The works of Flavius Josephus. To which are added, 3 dissertations. Tr. by W. Whiston, Volume 21814 |
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... Alexander had passed over the Hellespont , and had beaten his lieute- nants in the battle at Granicum , and was proceeding farther ; whereupon he gathered together an army of horse and foot , and determined that he would meet the ...
... Alexander had passed over the Hellespont , and had beaten his lieute- nants in the battle at Granicum , and was proceeding farther ; whereupon he gathered together an army of horse and foot , and determined that he would meet the ...
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... Alexander ; and finding him beginning the siege of Tyre , he said to him , that he delivered up to him these men , who came out of places under his dominion , and did gladly accept of him for his lord , instead of Darius . So when Alexander ...
... Alexander ; and finding him beginning the siege of Tyre , he said to him , that he delivered up to him these men , who came out of places under his dominion , and did gladly accept of him for his lord , instead of Darius . So when Alexander ...
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... Alexander , and encompass him about ? Whereupon the kings of Syria and the rest were surprised at what Alexander had done , and supposed him disordered in his mind . However , Parmenio alone went up to him , and asked him , " How it ...
... Alexander , and encompass him about ? Whereupon the kings of Syria and the rest were surprised at what Alexander had done , and supposed him disordered in his mind . However , Parmenio alone went up to him , and asked him , " How it ...
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... Alexander had thus settled matters at Jerusa- lem , he led his army into the neighbouring cities : and when all the inhabitants , to whom he came , received him with great kindness , the Samaritans , who had then Shechem for their ...
... Alexander had thus settled matters at Jerusa- lem , he led his army into the neighbouring cities : and when all the inhabitants , to whom he came , received him with great kindness , the Samaritans , who had then Shechem for their ...
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... Alexander was dead , the government was parted among his successors , but the temple upon mount Gerizzim remained . And if any one were accused by those of Jerusalem , of having eaten things common , or of having broken the Sabbath , or ...
... Alexander was dead , the government was parted among his successors , but the temple upon mount Gerizzim remained . And if any one were accused by those of Jerusalem , of having eaten things common , or of having broken the Sabbath , or ...
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Page 88 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure: Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 88 - This was foretold by Isaiah one hundred and forty years before the temple was demolished. Accordingly, when Cyrus read this, and admired the Divine power, an earnest desire and ambition seized upon him to...
Page 378 - ... down into the valley by a great number of steps, and thence up again by the ascent; for the city lay over against the temple in the manner of a theatre, and was encompassed with a deep valley along the entire south quarter...
Page 372 - Panium. This is a very fine cave in a mountain, under which there is a great cavity in the earth, and the cavern is abrupt, and prodigiously deep, and full of a still water ; over it hangs a vast mountain; and under the caverns arise the springs of the river Jordan. Herod adorned this place, which was already a very remarkable one, still further by the erection of this temple, which he dedicated to Caesar.
Page 49 - And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
Page 214 - And for the Sadducees, they take away fate, and say there is no such thing, and that the events of human affairs are not at its disposal; but they suppose that all our actions are in our own power, so that we are ourselves the causes of what is good, and receive what is evil from our own folly.
Page 77 - Daniel did also declare the meaning of the stone to the king ; but I do not think proper to relate it, since I have only undertaken to describe things past or things present, but not things that are future ; yet if any one be so very desirous of knowing truth, as not to...
Page 132 - ... who, when I was considering with myself how I might obtain the dominion of Asia, exhorted me to make no delay, but boldly to pass over the sea thither, for that he would conduct my army, and would give me the dominion over the Persians ; whence it is, that having seen no other in that habit, and now seeing this person in it, and remembering that vision, and the exhortation which I had in my dream, I believe that I bring this army under the divine conduct, and shall therewith conquer Darius, and...