The Land and the Book: Or Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land, Volume 1T. Nelson, 1881 |
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Page 9
... says that M. Scaurus , among other won- derful relics , showed the bones of a wild beast brought , during his ædileship , to Rome from Joppa , a walled town of Judæa . The length was forty feet , the elevation of the ribs greater than ...
... says that M. Scaurus , among other won- derful relics , showed the bones of a wild beast brought , during his ædileship , to Rome from Joppa , a walled town of Judæa . The length was forty feet , the elevation of the ribs greater than ...
Page 12
... says " he was vomited out upon the Euxine Sea " -a very indefinite expression , but far enough from here certainly . I care very little about these discrepancies as to the place . There are other questions , however , of far greater ...
... says " he was vomited out upon the Euxine Sea " -a very indefinite expression , but far enough from here certainly . I care very little about these discrepancies as to the place . There are other questions , however , of far greater ...
Page 36
... says are hard to be understood : " Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it , Why hast thou made me thus ? Hath not the potter power over the clay , of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor , and another unto dishonor ...
... says are hard to be understood : " Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it , Why hast thou made me thus ? Hath not the potter power over the clay , of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor , and another unto dishonor ...
Page 37
... says , " He shall break it as the breaking of the potters ' vessel that is broken in pieces ; he shall not spare : so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth , or to take water withal out ...
... says , " He shall break it as the breaking of the potters ' vessel that is broken in pieces ; he shall not spare : so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth , or to take water withal out ...
Page 66
... says , " After Acre is the tower of Strato , having a station for ships . Between them is Mount Carmel and names of cities , but nothing besides : the city of Sycamenon , Buco- lon , and the city of Crocodiles . " The ruins of this last ...
... says , " After Acre is the tower of Strato , having a station for ships . Between them is Mount Carmel and names of cities , but nothing besides : the city of Sycamenon , Buco- lon , and the city of Crocodiles . " The ruins of this last ...
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Abimelech Abraham amongst ancient Antipatris appears aqueduct Arabs arch Ashdod Askelon Bedawîn Beit Jibrîn Beth-shemesh Bible Biblical bricks built Cæsarea called camels castle cave church cisterns Damascus Gate David Dead Sea deep desert east Egypt En-rogel entire Eshcol farther feet gardens Gate Gaza Gerar Gilgal Hajla Haram Hebrew Hebron Herod hill Holy City hundred inhabitants Isaac Israel Jaffa Jericho Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Judah king Lachish land Lieutenant Conder Lord Makkedah mentioned miles modern Moses mosk Moslem mountains Palestine pass patriarchs Philistines pilgrims plain pool present probably prophet Ramleh region ride ridge river road rock ruins sacred says scene seen Sepulchre Shephelah shore side south-east stone Sultân suppose Tell Temple thou tion tomb tower Tower of David travellers trees unto valley village Wady wall whole wilderness Yebna Zion