The Works of Flavius Josephus, the Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian, and Celebrated Warrior, Volume 2Thomas Tegg, 1828 |
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Page 66
... stone thrown at him by an old woman ; and although he was a man of great prow- ess , he died ignominiously by the dangerous manner of his assault : that they should remember this acci- dent , and not come near the enemies ' wall ; for ...
... stone thrown at him by an old woman ; and although he was a man of great prow- ess , he died ignominiously by the dangerous manner of his assault : that they should remember this acci- dent , and not come near the enemies ' wall ; for ...
Page 70
... stone called a sordonyx ; which crown David ever after wore on his own head . He also found many other vessels in the city , and those both splendid and of great price ; but as for the That a talent of gold was about 71b . weight , see ...
... stone called a sordonyx ; which crown David ever after wore on his own head . He also found many other vessels in the city , and those both splendid and of great price ; but as for the That a talent of gold was about 71b . weight , see ...
Page 71
... stone , in harrowing the fields , in hewing timber , in making and burning bricks , and the like hard services , but without taking away their lives . We never elsewhere , that I remember , meet with such methods of cruelty in putting ...
... stone , in harrowing the fields , in hewing timber , in making and burning bricks , and the like hard services , but without taking away their lives . We never elsewhere , that I remember , meet with such methods of cruelty in putting ...
Page 81
... stones at him , and gave him re- proachful words ; and as his friends stood about the king and protected him , he persevered still more in his reproaches , and called him a bloody man , and the author of all sorts of mischief . He bid ...
... stones at him , and gave him re- proachful words ; and as his friends stood about the king and protected him , he persevered still more in his reproaches , and called him a bloody man , and the author of all sorts of mischief . He bid ...
Page 89
... stones upon him till the cavity was filled up , and had both the appearance and the big- ness of a grave . Then Joab ... stone marble pillar in the king's dale , two furlongs distant from Jerusalem , which he named Absalom's Hand ...
... stones upon him till the cavity was filled up , and had both the appearance and the big- ness of a grave . Then Joab ... stone marble pillar in the king's dale , two furlongs distant from Jerusalem , which he named Absalom's Hand ...
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