Sinai and Palestine in Connection with Their HistoryJohn Murray, 1871 - 560 pages |
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... PASSES OF BENJAMIN . BENJAMIN , the frontier tribe of Judah and Ephraim - Its independent power . I. The Passes of Benjamin . 1. The Eastern Passes . a . Battle of Ai . b . Battle of Michmash . c . Advance of Sennacherib . 2. The Western ...
... PASSES OF BENJAMIN . BENJAMIN , the frontier tribe of Judah and Ephraim - Its independent power . I. The Passes of Benjamin . 1. The Eastern Passes . a . Battle of Ai . b . Battle of Michmash . c . Advance of Sennacherib . 2. The Western ...
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... pass away . Its object will be accomplished , if it brings away one with new interest to the threshold of the Divine story , which has many approaches , as it has many mansions ; which the more it is explored the more it reveals ; which ...
... pass away . Its object will be accomplished , if it brings away one with new interest to the threshold of the Divine story , which has many approaches , as it has many mansions ; which the more it is explored the more it reveals ; which ...
Page xxxix
... pass to the two others . They are the only statues remaining of an avenue of eighteen similar , or nearly similar , statues , some of whose remnants lie in the field behind them which led to the palace of Amenophis III . , every one of ...
... pass to the two others . They are the only statues remaining of an avenue of eighteen similar , or nearly similar , statues , some of whose remnants lie in the field behind them which led to the palace of Amenophis III . , every one of ...
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... pass at once from the most brilliant decorations to rough unhewn rock . The King had died , and the grave closed over his imperfect work . At the entrance of each tomb , he stands making offerings to the Sun , who , with his hawk's head ...
... pass at once from the most brilliant decorations to rough unhewn rock . The King had died , and the grave closed over his imperfect work . At the entrance of each tomb , he stands making offerings to the Sun , who , with his hawk's head ...
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... pass there is not one of the slightest historical interest - not the villages in the wilds of Australia or America can be less known or less important than these . Their sole interest is , that they assist you in filling up the broken ...
... pass there is not one of the slightest historical interest - not the villages in the wilds of Australia or America can be less known or less important than these . Their sole interest is , that they assist you in filling up the broken ...
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Akaba amongst Amorite ancient Arabah Arabs Bedouin Beth-horon Bethel called cave Chapter Christian Church cliffs Dead Sea deep descended described Desert Deut east eastern Egypt Egyptian encampment Ephraim Esdraelon Galilee Gibeah Gibeon Greek green Gulf Hebrew Hebron heights Hermon hills Holy Israel Israelites Jebel Mûsa Jericho Jerusalem Jewish Jordan Josephus Josh Joshua Judæa Judah Kings lake land Lebanon Lord Michmash Moab Moses mosque Mount Mount Hor mountains Mussulman natural Nile northern Olivet Palestine pass passage peculiar Petra Philistines Phoenicia pilgrims plain of Esdraelon probably Prophet range ravine river rock rocky round ruins sacred Samaria sanctuary scene scenery Sea of Galilee seen Sepulchre Serbâl Shechem Sheykh shores side Sinai southern spot spring stone stream summit Syria table-land Temple terebinth Tiberias tion tomb tradition travellers trees tribes valley village Wâdy walls western whole wild wilderness word
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Page xxi - And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Page 187 - Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near...
Page 160 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 394 - Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Page 217 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Page 346 - And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
Page 217 - And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Page 299 - So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor ; but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 113 - Surely the isles shall wait for me, And the ships of Tarshish first, To bring thy sons from far, Their silver and their gold with them, Unto the name of the Lord thy God, And to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Page 340 - And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead.