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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... Emeer Beshîr Shehâb , some thirty - five years ago , but it soon gave way before the violence of the stream . From the nature of the bottom , it has always been difficult to establish a bridge at this place . The emeer erected his on ...
... Emeer Beshîr Shehâb , some thirty - five years ago , but it soon gave way before the violence of the stream . From the nature of the bottom , it has always been difficult to establish a bridge at this place . The emeer erected his on ...
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... emeer . Though he did not literally run to the herd and bring it himself , others did at his bidding , and the whole affair brought the patriarch Abraham most vividly to mind . Like our emeer , he dwelt in tents , and his dependents ...
... emeer . Though he did not literally run to the herd and bring it himself , others did at his bidding , and the whole affair brought the patriarch Abraham most vividly to mind . Like our emeer , he dwelt in tents , and his dependents ...
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... emeer , or rath- er , perhaps , to his family name , rank , power , and honor . Their own honor , safety , and influence all depend upon him . I was almost startled to find that the emeer was entirely gov- erned by one of his own slaves ...
... emeer , or rath- er , perhaps , to his family name , rank , power , and honor . Their own honor , safety , and influence all depend upon him . I was almost startled to find that the emeer was entirely gov- erned by one of his own slaves ...
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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