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About the same time the Moabites and Ammonites made an expedition against
Jehoshaphat , and took with them a great body of Arabians , and pitched their
camp at Engedi , a city that is situate at the lake Asphaltitis , and distant three ...
About the same time the Moabites and Ammonites made an expedition against
Jehoshaphat , and took with them a great body of Arabians , and pitched their
camp at Engedi , a city that is situate at the lake Asphaltitis , and distant three ...
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He also gave his army leave to take the prey of the enemies camp , and to spoil
their dead bodies ; and indeed so they did for three days together , till they were
weary , so great was the number of the slain ; and on the fourth day , all the ...
He also gave his army leave to take the prey of the enemies camp , and to spoil
their dead bodies ; and indeed so they did for three days together , till they were
weary , so great was the number of the slain ; and on the fourth day , all the ...
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Now what Elisha had thus foretold , came to pass in the manner following : There
was a * jaw at Samaria that those that had the leprosy , and whose bodies were
not cleansed from it , should abide without the city ; and there were four men that
...
Now what Elisha had thus foretold , came to pass in the manner following : There
was a * jaw at Samaria that those that had the leprosy , and whose bodies were
not cleansed from it , should abide without the city ; and there were four men that
...
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... without the least interruption from any body : So they gathered thereby that the
enemies were departed ; whereupon they reproached themselves that they did
not inform Joram and the citizens of it . So they came to the walls of Samaria , and
...
... without the least interruption from any body : So they gathered thereby that the
enemies were departed ; whereupon they reproached themselves that they did
not inform Joram and the citizens of it . So they came to the walls of Samaria , and
...
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The people also abused his dead body ; I suppose it was because they thought
that such his death came upon him by the wrath of God , and that therefore he
was not worthy to partake of such a funeral as became kings . Accordingly they ...
The people also abused his dead body ; I suppose it was because they thought
that such his death came upon him by the wrath of God , and that therefore he
was not worthy to partake of such a funeral as became kings . Accordingly they ...
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| Title | The works of Flavius Josephus. To which are added, 3 dissertations. Tr. by W. Whiston, Volume 2 The works of Flavius Josephus. To which are added, 3 dissertations. Tr. by W. Whiston, Flavius Josephus |
| Author | Flavius Josephus |
| Translated by | William Whiston |
| Published | 1814 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 31 May 2007 |
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