A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... Jerusalem . -Armenian Convent - Valley of Jehoshaphat -The Great Mosque - The Convent Church -Protestant Congregation CHAPTER XX . 57 79 95 - 113 The Patriarch of the Armenian Church - Tomb of the Kings - Pool of Siloam - Church of the ...
... Jerusalem . -Armenian Convent - Valley of Jehoshaphat -The Great Mosque - The Convent Church -Protestant Congregation CHAPTER XX . 57 79 95 - 113 The Patriarch of the Armenian Church - Tomb of the Kings - Pool of Siloam - Church of the ...
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... Jerusalem ; but after the bargain was made , the Sheikh of the camels as usual in- creased his demands , and we were forced unwillingly to submit . The camels are larger and stouter than the desert breed , and the horses well bred and ...
... Jerusalem ; but after the bargain was made , the Sheikh of the camels as usual in- creased his demands , and we were forced unwillingly to submit . The camels are larger and stouter than the desert breed , and the horses well bred and ...
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... Jerusalem from this abode of the patriarchs . Large vineyards extend on each side , with olive grounds , gardens of figs and pomegranates , and fruit of various kinds . Each hill round which the traveller winds , is encircled by tiers ...
... Jerusalem from this abode of the patriarchs . Large vineyards extend on each side , with olive grounds , gardens of figs and pomegranates , and fruit of various kinds . Each hill round which the traveller winds , is encircled by tiers ...
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... Convent , and its different Religious Communities - Prospect of Jerusalem - Armenian Convent - Valley of Jehoshaphat - The Great Mosque - The Convent Church - Protestant Con- gregation . CHAPTER XIX . JUNE 14th . We left Edroua at.
... Convent , and its different Religious Communities - Prospect of Jerusalem - Armenian Convent - Valley of Jehoshaphat - The Great Mosque - The Convent Church - Protestant Con- gregation . CHAPTER XIX . JUNE 14th . We left Edroua at.
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... Jerusalem . On our replying that we had not been there , but had come direct from Cairo , he seemed a little discon- certed , and said we should have fifteen days ' quarantine at Jerusalem ; and that if they had known our route they ...
... Jerusalem . On our replying that we had not been there , but had come direct from Cairo , he seemed a little discon- certed , and said we should have fifteen days ' quarantine at Jerusalem ; and that if they had known our route they ...
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Akaba Alouins appeared Arabs Armenian arrived ascended Baalbec baggage beautiful Bedouins Beirout camels chapel CHAPTER chasm church cliffs colour convent covered crags cultivated Dead Sea defile desert dromedary Edom encamped entered excavations Fellaheen gardens glen goats Hebron hills Holy Horeb horses Howâts Hussein Ibrahim Jehoshaphat Jerusalem JOURNEY TO DAMASCUS July Khasné ladies land Lebanon looked Mehemet Ali Mezeiné monks morning mosque Mount Hor Mount Lebanon Mount of Olives mountain ornaments Oulad Pacha party passed peaks Petra pitched plain pool of Siloam precipices ravines reached rising road rocks rode round ruins sacred sand scene seems seen sepulchres Sheikh side Sinai spot stone summit Taif Allah Tancred temple tent Tiyayah told tombs took Toualeb town track travellers trees tribe valley valley of Jehoshaphat village visited Wady Araba Wady Mousa walls wild winding Zion
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Page 135 - Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter ; for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
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Page 309 - It contains a mass of every kind of historical matter of interest, which industry and research could collect. We have derived much entertainment and instruction from the work.
Page 136 - For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for My people and for My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted My land.
Page 135 - And they have built the high places of tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which J commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.