Ancient Egypt Under the Pharaohs, 2. köideB. Fellowes, 1850 - 528 pages |
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18th dynasty Abydos according Ægyptus Africanus Amasis Amenophis Ammenemes Amosis ancient animals appears Apries army Asia Assyrians Birch Bunsen called Cambyses Champollion character chronology conquest Darius death Diod Diodorus dominion dotus Egyp Egyptian Egyptian history Eratosthenes erected Ethiopians Eusebius evidently expedition gods Greeks Herod Herodotus hieroglyphics honour Horus Hyksos Inaros inscription invasion Josephus Karnak king of Egypt Labyrinth land Lepsius Libya lists Lower Egypt Manetho Memphis Menephthah Menes ment mentioned military monarchy monuments nations Neco Nectanebus Nile Nitocris nome obelisks Osiris Palestine Pelusium Persian Pharaoh Phoenicians phonetic Plut priests probably Psammitichus Ptolemy pyramids Rameses Rameses III reign represented revolt Rosellini royal Sabaco sacred says Sesortasen Sesostris Sethos Shepherds sovereign Strabo supposed tablet of Abydos temple Theban Thebes Thothmes throne tian tion titular shield tomb Wilkinson worship δὲ ἐν καὶ οἱ τὰ τὴν τῆς τὸν τοῦ τοὺς τῶν
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Page 314 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Page 376 - Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. 4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord ; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
Page 419 - And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt ; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
Page 409 - And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land : for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
Page 369 - And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
Page 372 - Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me ? Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
Page 402 - ... might be in Libya as they voyaged, and awaited the reapingtime ; having then reaped the corn they set sail, so that after the passing of two years they doubled the Pillars of Heracles in the third year and came to Egypt. And they told things believable perhaps for others but unbelievable for me, namely that in sailing round Libya they had the sun on the right hand 6. Thus was Libya known for the first time.
Page 3 - Among the Egyptians, the temples are surrounded with groves and consecrated pastures; they are furnished with propylaea, and their courts are encircled with an infinite number of columns; their walls glitter with foreign marbles, and paintings of the highest art; the nave is resplendent with gold, and silver, and electrum, and variegated stones from India and Ethiopia; the adytum is veiled by a curtain wrought with gold.
Page 376 - In that day shall Egypt be like unto women : and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.
Page 407 - Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers ; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth ; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.