Ancient History of Egypt, Assyria, and BabyloniaLongman, 1862 - 418 pages |
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... prince very unlike his father ; that he re - opened the temples , restored the sacrifices , permitted the people to return to their employments , and ruled them justly and mercifully . Yet happiness did not follow him . He was visited ...
... prince very unlike his father ; that he re - opened the temples , restored the sacrifices , permitted the people to return to their employments , and ruled them justly and mercifully . Yet happiness did not follow him . He was visited ...
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... prince who ruled the whole of Egypt from the Delta to the Second Cataract . His name and title are inscribed on a colonnade in the temple at Karnak in Lower Egypt . He is called " the Lord of the Upper and Lower Coun- try ; " and the ...
... prince who ruled the whole of Egypt from the Delta to the Second Cataract . His name and title are inscribed on a colonnade in the temple at Karnak in Lower Egypt . He is called " the Lord of the Upper and Lower Coun- try ; " and the ...
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... prince , and that of his friends , was very severe . They were indeed provided with everything needful , but as they grew up , in order to inure them to hardships and manly exercises , they were forbidden to taste any food till they had ...
... prince , and that of his friends , was very severe . They were indeed provided with everything needful , but as they grew up , in order to inure them to hardships and manly exercises , they were forbidden to taste any food till they had ...
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... prince had been provided for in the land of his exile . " Then Pharaoh said unto him , But what hast thou lacked with me that behold thou seekest to go to thine own country ? And he answered Nothing , howbeit let me go in any wise ...
... prince had been provided for in the land of his exile . " Then Pharaoh said unto him , But what hast thou lacked with me that behold thou seekest to go to thine own country ? And he answered Nothing , howbeit let me go in any wise ...
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... prince who put up on the temple of Amun , at Thebes , a record containing a curse against Menes , the earliest known king of Egypt , for having taught the Egyptians habits of luxury . The prophecies of woe to the princes of Egypt which ...
... prince who put up on the temple of Amun , at Thebes , a record containing a curse against Menes , the earliest known king of Egypt , for having taught the Egyptians habits of luxury . The prophecies of woe to the princes of Egypt which ...
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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.