Everyday Life in Old Testament TimesB. T. Batsford, 1956 - 240 pages |
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... feet ) and Mount Hermon ( 9,000 feet ) are for ever capped with snow ( 52 ) , whereas at its southern end , the river pours into the Dead Sea , its surface 1,275 feet below the Mediterranean and its depth as much again , where thick ...
... feet ) and Mount Hermon ( 9,000 feet ) are for ever capped with snow ( 52 ) , whereas at its southern end , the river pours into the Dead Sea , its surface 1,275 feet below the Mediterranean and its depth as much again , where thick ...
Page 153
... feet high and between 15 and 20 feet thick , set on a founda- tion of huge boulders with gaps between them - left , pre- sumably , for drainage ( 17 ) . The wall itself was built of limestone rocks set in clay mortar . Additional ...
... feet high and between 15 and 20 feet thick , set on a founda- tion of huge boulders with gaps between them - left , pre- sumably , for drainage ( 17 ) . The wall itself was built of limestone rocks set in clay mortar . Additional ...
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... feet high and 3 feet square , which , we are informed , is the altar of incense ( 63 ) . It is this and the cedar panelling which accounts for the pleasant smell in the building - so different from what we feared and imagined on first ...
... feet high and 3 feet square , which , we are informed , is the altar of incense ( 63 ) . It is this and the cedar panelling which accounts for the pleasant smell in the building - so different from what we feared and imagined on first ...
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altar Amos ancient Archaeologist army Asherah asses Assyrian Babylon bricks building built called Canaanite Canaanite religion centre chariots clay David Debir desert Deuteronomy discovered doubt Egypt Egyptian eighth century B.C. everyday evidence example excavated Exile Exodus Ezion-geber feast feet flocks gate Genesis Gezer Calendar goats grapes ground Habiru hand harvest Hebrew Holy II Samuel illustration important instruments iron Isaiah Israel Israelite ivory jars Jeremiah Jeroboam II Jerusalem Joshua Judah kind Kings Lachish land limestone loom Megiddo metal military Mizpah month Moses nomadic Northern Kingdom Old Testament palace Palestine period Phoenician popular pottery priests probably prophets Psalm reference religion religious royal Samaria Samuel sanctuary scribes seal semi-nomadic sheep shekel shepherd shows slave Solomon songs stone story suggests Syria Temple thou thread tomb tradition unearthed unto village vineyards walls warp weft wine women wooden word