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" It hath somewhat very peculiar in it; for when it runs, its current is strong, and has plenty of water; after which its springs fail for six days together, and leave its channel dry, as any one may see; after which days it runs on the seventh day as it... "
The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus: The Learned and Authentic Jewish ... - Page 127
by Flavius Josephus - 1815
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The seven books of the Jewish war, with two books against Apion, and a ...

Flavius Josephus - 1809 - 658 pages
...days together, and [cave its channel dry, as any one may fee; a/tci which days, it runs on the feventh as it did before, and as though it had undergone no change at all : It hath alfo been oblervcd to keep this order perpetually andexaftly : Whence it is that they call it the Sabbatic...
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The works of Flavius Josephus. To which are added, 3 dissertations ..., Volume 4

Flavius Josephus - 1814 - 486 pages
...of water ; after which its springs fail for six days together, and leave its channel dry, as any one may see; after which days it runs on the seventh day...taken from the sacred seventh day among the Jews. * Since in these latter ages this sabbatic river, once so famous, which, by Josephus's account heie,...
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The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, the Jewish Historian ..., Volume 4

Flavius Josephus - 1824 - 596 pages
...its springs fail for six days together, and leave its channel dry, as any one may see. After these days, it runs on the seventh day as it did before,...taken from the sacred seventh day among the Jews. When the people of Antioch were informed that Titus was approaching, they were so rejoiced that they...
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The Works of Flavius Josephus ...: To which are Added, Three ..., Volume 4

Flavius Josephus - 1825 - 456 pages
...of water, ul'ter which its springs fail for six days together, and leave its channel dry, as any one may see ; after which days it runs on the seventh...taken from the sacred seventh day among the Jews. * Since In these latter ages this Sabbatic river, once so famous, which, by Josephus's account here,...
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The Works of Josephus--: Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish ..., Volume 2

Flavius Josephus - 1825 - 610 pages
...any one may see; after which days it runs on the seventh clay as it did before, and as though u Û undergone no change at all : it hath also been observed to keep this order |«. pctuaÜy and exactly ; whence it is that they call it the Sabbatic river,* that øøâ being taken...
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The American Journal of Science and Arts, Volume 2; Volume 52

1846 - 492 pages
...of water, after which its springs fail for six days together, and leave its channel dry as any one may see ; after which days it runs on the seventh...this order perpetually and exactly — whence it is, they call it the Sabbatic River — that name being taken from the sacred seventh day of the Jews."...
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Notes and Queries

1903 - 666 pages
...of water ; after which its springs fail for six days together, and leave its channel dry, as any one may see ; after which days it runs on the seventh...exactly ; whence it is that they call it the Sabbatic River—that name being taken from the sacred seventh day among the Jews."— ! Wars,' book vii. chap....
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“The” Works of Flavius Josephus, Volume 2

Flavius Josephus - 1856 - 604 pages
...of water, after which its springs fail for six days together, and leave its channel dry, as any one may see ; after which days it runs on the seventh...all : it hath also been observed to keep this order per petually and exactly ; whence it is that they call it the Sabbatic river,* that name being taken...
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The Land and the Book: Or Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the ..., Volume 1

William McClure Thomson - 1858 - 576 pages
...days it runs on the seventh as it did before, and as though it had undergone no change at all. It has also been observed to keep this order perpetually...exactly, whence it is that they call it the Sabbatic Jliver, that name being taken from the sacred seventh day of the Jews." So much for Joscphus. Pliny...
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The Land and the Book, Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and ...

William McClure Thomson - 1859 - 576 pages
...days together, and leave its channel dry, as any one may see ; after which days it runs on the seventh as it did before, and as though it had undergone no change at all. It has also been observed to keep this order perpetually and exactly, whence it is that they call it the...
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