Egypt and Babylon from Sacred and Profane SourcesHodder and Stoughton, 1885 - 431 pages |
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... Syria , Palestine , and the north - eastern parts of Egypt , fell into the lifetime of his father , Nabo- polassar , and preceded his own establishment on the Babylonian throne.1 The difficulty is sometimes met by the supposition that ...
... Syria , Palestine , and the north - eastern parts of Egypt , fell into the lifetime of his father , Nabo- polassar , and preceded his own establishment on the Babylonian throne.1 The difficulty is sometimes met by the supposition that ...
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... Syria and Phoenicia , and had invaded Egypt , when news of his father's death reached him , and forced him to return to his own capital . The fourth point - one of comparative detail-- receives very curious illustration from the ...
... Syria and Phoenicia , and had invaded Egypt , when news of his father's death reached him , and forced him to return to his own capital . The fourth point - one of comparative detail-- receives very curious illustration from the ...
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... Syrians , and bands of the Moabites , and bands of the children of Ammon , and sent them against Judah to destroy it , according to the word of the Lord , which He spake by His servants the prophets " ( 2 Kings xxiv . 2 ) . 1 Polyhistor ...
... Syrians , and bands of the Moabites , and bands of the children of Ammon , and sent them against Judah to destroy it , according to the word of the Lord , which He spake by His servants the prophets " ( 2 Kings xxiv . 2 ) . 1 Polyhistor ...
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... Syria and the adjoining regions , should or should not establish its superiority over the power of Asia , should or should not step into a position which would have brought it shortly into direct contact with the civilization of the ...
... Syria and the adjoining regions , should or should not establish its superiority over the power of Asia , should or should not step into a position which would have brought it shortly into direct contact with the civilization of the ...
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... Syria , Phoenicia , Palestine , hitherto threatened alternately by Egypt and Syria , now find a new foe in the great city on the Lower Euphrates , and become fiefs of the Babylonian crown . Egypt's attempt to recover , under the ...
... Syria , Phoenicia , Palestine , hitherto threatened alternately by Egypt and Syria , now find a new foe in the great city on the Lower Euphrates , and become fiefs of the Babylonian crown . Egypt's attempt to recover , under the ...
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Abydenus according Ancient Monarchies Antiochus Apepi Apries army Asiatic Assyrian Assyrian monarchs Babylonian Belshazzar Berosus Book of Daniel bricks Brugsch called captivity Chaldæans CHAPTER chariots Chron conquest Cyrus Darius Delta dominion dynasty Egyptian monarch Empire Esar-haddon Ethiopians Euphrates Exod Exodus expedition Ezek father favour gods Greek hand Hebrew Herod Herodotus Hezekiah History of Egypt hundred Hyksôs Ibid inscriptions Isaiah Israel Israelites Jehoiakim Jeremiah Jerusalem Joseph king of Assyria king of Babylon king of Egypt kingdom Lenormant Manetho Manuel d'Histoire Ancienne Mede Menephthah mentioned Merodach Merodach-Baladan Migdol monarch monuments mound Nabonidus narrative Nebuchad Nebuchadnezzar Neriglissar Nile NOTICES OF BABYLON NOTICES OF EGYPT palace Palestine Past Persian Pharaoh Pi-hahiroth princes probably profane prophecy prophet Ptolemy Rameses Rameses II Records reign ruins saith the Lord says Scripture Sennacherib Shabak Sutech Syria temple thee thou throne tion took unto walls writers
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Page 119 - The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble.
Page 19 - Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
Page 363 - WOE to them that go down to Egypt for help; And stay on horses, And trust in chariots, because they are many ; And in horsemen, because they are very strong; But they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, Neither seek the Lord...
Page 139 - They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Page 217 - And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
Page 245 - Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we. 10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Page 9 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 324 - And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Page 365 - In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts ; one shall be called, The city of destruction. 19 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.
Page 264 - And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left. And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.