The Works of Flavius Josephus, the Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian and Celebrated Warrior: To which are Added Three Dissertations Concerning Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, James the Just, God's Command to Abraham, &c. with an Index to the Whole, Volume 2T. & J. Allman, 1826 |
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... punished and cut off in an extraordinary manner for their wickedness . See Jer . xviii . 11 , 12 , 13 , and many the like prophecies against them . No- thing could therefore justify this practice but a particular commission from God by ...
... punished and cut off in an extraordinary manner for their wickedness . See Jer . xviii . 11 , 12 , 13 , and many the like prophecies against them . No- thing could therefore justify this practice but a particular commission from God by ...
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... punishment , as did David for many years in the like case , was too impatient , and the very next day smothered or strangled him in order to come directly to the succession . + What Mr Le Clerc pretends here , that it is more probable ...
... punishment , as did David for many years in the like case , was too impatient , and the very next day smothered or strangled him in order to come directly to the succession . + What Mr Le Clerc pretends here , that it is more probable ...
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... punishment he should undergo for these crimes , namely , the destruction of his people , with the corruption of the king's own wives and children ; and that he should himself die of a distemper in his bowels , with long torments , those ...
... punishment he should undergo for these crimes , namely , the destruction of his people , with the corruption of the king's own wives and children ; and that he should himself die of a distemper in his bowels , with long torments , those ...
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... punishment upon him in his belly , out of his wrath against him ) , and so he died miserably , and saw his own bowels fall out . The people also abused his dead body ; I suppose it was because they thought that such his death came upon ...
... punishment upon him in his belly , out of his wrath against him ) , and so he died miserably , and saw his own bowels fall out . The people also abused his dead body ; I suppose it was because they thought that such his death came upon ...
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... punish the false prophets , and false priests , and those that deceived the multitude , and persuaded them to leave ... punishment , he caught them deceitfully by this wile : for he gathered all the people together and said , that " he ...
... punish the false prophets , and false priests , and those that deceived the multitude , and persuaded them to leave ... punishment , he caught them deceitfully by this wile : for he gathered all the people together and said , that " he ...
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Page 8 - In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.
Page 85 - 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 45 - 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 255 - There were four classes of men among those of Cyrene, that of citizens, that of husbandmen, the third of strangers, and the fourth of Jews. Now, these Jews are already gotten into all cities, and it is hard to find a place in the habitable earth that hath not admitted this tribe of men, and is not possessed by it...
Page 34 - 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 18 - And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
Page 26 - 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 350 - Panium. This is a very fine cave in a mountain, under which there is a great cavity in the earth ; and the cavern is abrupt, and prodigiously deep, and full of still water ; over it hangs a vast mountain; and under the caverns arise the springs of the river Jordan. Herod adorned this place, which was already a very remarkable one, still farther, by the erection of this temple, which he dedicated to Caesar.
Page 54 - Syria; and when he was come, he put him in bands, and delivered the kingdom to a brother of his by the father's side, whose name was Eliakim, and changed his name to Jehoiakim, and laid a tribute upon the land of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold...
Page 125 - 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...