Palestine Or the Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. With a Map and Nine EngravingsPrinted & Pub. by J. & J. Harper, 1833 - 336 páginas |
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... Syria - Conquest of Palestine by Antiochus - Persecution of Jews -- Resistance by the Family of Maccabæus - Victories of Judas --He courts the Alliance of the Romans - Succeeded by Jonathan-- Origin of the Asmonean Princes -- John ...
... Syria - Conquest of Palestine by Antiochus - Persecution of Jews -- Resistance by the Family of Maccabæus - Victories of Judas --He courts the Alliance of the Romans - Succeeded by Jonathan-- Origin of the Asmonean Princes -- John ...
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... Syria - Siege of Acre and Defeat of French -Actual State of the Holy Land - Number , Condition , and Character of the Jews ... ..Page 246 CHAPTER IX . THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PALESTINE . Travellers too much neglect Natural History ...
... Syria - Siege of Acre and Defeat of French -Actual State of the Holy Land - Number , Condition , and Character of the Jews ... ..Page 246 CHAPTER IX . THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PALESTINE . Travellers too much neglect Natural History ...
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... Syrian Desert , eastward of the river Jordan and the Dead Sea . Whether viewed as the source of our religious faith , or as the most ancient fountain of our historical knowledge , this singular spot of earth has at all times been ...
... Syrian Desert , eastward of the river Jordan and the Dead Sea . Whether viewed as the source of our religious faith , or as the most ancient fountain of our historical knowledge , this singular spot of earth has at all times been ...
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... Syrian ready to perish , " goes down into Egypt with a few individuals , where his descendants , although evil entreated and afflicted , became a " nation , great , mighty , and populous , " and whence they were delivered by the special ...
... Syrian ready to perish , " goes down into Egypt with a few individuals , where his descendants , although evil entreated and afflicted , became a " nation , great , mighty , and populous , " and whence they were delivered by the special ...
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... Syrians knew how to practise with the greatest success . Canaan , it must be admitted , could not be compared to Egypt in respect to corn . There is no Nile to scatter the riches of an inexhaustible fecundity over its valleys and plains ...
... Syrians knew how to practise with the greatest success . Canaan , it must be admitted , could not be compared to Egypt in respect to corn . There is no Nile to scatter the riches of an inexhaustible fecundity over its valleys and plains ...
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Acre altar ancient appear Arabs arms army Asphaltites authority beautiful Bethlehem Buckingham building called capital captivity celebrated Chateaubriand Christian church Clarke cross Crusaders Damietta Dead Sea descendants desert Divine Egypt enemies erected faith father feet Galilee grotto ground hand Hebrew hence Herod hill history of Palestine holy city Holy Land Holy Sepulchre hundred inhabitants inheritance interesting Israel Israelites Jaffa Jehovah Jericho Jerusalem Jewish Jews Jordan Josephus Judah Judea king kingdom of Jerusalem lake Levites Lord Maundrell Moses Moslem mosque Mount Mount of Olives mountains Mussulmans nations Nazareth observed Palestine period pilgrims pillars plain possession present princes prophet reader religion remarkable rock Roman ruins sacred Saladin Samaria Saracens says scene Shechem side spot stone sultan Syria temple thou thousand Tiberias tion tomb town traveller tribes Turks unto valley Vespasian village walls whole worship writers
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Página 100 - For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Página 221 - And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Página 179 - 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 Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Página 82 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Página 63 - I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Página 103 - Ye shall dwell in booths seven days ; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God.
Página 100 - But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
Página 68 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Página 100 - And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
Página 25 - God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, that spring out of valleys and hills; A land of wheat and barley, and vines, and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey.