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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... temple founded by a monarch of the 18th dynasty . He also notices an immense sum produced annually from the silver mines of Egypt , which amounted to 3,200 myriads of minæ , each of which was 1 lb. 4 oz . 6 dwt . English weight . In a ...
... temple founded by a monarch of the 18th dynasty . He also notices an immense sum produced annually from the silver mines of Egypt , which amounted to 3,200 myriads of minæ , each of which was 1 lb. 4 oz . 6 dwt . English weight . In a ...
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... temple of Neith , or " Wisdom , " at Sais , in Lower Egypt , as recorded by Plutarch : I AM ALL THAT HATH BEEN , AND ... temples in Thebes do not seem to be far removed from the idea given us of the ark . " Thebes was the metropolis of ...
... temple of Neith , or " Wisdom , " at Sais , in Lower Egypt , as recorded by Plutarch : I AM ALL THAT HATH BEEN , AND ... temples in Thebes do not seem to be far removed from the idea given us of the ark . " Thebes was the metropolis of ...
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... temples of Thebes re- main in almost all their pristine glory , and promise to carry down the records of her glory and desolation to the end of time . The poet Homer , in his immortal verse , speaks of the great wealth of Thebes , and ...
... temples of Thebes re- main in almost all their pristine glory , and promise to carry down the records of her glory and desolation to the end of time . The poet Homer , in his immortal verse , speaks of the great wealth of Thebes , and ...
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... temples . * But this was not the first time that Thebes had suffered from the desolations of war . The prophet Nahum intimates , in the passage referred to , that it was devastated before Nineveh . After drawing the comparison between ...
... temples . * But this was not the first time that Thebes had suffered from the desolations of war . The prophet Nahum intimates , in the passage referred to , that it was devastated before Nineveh . After drawing the comparison between ...
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... . Some , however , think , from the na- ture of the authority exercised by the Egyptian priesthood that the palace and the temple were commonly united . ZOAN , OR TANIS . Zoan is rendered by the HISTORY OF THE EGYPTIANS . 43.
... . Some , however , think , from the na- ture of the authority exercised by the Egyptian priesthood that the palace and the temple were commonly united . ZOAN , OR TANIS . Zoan is rendered by the HISTORY OF THE EGYPTIANS . 43.
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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.