The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, the Jewish Historian: Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, Seven Books of the Jewish War, and the Life of Josephus, Volume 2W. Borradaile, 1824 - 19 pages |
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... Persian kings sat in judg- ment under a golden vine , ( and other trees of gold , ) the bunches of whose grapes were made of several sorts of precious stones . Patrick's Commentary . B. About an . 1018 . for him , by the presents they ...
... Persian kings sat in judg- ment under a golden vine , ( and other trees of gold , ) the bunches of whose grapes were made of several sorts of precious stones . Patrick's Commentary . B. About an . 1018 . for him , by the presents they ...
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... Persians , as we may learn from the life of Cyrus ; and of Alexander the Great we are told , that his father Philip had trained him up in his youth , among those young nobleman who became his great captains in the conquest of all Asia ...
... Persians , as we may learn from the life of Cyrus ; and of Alexander the Great we are told , that his father Philip had trained him up in his youth , among those young nobleman who became his great captains in the conquest of all Asia ...
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... Persians , the priests cut themselves in the same manner as did these priests in their invocations of Baal , the god of the Phoenicians . A strange method one would think to obtain the favour of their gods ! And yet , if we look into ...
... Persians , the priests cut themselves in the same manner as did these priests in their invocations of Baal , the god of the Phoenicians . A strange method one would think to obtain the favour of their gods ! And yet , if we look into ...
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... Persian Magi ( according to Herodotus , lib . vii . c . 191 , ) used to appease tempests , and allay the winds , by ... Persia , and several parts of the Indies , there are a kind of fana tics , who think they do a very meritorious thing ...
... Persian Magi ( according to Herodotus , lib . vii . c . 191 , ) used to appease tempests , and allay the winds , by ... Persia , and several parts of the Indies , there are a kind of fana tics , who think they do a very meritorious thing ...
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... Persia ; among whom he took king Hoshea alive ; and when he had removed these people out of their land , he transplanted other nations out of a place called Cuthah , into Samaria , and into the country of the Israelites . So the ten ...
... Persia ; among whom he took king Hoshea alive ; and when he had removed these people out of their land , he transplanted other nations out of a place called Cuthah , into Samaria , and into the country of the Israelites . So the ten ...
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