Ancient History of Egypt, Assyria, and BabyloniaLongman, 1862 - 418 pages |
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... a governor over each . Then , collecting a vast army , he appointed the companions of his youth , to the number of 1700 , to the chief command , CHAPTER V Egypt after the Departure of the Hyksos, about B C 1520 -1322 CHAPTER VI.
... a governor over each . Then , collecting a vast army , he appointed the companions of his youth , to the number of 1700 , to the chief command , CHAPTER V Egypt after the Departure of the Hyksos, about B C 1520 -1322 CHAPTER VI.
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... army , have been , to a people accustomed to regard the bodies of the dead with an almost unnatural anxiety to preserve them from destruction , -an anxiety which seems to have induced them even to defer their enmity * Stanley's Sinai ...
... army , have been , to a people accustomed to regard the bodies of the dead with an almost unnatural anxiety to preserve them from destruction , -an anxiety which seems to have induced them even to defer their enmity * Stanley's Sinai ...
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... army when he pursued the Israelites , is an indication of the power of the Egyptian kings well worthy of remark . A fifth part of the population had died suddenly , one in every house - the people must have been paralysed with grief and ...
... army when he pursued the Israelites , is an indication of the power of the Egyptian kings well worthy of remark . A fifth part of the population had died suddenly , one in every house - the people must have been paralysed with grief and ...
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... army , when he pursued the Israelites , were generally made of wood , and were exceed- ingly light . The wheels were bound with a rim of metal . The harness of the horses was very elegant , but no blinkers were used . The chariot ...
... army , when he pursued the Israelites , were generally made of wood , and were exceed- ingly light . The wheels were bound with a rim of metal . The harness of the horses was very elegant , but no blinkers were used . The chariot ...
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... army at this period occupied any part of the country is uncertain , though mention is made in the account given of the exploits of David's valiant men , that Benaiah , the son of Jehoiada , “ slew an Egyptian , a goodly man . " - ( 2 ...
... army at this period occupied any part of the country is uncertain , though mention is made in the account given of the exploits of David's valiant men , that Benaiah , the son of Jehoiada , “ slew an Egyptian , a goodly man . " - ( 2 ...
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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.