The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of the Holy LandT. Nelson, 1869 - 718 pages |
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Page 234
... valley of the Bŭk'ah opens out like a vast fan on to the great plain of northern Syria , and he is at the gate of the kingdom . Baalbek being , therefore , in the neighbourhood where we must look for Baal - gad , there seems to be no ...
... valley of the Bŭk'ah opens out like a vast fan on to the great plain of northern Syria , and he is at the gate of the kingdom . Baalbek being , therefore , in the neighbourhood where we must look for Baal - gad , there seems to be no ...
Page 238
... modern name of the celebrated valley between Lebanon and Anti - Lebanon - the Cole - Syria of ancient history . - ED . ] BANIAS . 239 XVII . fifty feet is divided into 238 THE LAND AND THE BOOK . Lake Phiala-Castle of Banias,
... modern name of the celebrated valley between Lebanon and Anti - Lebanon - the Cole - Syria of ancient history . - ED . ] BANIAS . 239 XVII . fifty feet is divided into 238 THE LAND AND THE BOOK . Lake Phiala-Castle of Banias,
Page 215
... valley and mountain , is covered with fugitives and their fierce pursuers . Those whose homes lay beyond the moun- tains to the north and east , sought them by the great wady of the Upper Jor- dan , now Wady et Teim ; or out east of ...
... valley and mountain , is covered with fugitives and their fierce pursuers . Those whose homes lay beyond the moun- tains to the north and east , sought them by the great wady of the Upper Jor- dan , now Wady et Teim ; or out east of ...
Page 253
... Valley Produce about New Orleans , and extremely fertile . The whole country around it of the plain of depends mainly upon the harvests of the Hûleh for wheat and barley . Large Hûleh . crops of Indian corn , rice , and sesamum ( simsum ) ...
... Valley Produce about New Orleans , and extremely fertile . The whole country around it of the plain of depends mainly upon the harvests of the Hûleh for wheat and barley . Large Hûleh . crops of Indian corn , rice , and sesamum ( simsum ) ...
Page 262
... valleys and hills . " 1 " 1 Certainly this is a good land . I have never seen a better ; and none where the foun- tains and depths that spring out of the valleys and hills are so numerous , so large , and so beautiful . Climate . And ...
... valleys and hills . " 1 " 1 Certainly this is a good land . I have never seen a better ; and none where the foun- tains and depths that spring out of the valleys and hills are so numerous , so large , and so beautiful . Climate . And ...
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Acre allusions ancient Arabs Baalbek Banias beautiful Bedawîn Beirût Beisan Beit Bethsaida Bible built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel castle cave CHAPTER cisterns columns custom David desert doubt east Egypt entire Esdraelon fact flocks gate Gaza Gennesaret Hamath Hazor Hebrew Hebron Hermon hills Holy hour Hûleh hundred feet inhabitants Israel Jacob Jaffa Jaulan Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Kenites king lake land Lebanon Lord Lydd mentioned miles Moses Moslems mountains Naphtali neighbourhood never night north-west olive Oriental Palestine pass Philistines plain probably prophet Ramleh region ride river road rock round ruins sacred says scene seen sepulchres sheikh shore side Sidon Sisera Solomon south-east stone suppose Syria Tell temple tent terebinth thing thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs travellers trees tribes Tyre unto valley vast village Wady wall whole wild wind Zion