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Page 205
... vale so rich and beautiful , that the sacred historian compares it to the garden of pa- radise . The original name of this delicious region was Siddim : " All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim , which is the Salt sea ...
... vale so rich and beautiful , that the sacred historian compares it to the garden of pa- radise . The original name of this delicious region was Siddim : " All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim , which is the Salt sea ...
Page 207
... vale of Siddim . Of these , four were overwhelmed with a storm of fire and brimstone from heaven , on ac- count of their hideous crimes : the fifth was spared at the earnest supplication of Lot , who chose it as the place of his retreat ...
... vale of Siddim . Of these , four were overwhelmed with a storm of fire and brimstone from heaven , on ac- count of their hideous crimes : the fifth was spared at the earnest supplication of Lot , who chose it as the place of his retreat ...
Page 208
... vale of Siddim , to which Lot , at his earnest and repeated entreaty , was permitted to flee . " Dr. Wells , from whose geography the solution now proposed is abridged , suggests another way of removing the difficulty , by supposing ...
... vale of Siddim , to which Lot , at his earnest and repeated entreaty , was permitted to flee . " Dr. Wells , from whose geography the solution now proposed is abridged , suggests another way of removing the difficulty , by supposing ...
Page 214
... Sid- dim , before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah , is asserted by Moses in terms so clear and precise ... vale of Siddim was full of slime pits : where the Hebrew word * Trav . vol . i , p . 418 , 419 .. 4 ▽ Trav . vol ...
... Sid- dim , before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah , is asserted by Moses in terms so clear and precise ... vale of Siddim was full of slime pits : where the Hebrew word * Trav . vol . i , p . 418 , 419 .. 4 ▽ Trav . vol ...
Page 215
... vale by fire and brimstone from Heaven . The same remark applies to the mines of fossile salt , on the surrounding mountains ; the saline matter was deposited ... vale of Siddim before its destruction , in GEOGRAPHY OF THE EAST . 215.
... vale by fire and brimstone from Heaven . The same remark applies to the mines of fossile salt , on the surrounding mountains ; the saline matter was deposited ... vale of Siddim before its destruction , in GEOGRAPHY OF THE EAST . 215.
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Page 35 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people...
Page 41 - And the Lord said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language ; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Page 322 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Page 457 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth : and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Page 24 - So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
Page 191 - The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
Page 46 - Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Page 217 - Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Page 354 - For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah : their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter : Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Page 178 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Shar'on, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.