A Survey of the Holy Land: Its Geography, History, and DestinyBinns and Goodwin, 1844 - 575 pages |
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... inhabitants , settled themselves in the south - west part of the country , on the borders of the Mediterranean . Although they only occupied a narrow slip of country on the sea - coast , in the course of time , they became of sufficient ...
... inhabitants , settled themselves in the south - west part of the country , on the borders of the Mediterranean . Although they only occupied a narrow slip of country on the sea - coast , in the course of time , they became of sufficient ...
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... inhabitants . It is said , in allusion to its maritime situation , " Asher continued on the sea - shore , and abode in his creeks . " ( Judges v . 17. Josh . xix . 24-31 . ) TRIBE OF NAPHTALI . - The territory of this tribe was skirted ...
... inhabitants . It is said , in allusion to its maritime situation , " Asher continued on the sea - shore , and abode in his creeks . " ( Judges v . 17. Josh . xix . 24-31 . ) TRIBE OF NAPHTALI . - The territory of this tribe was skirted ...
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... inhabitants of the country called the place Nebi Abel , ( that is , the prophet Abel , ) and be- lieved that Cain buried his brother Abel here . The origin of this tradition may doubtless be traced to the confounding of the true name of ...
... inhabitants of the country called the place Nebi Abel , ( that is , the prophet Abel , ) and be- lieved that Cain buried his brother Abel here . The origin of this tradition may doubtless be traced to the confounding of the true name of ...
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... inhabitants of this country , during the Babylonish captivity , while the land of Judæa lay desolate , a party of them went off , and took possession of as much of the south - western part of it as had constituted the whole of the tribe ...
... inhabitants of this country , during the Babylonish captivity , while the land of Judæa lay desolate , a party of them went off , and took possession of as much of the south - western part of it as had constituted the whole of the tribe ...
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... inhabitants were filled with the finest of the wheat . It flowed with milk and honey . Its heavens dropped fatness . It was surrounded with munitions of rock . The deep , crouching beneath , spread its sure defence . The land might be ...
... inhabitants were filled with the finest of the wheat . It flowed with milk and honey . Its heavens dropped fatness . It was surrounded with munitions of rock . The deep , crouching beneath , spread its sure defence . The land might be ...
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Page 513 - Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones ; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live : And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live ; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Page 511 - As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered ; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Page 494 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from.
Page 514 - So I prophesied, as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
Page 67 - A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth: The land is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness: Yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 503 - Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt ; but, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them ; and they shall dwell in their own land.
Page 512 - The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones. And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
Page 501 - I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth...
Page 500 - And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, And therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: For the Lord is a God of judgment: Blessed are all they that wait for him.
Page 506 - Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.