Ancient history: containing the history of the Egyptians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Medes, Lydians, Carthaginians, Persians, Macedonians, the Seleucidae in Syria and Parthians, from Rollin, and other authentic sources both ancient and modernR. Carter, 1844 |
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Page 119
... marched an army by land as far as India , eastwards , and to have penetrated even beyond the Ganges ; but this is , probably , a fiction of the Egyptian priests , who reported it to Diodorus , from whom we derive the information . After ...
... marched an army by land as far as India , eastwards , and to have penetrated even beyond the Ganges ; but this is , probably , a fiction of the Egyptian priests , who reported it to Diodorus , from whom we derive the information . After ...
Page 137
... marched out gainst the Assyrians ; for he would himself send him as- istance . Sethon took courage from this vision , and collect- ng a body of men , none of whom were soldiers , he marched ut and formed his camp at Pelusium . The night ...
... marched out gainst the Assyrians ; for he would himself send him as- istance . Sethon took courage from this vision , and collect- ng a body of men , none of whom were soldiers , he marched ut and formed his camp at Pelusium . The night ...
Page 138
... marched to the relief of Jerusalem ; but they were met and vanquished by the Assyrians , who pursued them into Egypt , and laid waste their country . At their return from thence , on the very night before a general assault was to have ...
... marched to the relief of Jerusalem ; but they were met and vanquished by the Assyrians , who pursued them into Egypt , and laid waste their country . At their return from thence , on the very night before a general assault was to have ...
Page 149
... marched back into their own country , and left Zedekiah exposed to all the dangers of a war in which they themselves had involved him ; thus proving a " staff of reed to the house of Israel , " in the full sense of the term ...
... marched back into their own country , and left Zedekiah exposed to all the dangers of a war in which they themselves had involved him ; thus proving a " staff of reed to the house of Israel , " in the full sense of the term ...
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... marched against Amasis , to whom he gave battle near Memphis . In this battle , Apries was taken prisoner , and he was carried to the city of Sais , and strangled in his own palace by the Egyptians ; fulfilling the prophecy which saith ...
... marched against Amasis , to whom he gave battle near Memphis . In this battle , Apries was taken prisoner , and he was carried to the city of Sais , and strangled in his own palace by the Egyptians ; fulfilling the prophecy which saith ...
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Page 234 - In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord In the midst of the land of Egypt, And a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord.
Page 98 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Page 13 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs...
Page 113 - And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maid-servant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
Page 148 - ... thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life...
Page 114 - And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you today : for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Page 239 - There is, said Michael, if thou well observe The rule of not too much, by temperance taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight...
Page 78 - And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck...
Page 93 - ... and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had ; and they cried before him, Bow the knee : and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Page 110 - Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.