The first eleven books of the Antiquities of the Jews, with a table of the Jewish coins, weights and measuresFor Thomas and Andrews, Boston, and Isaiah Thomas, Jun., Worcester, 1809 |
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... body , thinking to escape difcovery . But God , knowing what had been done , came to Cain , and asked him , What was become of his brother ? Because he had not feen him of many days , whereas he used to obferve them converfing together ...
... body , thinking to escape difcovery . But God , knowing what had been done , came to Cain , and asked him , What was become of his brother ? Because he had not feen him of many days , whereas he used to obferve them converfing together ...
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... body by that method ; and firft of all invented the art of making brafs . Lamech was alfo the father of a daughter , whose name was Naamah ; and because he was fo fkillful in matters of di- vine revelation , that he knew he was to be ...
... body by that method ; and firft of all invented the art of making brafs . Lamech was alfo the father of a daughter , whose name was Naamah ; and because he was fo fkillful in matters of di- vine revelation , that he knew he was to be ...
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... body unto Hoba , a place belonging to Damafcus ; and thereby demonftrated that victory does not depend on multitude , and the number of hands , but the alacrity and courage of foldiers overcome the most numerous bodies of men , while he ...
... body unto Hoba , a place belonging to Damafcus ; and thereby demonftrated that victory does not depend on multitude , and the number of hands , but the alacrity and courage of foldiers overcome the most numerous bodies of men , while he ...
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... body of fit perfons to travel over the caft , and bring us faithful accounts of all an- cient monuments , and procure us copies of all ancient records , at prefent loft a- mong us , we may hope for full fatisfaction in fuch enquiries ...
... body of fit perfons to travel over the caft , and bring us faithful accounts of all an- cient monuments , and procure us copies of all ancient records , at prefent loft a- mong us , we may hope for full fatisfaction in fuch enquiries ...
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... body , and the virtues of his mind , for he excelled the reft in prudence . This affection of his father excited the envy and the hatred of his brethren ; as did allo his dreams which he faw , and related to his father , and to them ...
... body , and the virtues of his mind , for he excelled the reft in prudence . This affection of his father excited the envy and the hatred of his brethren ; as did allo his dreams which he faw , and related to his father , and to them ...
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Abfalom Abimelech Accordingly affiftance againſt Ahab alfo alſo altar Amaziah Ammonites Antiq army Babylon becauſe befides Benhadad brought caft called Canaan Canaanites caufe CHAP commanded cubits David death defired deftroyed deftruction Egypt Egyptians enemies facrifices faid fame father feaft feems felf fend fent fervants feven fhall fhewed fhould fight filver fince firft flain flew fome foon foretold ftill ftones fuch fuffer fuppofe gave hath Hebrews himſelf honour houfe houſe hundred Ifrael Ifraelites Jeroboam Jerufalem Jews Joab Jofephus Jofephus's king king's kingdom land laws Mofes moft moſt multitude obferved occafion paffed perfon perfuaded Philiftines pleaſed pofterity prefent preferve priests promifed prophet punishment reafon refolved reft reign Samaria Saul Solomon Syria tabernacle temple thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thoufand told took tribe tribe of Judah uſe whofe wicked wife worship
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Page 15 - They also were the inventors of that peculiar sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies and their order. And, that their inventions might not be lost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by the force of fire, and at another time by the violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars...
Page 24 - For of the four sons of Ham, time has not at all hurt the name of Chus; for the Ethiopians, over whom he reigned, are even at this day, both by themselves and by all men in Asia, called Chusites.
Page 375 - ... the demon, as he went out of the man, to overturn it, and thereby to let the spectators know that he had left the man...
Page 16 - For many angels" of God accompanied with women, and begat sons that proved unjust, and despisers of all that was good, on account of the confidence they had in their own strength; for the tradition is, that these men did what resembled the acts of those whom the Grecians call giants.