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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... pass three enormous cisterns , known to travellers under the name of the reservoirs or tanks of Solomon ; and , lastly , to the north - west of the Qalaát - el - Bourak , an important structure appears called El - Khoudr - an ancient ...
... pass three enormous cisterns , known to travellers under the name of the reservoirs or tanks of Solomon ; and , lastly , to the north - west of the Qalaát - el - Bourak , an important structure appears called El - Khoudr - an ancient ...
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... pass within sight of the villages of Beit - Djala , * of Nahhalin , of Er - Bezeth , + of Beit - Safafa , and of Maleha , this last giving its name to the Ouad - el - Maleha . All these localities are situated on the hills to our left ...
... pass within sight of the villages of Beit - Djala , * of Nahhalin , of Er - Bezeth , + of Beit - Safafa , and of Maleha , this last giving its name to the Ouad - el - Maleha . All these localities are situated on the hills to our left ...
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... ink , or study the interesting work of Quaresmius . Nearly all our evenings are spent at M. Botta's , at whose house we invariably find the most friendly and polite reception . Sometimes , also , we pass AND ROUND THE DEAD SEA . 13.
... ink , or study the interesting work of Quaresmius . Nearly all our evenings are spent at M. Botta's , at whose house we invariably find the most friendly and polite reception . Sometimes , also , we pass AND ROUND THE DEAD SEA . 13.
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... pass a few hours in the drawing - room of M. Pizzamano , a society presided over with accomplished grace by Madame Pizzamano . On the evening of February 3rd , Matteo treated us to an Arab Soirée , with the obligato accompaniment of ...
... pass a few hours in the drawing - room of M. Pizzamano , a society presided over with accomplished grace by Madame Pizzamano . On the evening of February 3rd , Matteo treated us to an Arab Soirée , with the obligato accompaniment of ...
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... pass close to an ancient tomb hewn in the solid rock , our direction being now due east . High hills form the right flank of the valley through which we are now passing , and where we find by twenty - seven minutes past ten , traces of ...
... pass close to an ancient tomb hewn in the solid rock , our direction being now due east . High hills form the right flank of the valley through which we are now passing , and where we find by twenty - seven minutes past ten , traces of ...
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Abbé Amaziah amongst ancient angle appears Arabs Baalbek Banias blocks Book of Kings border built buried called Capernaum Chinnereth cistern city of David close columns constructed cornice Damascus Damascus gate Dead Sea descry direction distance door eastward En-Rogel enclosure entrance face feet flank foot formed fortress fragments gate ground Hazor height Herod hewn Hezekiah hill Holy horses hundred yards inches inscription Jabin Jehoram Jericho Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua kings of Judah Lake of Genesareth lastly magnificent mentioned minutes past Moab monument Mount Gerizim mountain Mussulmen Naplouse ornamented ouad pass passage piscina Pisgah plain pool portion probably remains road rock Roman ruins sepulchral cave Shechem Sichem side situated Solomon spot stone summit Tabarieh Taricheæ temple thousand yards Tiberias tomb tower town tribe tribe of Naphtali unto valley vault verse village wall westward whilst ἐν καὶ
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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...