The Natural History of the Bible ; Or, A Description of All the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures: Collected from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged |
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This is the name of a kind of wood , or tree , large quantities of which were
brought by the fleet of Solomon from Ophir , of which he made pillars for the
house of the Lord , and for his own palace , also musical instruments . See
ALMUG .
This is the name of a kind of wood , or tree , large quantities of which were
brought by the fleet of Solomon from Ophir , of which he made pillars for the
house of the Lord , and for his own palace , also musical instruments . See
ALMUG .
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it cannot be supposed to be the proper apple - tree ? There are five places ,
besides this in Joel , in which the word occurs , and from them we learn that it
was thought the noblest of the trees of the wood , and that its fruit was very sweet
or ...
it cannot be supposed to be the proper apple - tree ? There are five places ,
besides this in Joel , in which the word occurs , and from them we learn that it
was thought the noblest of the trees of the wood , and that its fruit was very sweet
or ...
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It flattens at top , like trees that are exposed to snow blasts or sea air , which gives
it ... They are bitter , and a little tart upon the tongue ; of the same shape and
bigness with the fruit of the turpentine - tree , thick in the middle and pointed at
the ...
It flattens at top , like trees that are exposed to snow blasts or sea air , which gives
it ... They are bitter , and a little tart upon the tongue ; of the same shape and
bigness with the fruit of the turpentine - tree , thick in the middle and pointed at
the ...
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| Title | The Natural History of the Bible ; Or, A Description of All the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures: Collected from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged |
| Author | Thaddeus Mason Harris |
| Contributor | Chiswick Press |
| Publisher | T. Teggy, 1824 |
| Original from | Montserrat Abbey Library |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2011 |
| Length | 430 pages |
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