The works of Flavius Josephus. To which are added, 3 dissertations. Tr. by W. Whiston, Volume 21814 |
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... are sojourners , that come from other countries . But of these we shall have a more seasonable opportunity to discourse hereafter . BOOK X. CONTAINING THE INTERVAL OF ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY 46 Book IX . ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS .
... are sojourners , that come from other countries . But of these we shall have a more seasonable opportunity to discourse hereafter . BOOK X. CONTAINING THE INTERVAL OF ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY 46 Book IX . ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS .
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... hundred ta- lents of silver , and thirty talents of gold , he promised that he would depart in a friendly manner ; and he gave security up- on oath to the ambassadors that he would then do him no harm , but go away as he came . So ...
... hundred ta- lents of silver , and thirty talents of gold , he promised that he would depart in a friendly manner ; and he gave security up- on oath to the ambassadors that he would then do him no harm , but go away as he came . So ...
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... hundred fourscore and five thousand , " with their captains and generals , were destroyed : So the " king was in a great dread , and in a terrible agony at this " calamity ; and being in great fear for his whole army , he fled " with ...
... hundred fourscore and five thousand , " with their captains and generals , were destroyed : So the " king was in a great dread , and in a terrible agony at this " calamity ; and being in great fear for his whole army , he fled " with ...
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... hundred lambs ; the principal of the Levites also gave to the Levites five thousand lambs , and five hundred oxen , by which means there was great plenty of sacrifices ; and they offered those sacrifices accord- ing to the laws of Moses ...
... hundred lambs ; the principal of the Levites also gave to the Levites five thousand lambs , and five hundred oxen , by which means there was great plenty of sacrifices ; and they offered those sacrifices accord- ing to the laws of Moses ...
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... generals to take all that were in the city captives , both the youth , and the handi- craftsmen , and bring them bound to him : their number was ten thousand eight hundred and thirty - two ; as 62 Book X. ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS .
... generals to take all that were in the city captives , both the youth , and the handi- craftsmen , and bring them bound to him : their number was ten thousand eight hundred and thirty - two ; as 62 Book X. ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS .
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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...