Cyclopædia of biblical literature, abridged [by J. Taylor] from the larger work [ed.] by J. Kitto1849 |
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... means to compel the attention of Joab to his case ; and through his means a com- plete reconciliation with the king was effected ( 2 Sam . xiii . xiv . ) . Absalom was now , by the death of his elder brothers , Amnon and Chileab ...
... means to compel the attention of Joab to his case ; and through his means a com- plete reconciliation with the king was effected ( 2 Sam . xiii . xiv . ) . Absalom was now , by the death of his elder brothers , Amnon and Chileab ...
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... means Adam , from their original state of rectitude , dignity , and happiness . Among the provisions of divine wisdom and goodness were two vegetable productions of wondrous qualities and mysterious significancy : the tree of life in ...
... means Adam , from their original state of rectitude , dignity , and happiness . Among the provisions of divine wisdom and goodness were two vegetable productions of wondrous qualities and mysterious significancy : the tree of life in ...
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... means of the temporary asphyxiation , or suspension of vitality , before noticed , and producing restoration to active life by liberating or throwing down . Thus we have the miraculous character of the prophet's mission shown by his ...
... means of the temporary asphyxiation , or suspension of vitality , before noticed , and producing restoration to active life by liberating or throwing down . Thus we have the miraculous character of the prophet's mission shown by his ...
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... means a faithless and impious genera- usy , was by it first produced . It is to be re- garded as an attempt to mitigate the evils of , and to bring under legal control , an old custom which could not be entirely abrogated . The original ...
... means a faithless and impious genera- usy , was by it first produced . It is to be re- garded as an attempt to mitigate the evils of , and to bring under legal control , an old custom which could not be entirely abrogated . The original ...
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... means a faithless and impious genera- tion . ADUM'MIM , a place which is only twice named in Scripture . Once ( Josh . xv . 7 ) , where , from the context , it seems to indicate the border between Judah and Benjamin , and that it was an ...
... means a faithless and impious genera- tion . ADUM'MIM , a place which is only twice named in Scripture . Once ( Josh . xv . 7 ) , where , from the context , it seems to indicate the border between Judah and Benjamin , and that it was an ...
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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.