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... king of Shechem , sold a piece of ground to Jacob and Dinah , the daughter of that patri- arch , inflamed Shechem , the son of Hamor , with the most ardent and ungovernable pas- sion ; in consequence of which , he violated her chastity ...
... king of Shechem , sold a piece of ground to Jacob and Dinah , the daughter of that patri- arch , inflamed Shechem , the son of Hamor , with the most ardent and ungovernable pas- sion ; in consequence of which , he violated her chastity ...
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... king is said to have gained some trifling advantage in his first skirmish with Joshua . That general , however , formed a stra- tagem , by which the city of Ai was speedily re- duced to a heap of ruins : the inhabitants , to the number ...
... king is said to have gained some trifling advantage in his first skirmish with Joshua . That general , however , formed a stra- tagem , by which the city of Ai was speedily re- duced to a heap of ruins : the inhabitants , to the number ...
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... king of Jerusalem , resolving to make an example of the Gibeonites who had so tamely surrendered their liberties , called in the kings of Hebron , Jarmuth , Lachish , and Eglon , to assist him in besieging the city of Gibeon . The ...
... king of Jerusalem , resolving to make an example of the Gibeonites who had so tamely surrendered their liberties , called in the kings of Hebron , Jarmuth , Lachish , and Eglon , to assist him in besieging the city of Gibeon . The ...
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... kings found a temporary asylum in a caye near the city of Makkedah ; but , being discovered , they were soon dragged out , exposed to various indignities , and put to death . Jabin , king of Azor , receiving intelligence of this ...
... kings found a temporary asylum in a caye near the city of Makkedah ; but , being discovered , they were soon dragged out , exposed to various indignities , and put to death . Jabin , king of Azor , receiving intelligence of this ...
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... king Ado- nibezek , who was infamous for his singular in- solence and inhumanity ; for , by his own confes- sion , he caused seventy monarchs , whom he had taken captive , to be deprived of their thumbs and great toes , and obliged them ...
... king Ado- nibezek , who was infamous for his singular in- solence and inhumanity ; for , by his own confes- sion , he caused seventy monarchs , whom he had taken captive , to be deprived of their thumbs and great toes , and obliged them ...
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Page 348 - Nebuchadnezzar : and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven ; till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds
Page 348 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 66 - Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above : and by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother ; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
Page 80 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them ; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : And Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die.
Page 27 - The plain on both sides from the sea of Tiberias, to the Asphaltite lake, is extremely arid and unwholesome during the heat of summer, and every where steril, except that part which lies contiguous to the river. Among the most remarkable curiosities of Palestine, may be justly reckoned various PETRIFACTIONS in the neighbourhood of Mount Carmel, which bear the most exact resemblance to citrons, melons, olives, peaches, and other vegetable productions. Here are also found a kind of oysters, and bunches...
Page 37 - The altar is adorned with three crosses, and other costly embellishments, among which are forty-six silver lamps that are kept constantly burning. Contiguous to this is another small chapel fronting the body of the church. At the west end is the chapel of the sepulchre, hewn out of the solid rock, and ornamented with pillars of porphyry. The cloister round the sepulchre is divided into several chapels for the use of the different Christian sects who reside there; and on the north-west are the apartments...
Page 78 - And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Page 99 - And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river...
Page 136 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Page 343 - Nebuchadnezzar embellished it, and made it one of the wonders of the world. The most famous works in and about it were, the walls of the city, the temple of Belus, Nebuchadnezzar's palace, the hanging gardens, the banks of the river, the artificial lake, and the canals. The walls...