The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, the Jewish Historian: Containing Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, Seven Books of the Jewish War, Two Books in Answer to Apion, the Martyrdom of the Maccabees, and the Life of Josephus, Written by HimselfPublished and sold by Kimber & Sharpless, no. 8 South Fourth-Street, 1831 - 994 pages |
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Page 346
... wall built ; in the twenty - eighth year of the reign of Xerxes , in the ninth month . Now when the walls were finished , Nehemiah and the multitude offered sacrifices to God for building of them ; and they continued in feasting eight ...
... wall built ; in the twenty - eighth year of the reign of Xerxes , in the ninth month . Now when the walls were finished , Nehemiah and the multitude offered sacrifices to God for building of them ; and they continued in feasting eight ...
Page 747
... wall while others pulled the neighbouring hills to pieces , and perpetually brought earth to them . So that while they were busy three sorts of ways , nobody was idle . However , the Jews cast great stones from the walls upon the ...
... wall while others pulled the neighbouring hills to pieces , and perpetually brought earth to them . So that while they were busy three sorts of ways , nobody was idle . However , the Jews cast great stones from the walls upon the ...
Page 750
... walls , that they might reach such as were upon the walls ; and endeavoured to frustrate their attempts ; while these threw stones and javelins at them . In the like manner did the archers and slingers come both together closer to the wall ...
... walls , that they might reach such as were upon the walls ; and endeavoured to frustrate their attempts ; while these threw stones and javelins at them . In the like manner did the archers and slingers come both together closer to the wall ...
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