Cyclopædia of biblical literature, abridged [by J. Taylor] from the larger work [ed.] by J. Kitto1849 |
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... called Mount Nebo , Moses sur- veyed the Promised Land before he died . From the manner in which the names Abarim , Nebo , and Pisgah are connected ( Deut . xxxii . 49 , ' Get thee up into this mountain Abarim , unto Mount Neo and xxxiv ...
... called Mount Nebo , Moses sur- veyed the Promised Land before he died . From the manner in which the names Abarim , Nebo , and Pisgah are connected ( Deut . xxxii . 49 , ' Get thee up into this mountain Abarim , unto Mount Neo and xxxiv ...
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... called the daughter of Eliab , David's elder brother ( 2 Chron . xi . 18 ) ; but was doubtless only his descendant . sought and received for David responses from God . When David became king of Judah , he made Abiathar high - priest ...
... called the daughter of Eliab , David's elder brother ( 2 Chron . xi . 18 ) ; but was doubtless only his descendant . sought and received for David responses from God . When David became king of Judah , he made Abiathar high - priest ...
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... called Akker - kúf , in the district of Siticene , where there was a river named Argades . These buildings are called by the Turks Akker- i - Nimrúd and Akker - i - Babil . Akker - kúf is about nine miles west of the Tigris , at the ...
... called Akker - kúf , in the district of Siticene , where there was a river named Argades . These buildings are called by the Turks Akker- i - Nimrúd and Akker - i - Babil . Akker - kúf is about nine miles west of the Tigris , at the ...
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... called Maximianopolis , in honour of the emperor Maximian . It was seventeen Roman miles from Cæsarea , and ten miles from Jezreel . A'DAH ( adornment , comeliness ) : 1. one of the wives of Lamech ( Gen. iv . 19 ) ; 2. one of the wives ...
... called Maximianopolis , in honour of the emperor Maximian . It was seventeen Roman miles from Cæsarea , and ten miles from Jezreel . A'DAH ( adornment , comeliness ) : 1. one of the wives of Lamech ( Gen. iv . 19 ) ; 2. one of the wives ...
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... called upon to supply ; and passing over large spaces of the history of life , upon which all conjecture would be fruitless . In the second of these narratives we read , And Jehovah God formed the man [ Heb . the Adam ) , dust from the ...
... called upon to supply ; and passing over large spaces of the history of life , upon which all conjecture would be fruitless . In the second of these narratives we read , And Jehovah God formed the man [ Heb . the Adam ) , dust from the ...
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Page 300 - And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed, and went behind them ; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them : And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel ; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these : so that the one came not near the other all the night.
Page 373 - For this child I prayed ; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him : Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD ; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD.
Page 26 - And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Page 334 - Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
Page 350 - And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants : and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Page 281 - Now therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
Page 280 - And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening: and he drank of the brook.
Page 208 - Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul ; and I of Apollos ; and I of Cephas ; and I of Christ.
Page 322 - And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you...
Page 293 - And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who ? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou earnest, and have blessed him ? yea, and he shall be blessed.