New Light on the Bible and the Holy Land: Being an Account of Some Recent Discoveries in the EastCassell, 1892 - 469 pages |
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... four to dig out the second of the two hills . The recent excavations and tunnellings at Kouyunjik , fruitful as they have been in results , have made little impression on the vast mass of ruin , and only prove how much might be gained ...
... four to dig out the second of the two hills . The recent excavations and tunnellings at Kouyunjik , fruitful as they have been in results , have made little impression on the vast mass of ruin , and only prove how much might be gained ...
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... four years later , the name of the great capital of Sennacherib and Sardanapalus again became famous , because the plain in which she stood was the scene of the glorious victory of the Emperor Heraclius over the Persian monarch ...
... four years later , the name of the great capital of Sennacherib and Sardanapalus again became famous , because the plain in which she stood was the scene of the glorious victory of the Emperor Heraclius over the Persian monarch ...
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... four miles in circum- ference . The citadel or Capitol of that city is the same as the tower which was built after the Flood , and is said to have reached the height of four miles , and to have been built in the form of a pyramid . They ...
... four miles in circum- ference . The citadel or Capitol of that city is the same as the tower which was built after the Flood , and is said to have reached the height of four miles , and to have been built in the form of a pyramid . They ...
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... four miles from Hillah . It is constructed of bricks called al - ajur " [ this is the old Babylonian word for a baked brick ] ; " the base measures two miles , the breadth 240 yards , and the height about 100. 30 NEW LIGHT ON THE BIBLE .
... four miles from Hillah . It is constructed of bricks called al - ajur " [ this is the old Babylonian word for a baked brick ] ; " the base measures two miles , the breadth 240 yards , and the height about 100. 30 NEW LIGHT ON THE BIBLE .
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... four sides , but not equall or square , for the two longer sides had eache of them , as wee ghesse , a hundred and fifty furlongs , the two shorter sides ninety furlongs , which amounteth to four hundred and eighty furlongs of ground ...
... four sides , but not equall or square , for the two longer sides had eache of them , as wee ghesse , a hundred and fifty furlongs , the two shorter sides ninety furlongs , which amounteth to four hundred and eighty furlongs of ground ...
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Page 465 - Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beast? of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
Page 150 - He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.
Page 7 - And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it...
Page 244 - Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
Page 198 - For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram : once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
Page 108 - Of Babylon, the eternal pyramids, Memphis and Thebes, and whatsoe'er of strange — Sculptured on alabaster obelisk Or jasper tomb, or mutilated Sphinx — Dark Ethiopia on her desert hills Conceals.
Page 351 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 198 - Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold...
Page 284 - Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.