Ancient History of Egypt, Assyria, and BabyloniaLongman, 1862 - 418 pages |
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... Assyrian Empire , в.c. 1273-747 CHAPTER III . Page 297 . 307 The Assyrian Conquest of Israel , B.c. 747—702 315 CHAPTER IV . Sennacherib and Esar - haddon , B.C. 702-660 . CHAPTER V. The Downfall of the Second Assyrian Empire , B.C. 660 ...
... Assyrian Empire , в.c. 1273-747 CHAPTER III . Page 297 . 307 The Assyrian Conquest of Israel , B.c. 747—702 315 CHAPTER IV . Sennacherib and Esar - haddon , B.C. 702-660 . CHAPTER V. The Downfall of the Second Assyrian Empire , B.C. 660 ...
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... Assyria , and sent messengers to make an alliance with Sabaco . Trust in Egypt was , however , only a delusive hope , and the Assyrian monarch speedily invaded Pales- tine , whilst the Egyptians were unable to offer any help to the ...
... Assyria , and sent messengers to make an alliance with Sabaco . Trust in Egypt was , however , only a delusive hope , and the Assyrian monarch speedily invaded Pales- tine , whilst the Egyptians were unable to offer any help to the ...
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... Assyrians - at least if we may judge from the tone of mockery in which Rabshakeh , the Assyrian general , who was sent to be- siege Jerusalem , alluded to Hezekiah's Egyptian alliance . When the proud Assyrian addressed the ambassadors ...
... Assyrians - at least if we may judge from the tone of mockery in which Rabshakeh , the Assyrian general , who was sent to be- siege Jerusalem , alluded to Hezekiah's Egyptian alliance . When the proud Assyrian addressed the ambassadors ...
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... Assyrian forces were thus occupied with this new enemy , and Jerusalem was for the time saved . But there was still cause to fear for the future . Sennacherib sent warnings to Hezekiah , reminding him that the gods of other nations had ...
... Assyrian forces were thus occupied with this new enemy , and Jerusalem was for the time saved . But there was still cause to fear for the future . Sennacherib sent warnings to Hezekiah , reminding him that the gods of other nations had ...
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... Assyrian invasion their number increased , the influence which they exercised became very remarkable . Even language was modified by it ; for after a while the Jews in Egypt lost the use of their own lan- guage , and adopted in its ...
... Assyrian invasion their number increased , the influence which they exercised became very remarkable . Even language was modified by it ; for after a while the Jews in Egypt lost the use of their own lan- guage , and adopted in its ...
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Page 356 - ... the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 367 - And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this. But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.
Page 358 - 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 323 - And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
Page 108 - Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said : — " My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Page 358 - And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation...
Page 41 - And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Page 353 - I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest.
Page 289 - When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Page 50 - And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.