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... guard to himself . He also engaged to let him hold the country free from tribute , and that they should dwell entirely without paying such customs as used to be paid , and gave it him tax free . 2. The Babylonian was induced by these ...
... guard to himself . He also engaged to let him hold the country free from tribute , and that they should dwell entirely without paying such customs as used to be paid , and gave it him tax free . 2. The Babylonian was induced by these ...
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... guards to the forementioned kings . And when Jacim was dead in his old age , he left a son whose name was Philip , one of great strength in his hands , and in other re- #pects also more eminent for his valour than any of his ...
... guards to the forementioned kings . And when Jacim was dead in his old age , he left a son whose name was Philip , one of great strength in his hands , and in other re- #pects also more eminent for his valour than any of his ...
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... guards of the king's body , and one who was greatly trusted by him . Sylleus had persuaded this man , with the offer of a great sum of money , to kill Herod : and he had promised to do it . When Fabatus had been made acquainted with ...
... guards of the king's body , and one who was greatly trusted by him . Sylleus had persuaded this man , with the offer of a great sum of money , to kill Herod : and he had promised to do it . When Fabatus had been made acquainted with ...
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... guard thee , and didst hedge thyself in on all sides by the artifices of both men and women , against an old man ; as though that mind of thine was not sufficien of itself to support so great a hatred as thou bearest to him . Ana nere ...
... guard thee , and didst hedge thyself in on all sides by the artifices of both men and women , against an old man ; as though that mind of thine was not sufficien of itself to support so great a hatred as thou bearest to him . Ana nere ...
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... guards , and commanded them to kill Antipater without any farther delay , and to do it presently , and to bury him in an ignoble manner at Hyr cania . CHAP . VIII . Concerning Herod's Death , and Testament , and Burial . § 1. AND now ...
... guards , and commanded them to kill Antipater without any farther delay , and to do it presently , and to bury him in an ignoble manner at Hyr cania . CHAP . VIII . Concerning Herod's Death , and Testament , and Burial . § 1. AND now ...
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Page 547 - And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
Page 544 - By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast .done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son : that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies ; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Page 543 - Deliver me from all my transgressions : make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
Page 530 - Now, there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was the Christ...
Page 547 - Abraham, Abraham : and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.
Page 50 - Now some of the Jews thought that the destruction of Herod's army came from God, and that very justly as a punishment of what he did against John, that was called the Baptist; for Herod slew him, who was a good man, and commanded the Jews to exercise virtue, both as to righteousness towards one another, and piety towards God, and so to come to baptism...
Page 427 - O thou miserable infant! for whom shall I preserve thee in this war, this famine, and this sedition? As to the war with the Romans, if they preserve our lives, we must be slaves. This famine also will destroy us, even before that slavery comes upon us. Yet are these seditious rogues more terrible than both the other. Come on; be thou my food, and be thou a fury to these seditious varlets, and a by-word to the world, which is all that is now wanting to complete the calamities of us Jews.
Page 163 - Accordingly it appears to me, that * the misfortunes of all men, from the beginning of the world, if they be compared to these of the Jews, are not so considerable as they were ; while the authors of them were not foreigners neither.
Page 531 - ... was a good man, and commanded the Jews to exercise virtue both as to righteousness towards one another and piety towards God, and so to come to baptism, for that the washing (with water) would...
Page 478 - It is true, our history hath been. written since Artaxerxes very particularly, but hath not been esteemed of the like authority with the former by our forefathers, because there hath not been an exact succession of prophets since that time...