The Works of Flavius Josephus ...: To which are Added, Three Dissertations, Concerning Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, James the Just, God's Command to Abraham, Etc. with an Index to the Whole, Volume 2J. Richardson and Company, 1822 |
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... sent to the Fly * , which was the god of Ekron , for that was this god's name , to inquire about his recovery . But the God of the Hebrews appeared to Elijah the prophet , and commanded him to go and meet the messengers that were sent ...
... sent to the Fly * , which was the god of Ekron , for that was this god's name , to inquire about his recovery . But the God of the Hebrews appeared to Elijah the prophet , and commanded him to go and meet the messengers that were sent ...
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... sent another captain , with the like number of armed men that were sent before . And when this captain also threatened the prophet , that unless he came down of his own accord , he would take him and carry him away ; upon his prayer ...
... sent another captain , with the like number of armed men that were sent before . And when this captain also threatened the prophet , that unless he came down of his own accord , he would take him and carry him away ; upon his prayer ...
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... sent brought word , that he was in Dothan : wherefore Benhadad sent to that city a great army , with horses and chariots to take Elisha ; so they encompassed the city round about by night , and kept him therein confined ; but when the ...
... sent brought word , that he was in Dothan : wherefore Benhadad sent to that city a great army , with horses and chariots to take Elisha ; so they encompassed the city round about by night , and kept him therein confined ; but when the ...
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... sent one away immediately to cut off his head , who made haste to kill the prophet : but Elisha was not unacquainted with the wrath of the king against him ; for as he sat in his house by himself , with none but his disciples about him ...
... sent one away immediately to cut off his head , who made haste to kill the prophet : but Elisha was not unacquainted with the wrath of the king against him ; for as he sat in his house by himself , with none but his disciples about him ...
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... sent for his friends , and the captains of his host , and said to them , that " he suspected that this departure of the king of Syria was by way of ambush and treachery , and that out of despair of ruining you by famine , when you ...
... sent for his friends , and the captains of his host , and said to them , that " he suspected that this departure of the king of Syria was by way of ambush and treachery , and that out of despair of ruining you by famine , when you ...
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Page 47 - And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
Page 89 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure ; Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 28 - And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
Page 232 - I would now explain is this, that the Pharisees have delivered to the people a great many observances by succession from their fathers, which are not written in the laws of Moses; and for that reason it is that the Sadducees reject them, and say that we are to esteem those observances to be obligatory which are in the written word, but are not to observe what are derived from the tradition of our forefathers.
Page 36 - And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
Page 88 - Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Page 88 - Thus saith Cyrus the king : Since God Almighty hath appointed me to be king of the habitable earth, I believe that he is that God which the nation of the Israelites worship ; for indeed he foretold my name by the prophets, and that I should build him a house at Jerusalem, in the country of Judea.
Page 199 - 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.
Page 131 - Jaddua the high priest, when he heard that, was in an agony, and under terror, as not knowing how he should meet the Macedonians, since the king was displeased at his foregoing disobedience. He therefore ordained that the people should make supplications, and...