The Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature, Volume 1John Kitto Newman & Ivison, 1851 |
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... known standards of orthodox opinion in this country , as may be ascertained by reference to those leading articles which may be regarded as stamping the character of any work in which they are found . In fact , a Cyclopædia of Biblical ...
... known standards of orthodox opinion in this country , as may be ascertained by reference to those leading articles which may be regarded as stamping the character of any work in which they are found . In fact , a Cyclopædia of Biblical ...
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... known as the Bahr el Merdj , or Lake of the Meadow . Dr. Richardson ( Travels , ii . 499 ) states that the water of the Barrada , like the water of the Jordan , is of a white sulphureous hue , and an unpleasant taste . ' At the present ...
... known as the Bahr el Merdj , or Lake of the Meadow . Dr. Richardson ( Travels , ii . 499 ) states that the water of the Barrada , like the water of the Jordan , is of a white sulphureous hue , and an unpleasant taste . ' At the present ...
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... known to the Greeks , are not natives of Europe , but of Eastern countries , whence they must have been introduced into Greece . They probably may be traced to Syria or Egypt , whence other cultivated plants , as well as civilization ...
... known to the Greeks , are not natives of Europe , but of Eastern countries , whence they must have been introduced into Greece . They probably may be traced to Syria or Egypt , whence other cultivated plants , as well as civilization ...
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... known that David had been divinely nominated to succeed Saul on the throne : when , therefore , that monarch was slain in the battle of Gilboa , David was made king over his own tribe of Judah , and reigned in Hebron . In the other ...
... known that David had been divinely nominated to succeed Saul on the throne : when , therefore , that monarch was slain in the battle of Gilboa , David was made king over his own tribe of Judah , and reigned in Hebron . In the other ...
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... known many years before that his dynasty was to be established in a son not yet born ( 2 Sam . vii . 12 ) ; and when Solomon was born , he could not be ignorant , even if not specially instructed , that he was the destined heir . This ...
... known many years before that his dynasty was to be established in a son not yet born ( 2 Sam . vii . 12 ) ; and when Solomon was born , he could not be ignorant , even if not specially instructed , that he was the destined heir . This ...
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Page 62 - 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 24 - And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Page 96 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Page 27 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept : and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son...
Page 218 - ... of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Page 274 - And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Page 75 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 322 - Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill : and he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein : and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Page 325 - For an Angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
Page 234 - Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive ; Thou hast received gifts for men ; , Yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.