The Historians' History of the World: Israel, India, Persia, Phoenicia, Minor nations of western AsiaHenry Smith Williams Outlook Company, 1904 |
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... records , 496. Legends of the early heroes , 498 . of Asoka , 499. Traditional kings , 500. Brahmanic learning , 501 . Indian history , 502. Vedic period , 503. The Buddhist period , 503. Chandra Gupta , 504. Twelve centuries of ...
... records , 496. Legends of the early heroes , 498 . of Asoka , 499. Traditional kings , 500. Brahmanic learning , 501 . Indian history , 502. Vedic period , 503. The Buddhist period , 503. Chandra Gupta , 504. Twelve centuries of ...
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... record of events which may have been kept , partly in the royal archives , partly perhaps in the temples , had disappeared ; nor have any royal inscrip- tions as yet been discovered . It is only the land of Moab which has yielded up an ...
... record of events which may have been kept , partly in the royal archives , partly perhaps in the temples , had disappeared ; nor have any royal inscrip- tions as yet been discovered . It is only the land of Moab which has yielded up an ...
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... record that we possess of the transitional pre - regal period is the so - called Song of Deborah ( Judges v . ) which celebrates the suc- cessful war of a number of Hebrew clans , confederated for the present occa- sion , against the ...
... record that we possess of the transitional pre - regal period is the so - called Song of Deborah ( Judges v . ) which celebrates the suc- cessful war of a number of Hebrew clans , confederated for the present occa- sion , against the ...
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... record this . JEROBOAM'S SUCCESSORS The new dynasty did not long maintain itself . Jeroboam's son , Nadab , was slain by Baasha , of the tribe of Issachar , while he was besieging ( so our text says ) Gibbethon in Philistia . It was a ...
... record this . JEROBOAM'S SUCCESSORS The new dynasty did not long maintain itself . Jeroboam's son , Nadab , was slain by Baasha , of the tribe of Issachar , while he was besieging ( so our text says ) Gibbethon in Philistia . It was a ...
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... records that ( in 842 ) Yaua , son of Khumri , together with the Tyrians and Sidonians , paid him tribute . Not a word of this in 1 Kings . Similar records of the northern Aramæans are , unhappily , not extant . The final editor of the ...
... records that ( in 842 ) Yaua , son of Khumri , together with the Tyrians and Sidonians , paid him tribute . Not a word of this in 1 Kings . Similar records of the northern Aramæans are , unhappily , not extant . The final editor of the ...
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Page 120 - How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! how is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary...
Page 122 - Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things ; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone ; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself...
Page 122 - THUS saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have holden, To subdue nations before him ; And I will loose the loins of kings, To open before him the two leaved gates; And the gates shall not be shut...
Page 63 - And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho.
Page 62 - And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Page 62 - And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
Page 122 - Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle; and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
Page 83 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Page 83 - Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 62 - Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin...