The Popular Cyclopadia of Biblical Literature: Condensed from the Larger WorkGould and Lincoln, 1854 - 800 pages |
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... Josephus ) as ' the Abila of Leba- mon . ' Abila has been supposed to be the same 13 Abel - beth - Maacah , but without foundation , for that was a city of Naphtali , which Abila was not . About eighteen miles north - west of Damascus ...
... Josephus ) as ' the Abila of Leba- mon . ' Abila has been supposed to be the same 13 Abel - beth - Maacah , but without foundation , for that was a city of Naphtali , which Abila was not . About eighteen miles north - west of Damascus ...
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... Josephus ( Antiq . v . 11. 5 ) . ABLUTION , the ceremonial washing , where- by , as a symbol of purification from unclean- ness , a person was considered - 1 . to be cleansed from the taint of an inferior and less pure con- dition , and ...
... Josephus ( Antiq . v . 11. 5 ) . ABLUTION , the ceremonial washing , where- by , as a symbol of purification from unclean- ness , a person was considered - 1 . to be cleansed from the taint of an inferior and less pure con- dition , and ...
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... Josephus ( Antiq . xiii . 6 , 5 ) adda that this Adida was upon a hill , before which lay the plains of Judæa . One of the places which Josephus calls Adida ( Bell . Jud . iv . 9 , 1 ) appears to have been near the Jordan , and was ...
... Josephus ( Antiq . xiii . 6 , 5 ) adda that this Adida was upon a hill , before which lay the plains of Judæa . One of the places which Josephus calls Adida ( Bell . Jud . iv . 9 , 1 ) appears to have been near the Jordan , and was ...
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... Josephus , until the recent researches of Dr. Robinson , who discovered it under the name of Dura , the first feeble letter having been dropped . It is situated five miles W. by S. from Hebron , and is a large village , seated on the ...
... Josephus , until the recent researches of Dr. Robinson , who discovered it under the name of Dura , the first feeble letter having been dropped . It is situated five miles W. by S. from Hebron , and is a large village , seated on the ...
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... Josephus ( Antiq . xi . 8. 4-6 ) , a writer whose trustworthi- ness has been much overrated . The story has been questioned on several grounds . Some of the results , however , can hardly be erroneous , such as , that Alexander ...
... Josephus ( Antiq . xi . 8. 4-6 ) , a writer whose trustworthi- ness has been much overrated . The story has been questioned on several grounds . Some of the results , however , can hardly be erroneous , such as , that Alexander ...
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Abimelech Abraham Acts Ahaz altar Ammonites Amorites ancient animals Apostle appears Arabia Arabs Asia Assyria Babylon called Canaan Christ Christian Chron church comp Damascus David death denote Deut divine East Edom Egypt Egyptian epistle Euphrates Exod Ezek Ezra father favour Greek Hebrew Hebron high-priest holy inhabitants Israel Israelites Jehovah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews Joab Jordan Josephus Josh Judæa Judah Judg king land latter Lord Luke Matt means ment mentioned Meroë Moses mountains nations natural occurs Palestine passages Paul period Persian persons Philistines possession present priests probably prophet reign rendered Roman sacred Scripture seems Solomon species stone supposed Syria temple Testament thou tion town tree tribe tribe of Judah viii word worship writers xvii xviii xxii xxiii xxiv xxvii
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Page 304 - 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 372 - And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
Page 304 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night...
Page 96 - ... 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 228 - In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me : 33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
Page 446 - 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 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 280 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Page 326 - 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 284 - And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening ; and he drank of the brook.