moft impious manner ; which juftly provoked the wrath of God against him , to ...
... last war , he sent again to Hezekiah , adding a moft blafphemous letter to his former meffage , defying therein , both him , and alfo the Lord his God , in a moft impious manner ; which juftly provoked the wrath of God against him , to ...
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... last became again masters of it . And , when they had gotten it , they found it in fuch a manner wafted and reduced by fo long a war , that it did them but little fervice afterwards ; it being then no more than the carcafe of that city ...
... last became again masters of it . And , when they had gotten it , they found it in fuch a manner wafted and reduced by fo long a war , that it did them but little fervice afterwards ; it being then no more than the carcafe of that city ...
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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.