The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy LandThomas Nelson and Sons, 1911 - 727 pages |
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Page 338
... Hûleh is my pet lake - under my special protection . I am self - constituted cicerone , and jealous of her reputation . By right of office , I maintain that the Hûleh is unrivaled in beauty , no matter when or from what point beheld ...
... Hûleh is my pet lake - under my special protection . I am self - constituted cicerone , and jealous of her reputation . By right of office , I maintain that the Hûleh is unrivaled in beauty , no matter when or from what point beheld ...
Page 386
... Hûleh was the land of Uz - the home of Job - coincides , at least , with the idea that the buffalo is the behemoth of his most ancient poem . Is this an admitted geographical fact ? The tradition of antiquity was to that effect , and I ...
... Hûleh was the land of Uz - the home of Job - coincides , at least , with the idea that the buffalo is the behemoth of his most ancient poem . Is this an admitted geographical fact ? The tradition of antiquity was to that effect , and I ...
Page 389
... Hûleh for wheat and barley . Large crops of Indian - corn , rice , and sesamum ( simsum ) are also grown by the Arabs of the Hûleh , who are all of the Gha- waraneh tribe . They are permanent residents , though dwell- ing in tents . All ...
... Hûleh for wheat and barley . Large crops of Indian - corn , rice , and sesamum ( simsum ) are also grown by the Arabs of the Hûleh , who are all of the Gha- waraneh tribe . They are permanent residents , though dwell- ing in tents . All ...
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Abraham Acre ancient Arabs Baalbek Banias beautiful Bedawîn Beirût Beisan Beit Bethsaida Bible built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel castle cisterns cliffs coast columns custom David desert doubt east Egypt emeer entire Esdraelon fact farther flocks Gaza Gennesaret Hamath Hazor Hebrew Hebron Hermon hills hour Hûleh hundred feet inhabitants Israel Jabin Jacob Jaffa Jaulan Jerusalem Jews Jezreel Jordan Josephus Joshua Kenites king lake land Lebanon Lord Lydd mentioned miles Moses Moslems mountain never night Oriental Palestine pass Philistines plain probably prophet Ramleh region remarkable ride river road rock round ruins Samaria says scene seen Sheikh shepherd shore side Sidon Sisera stone suppose Syria Tell temple tent terebinth thing thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs trees tribes Tyre unto valley vast village Wady wall whole wild wind