Narrative of a journey round the Dead sea and in the Bible lands in 1850 and 1851, ed., by count E. de Warren, Volume 2 |
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... minutes past nine , when we passed the gate . Immediately opposite begins an inclined slope , about one hundred yards long , taking an easterly direction , and descending by two successive elbows to the dry bed of the Kedron ; that is ...
... minutes past nine , when we passed the gate . Immediately opposite begins an inclined slope , about one hundred yards long , taking an easterly direction , and descending by two successive elbows to the dry bed of the Kedron ; that is ...
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... minutes past ten , we leave about one hundred and thirty yards to our right , and below our level , the tomb of Absalom , or the Qobr - Farâoun of the Mussul- men . Beyond that , the side of the mountain is covered with funereal stones ...
... minutes past ten , we leave about one hundred and thirty yards to our right , and below our level , the tomb of Absalom , or the Qobr - Farâoun of the Mussul- men . Beyond that , the side of the mountain is covered with funereal stones ...
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... minutes past ten , turns southward and inclines towards the bottom of the valley , where we arrive by twenty minutes past ten . The left flank of this valley which we are following , is stony and full of pebbles . By twenty - five minutes ...
... minutes past ten , turns southward and inclines towards the bottom of the valley , where we arrive by twenty minutes past ten . The left flank of this valley which we are following , is stony and full of pebbles . By twenty - five minutes ...
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... minutes past ten , the road having turned eastward , passes at a distance of about one hundred yards from a well called Bir - el - Aïd . By forty - nine minutes past ten , we fall in again with a fine portion of the ancient road , which ...
... minutes past ten , the road having turned eastward , passes at a distance of about one hundred yards from a well called Bir - el - Aïd . By forty - nine minutes past ten , we fall in again with a fine portion of the ancient road , which ...
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... minutes past twelve we fall in with another branch of the old highway . By a quarter past twelve , we are opposite a valley , opening to the right , and called Ouad - Monfakh . As soon as we have crossed the head of this ouad , that in ...
... minutes past twelve we fall in with another branch of the old highway . By a quarter past twelve , we are opposite a valley , opening to the right , and called Ouad - Monfakh . As soon as we have crossed the head of this ouad , that in ...
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Page 512 - Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt . And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
Page 547 - And it came to pass, as. the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; and said, Whose daughter art thou?
Page 193 - And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
Page 74 - So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor ; but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 275 - And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. , 2. And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim.
Page 343 - LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them ; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal ; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. 34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
Page 75 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 37 - And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
Page 22 - And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
Page 343 - ... and thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God...