An Historical Geography of the Old and New Testament:: In Two Volumes, Volume 2At the Clarendon Press, 1809 |
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... probably to distinguish birth - place it from other places in the Holy Land , which were alfo of the pro- called by the name of Ramah . One place of this name muel . VOL . II . was phim , the phet Sa- PART III . was spoken of in the ...
... probably to distinguish birth - place it from other places in the Holy Land , which were alfo of the pro- called by the name of Ramah . One place of this name muel . VOL . II . was phim , the phet Sa- PART III . was spoken of in the ...
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... ( probably the east or north - eaft ) fide ; fo Shen was fituated not far from it on the oppofite fide , or to the weft or fouth - weft ; and that Beth - car was fo likewife . PART III . 1 . Of the land SECT . Places mentioned in the ...
... ( probably the east or north - eaft ) fide ; fo Shen was fituated not far from it on the oppofite fide , or to the weft or fouth - weft ; and that Beth - car was fo likewife . PART III . 1 . Of the land SECT . Places mentioned in the ...
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... probably not far from Keilah , of which we read in chap . xxiii . 17 . Of Keilah . For it being told David , that the Philistines had be- fieged SECT . II . fieged Keilah , he went and 18 The Geography of the Old Teftament .
... probably not far from Keilah , of which we read in chap . xxiii . 17 . Of Keilah . For it being told David , that the Philistines had be- fieged SECT . II . fieged Keilah , he went and 18 The Geography of the Old Teftament .
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... probably adjoined to them ; and accordingly here in the ftory of David we have mention made of Carmel and Maon , as adjoining to Ziph . So that it is not to be doubted , but by the Ziph , in the wilderness whereof David now lay , and ...
... probably adjoined to them ; and accordingly here in the ftory of David we have mention made of Carmel and Maon , as adjoining to Ziph . So that it is not to be doubted , but by the Ziph , in the wilderness whereof David now lay , and ...
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... probably that which lay in the tribe of Judah , and is before spoken of . Mount Gilboa , as Eufebius and Jerom tell us , was a ridge ridge of mountains , fix miles distance from Scythopolis or 20 The Geography of the Old Testament .
... probably that which lay in the tribe of Judah , and is before spoken of . Mount Gilboa , as Eufebius and Jerom tell us , was a ridge ridge of mountains , fix miles distance from Scythopolis or 20 The Geography of the Old Testament .
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Page 155 - In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Page 196 - And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel : and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
Page 142 - And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
Page 256 - And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
Page 173 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Page 181 - Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven ; and he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Page 131 - THE vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Page 207 - Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden ; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day ; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
Page 6 - And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
Page 23 - So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David.