The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy LandBaker Book House, 1954 - 718 pages |
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Page 310
... north- west of the city to the bay at the south - east of it , the defences would have been nearly impregnable . The distance across is small , as the sea comes round the north - west corner for a considerable part of the way . In fact ...
... north- west of the city to the bay at the south - east of it , the defences would have been nearly impregnable . The distance across is small , as the sea comes round the north - west corner for a considerable part of the way . In fact ...
Page 432
... north - western base of Tabor , whence only it can be ascended on horseback . The road winds over the hills , and down a long wady to the plain , a short distance north of Debûrieh . We , however , shall not follow the valley , but keep ...
... north - western base of Tabor , whence only it can be ascended on horseback . The road winds over the hills , and down a long wady to the plain , a short distance north of Debûrieh . We , however , shall not follow the valley , but keep ...
Page 583
... north- XXXVIII . western hill . I do not , however , believe it ; there is nothing there to support Tradition it ... west and north - west of the city , which must have been in use down to a comparatively recent period . All the visitors ...
... north- XXXVIII . western hill . I do not , however , believe it ; there is nothing there to support Tradition it ... west and north - west of the city , which must have been in use down to a comparatively recent period . All the visitors ...
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Acre allusions ancient Arabs Baalbek Banias beautiful Bedawîn Beirût Beisan Beit Bethsaida Bible built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel castle cave CHAPTER cisterns columns custom David desert doubt east Egypt entire Esdraelon fact flocks gate Gaza Gennesaret Hamath Hazor Hebrew Hebron Hermon hills Holy hour Hûleh hundred feet inhabitants Israel Jacob Jaffa Jaulan Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Kenites king lake land Lebanon Lord Lydd mentioned miles Moses Moslems mountains Naphtali neighbourhood never night north-west olive Oriental Palestine pass Philistines plain probably prophet Ramleh region ride river road rock round ruins sacred Samaria says scene seen sepulchres sheikh shore side Sidon Solomon south-east stone suppose Syria Tell temple tent terebinth thing thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs travellers trees tribes Tyre unto valley vast village Wady wall whole wild wind Zion