The Old and New Testament Connected: In the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations, from the Declension of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah to the Time of Christ, Volume 1J. Vincent, 1839 |
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Page 494
... Seleucus ; and they divided the whole empire between them . Cassander had Macedon and Greece ; Lysimachus , Thrace , and those parts of Asia as lay upon the Hellespont and the Bosphorus ; Ptolemy , Egypt , Libya , Arabia , Palestine ...
... Seleucus ; and they divided the whole empire between them . Cassander had Macedon and Greece ; Lysimachus , Thrace , and those parts of Asia as lay upon the Hellespont and the Bosphorus ; Ptolemy , Egypt , Libya , Arabia , Palestine ...
Page 499
... Seleucus had the government of Babylon conferred on him ; who , from this beginning , afterwards grew up to be the greatest of all Alexander's successors , as will hereafter be related . Antipater , having thus settled affairs , sent ...
... Seleucus had the government of Babylon conferred on him ; who , from this beginning , afterwards grew up to be the greatest of all Alexander's successors , as will hereafter be related . Antipater , having thus settled affairs , sent ...
Page 505
... Seleucus upon him . For he having encamped on a plain near the Euphrates , Seleucus , by cutting the banks of the river , overflooded the place where he lay . But Eumenes , having immediately drawn off his army to an adjoining eminence ...
... Seleucus upon him . For he having encamped on a plain near the Euphrates , Seleucus , by cutting the banks of the river , overflooded the place where he lay . But Eumenes , having immediately drawn off his army to an adjoining eminence ...
Page 507
... Seleucus had there got ready for him , he passed the Tigris to find out Eumenes ; and , on the other hand , Eumenes was not wanting to put himself in a posture to encounter him , being now superior to him in the number of his forces ...
... Seleucus had there got ready for him , he passed the Tigris to find out Eumenes ; and , on the other hand , Eumenes was not wanting to put himself in a posture to encounter him , being now superior to him in the number of his forces ...
Page 510
... Seleucus , governor of Babylon , for the same destruction ; but he , being aware of it , fled into Egypt , and there , under the pro- tection of Ptolemy , saved his life . And as to the Argyraspides , who were those that betrayed ...
... Seleucus , governor of Babylon , for the same destruction ; but he , being aware of it , fled into Egypt , and there , under the pro- tection of Ptolemy , saved his life . And as to the Argyraspides , who were those that betrayed ...
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Page 542 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands...
Page 542 - But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. "And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Page 367 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house ; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 302 - ... the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate : let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
Page 263 - Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. "And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all : and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
Page 204 - I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
Page 23 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Page 368 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer ; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should ofier it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Page 367 - And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course, 9 according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple' of the Lord. '''And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
Page 361 - GOD, and we shall be healed ; save us, and we shall be saved. For thou art our praise.