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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Page 11
... deftruction . But while all the living crea- tures had one language at that time the ferpent , which then lived together with Adam and his wife , fhewed an envious difpofition , at his fuppofal of their living happily , and in o ...
... deftruction . But while all the living crea- tures had one language at that time the ferpent , which then lived together with Adam and his wife , fhewed an envious difpofition , at his fuppofal of their living happily , and in o ...
Page 20
... deftruction ; but the injuries , faid he , they offered to my holinefs and virtue , forced me to bring this pun- ifhment upon them . But I will leave off for the time to come to require fuch punishments , the effects of fo great wrath ...
... deftruction ; but the injuries , faid he , they offered to my holinefs and virtue , forced me to bring this pun- ifhment upon them . But I will leave off for the time to come to require fuch punishments , the effects of fo great wrath ...
Page 22
... deftruction of the former fnners , but he caufed a tumult among them , by produ ing in them diverfe langua- ges , and cauling , that through the multitude of thofe langua ges , they thould not be able to understand one another . The ...
... deftruction of the former fnners , but he caufed a tumult among them , by produ ing in them diverfe langua- ges , and cauling , that through the multitude of thofe langua ges , they thould not be able to understand one another . The ...
Page 25
... deftruction of fix or foven nations of the pofterity of Mitzraim , with their cities . Which Jofephus would not have faid , if he had not had ancient records to juftify thoie his affertis , tho ' thofe records be now all loft . + That ...
... deftruction of fix or foven nations of the pofterity of Mitzraim , with their cities . Which Jofephus would not have faid , if he had not had ancient records to juftify thoie his affertis , tho ' thofe records be now all loft . + That ...
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... Deftruction of the Sodomites by the Affyrian War . A § 1. T this time when the Affyrians had the dominion o- ver Afia , the people of Sodom were in a flourishing condition , both as to riches , and the number of their youth . There were ...
... Deftruction of the Sodomites by the Affyrian War . A § 1. T this time when the Affyrians had the dominion o- ver Afia , the people of Sodom were in a flourishing condition , both as to riches , and the number of their youth . There were ...
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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.