The Popular Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature: Condensed from the Larger WorkGould and Lincoln, 1856 - 800 pages |
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... Assyria ( 2 Kings xv . 29 ) . A'BEL - BETH - MAA'CAH , that is , Abel near the house or city of Maacah : the same as Abel . A'BEL - CARMA'IM ( place of the vineyards ) , a village of the Ammonites , about six miles from Philadelphia ...
... Assyria ( 2 Kings xv . 29 ) . A'BEL - BETH - MAA'CAH , that is , Abel near the house or city of Maacah : the same as Abel . A'BEL - CARMA'IM ( place of the vineyards ) , a village of the Ammonites , about six miles from Philadelphia ...
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... Assyria was divided . Pliny and Ammianus comprehend the whole of Assyria under this name , which , however , properly de- noted only the province which was watered by the rivers Diab and Adiab , or the Great and Little Zab ( Dhab ) ...
... Assyria was divided . Pliny and Ammianus comprehend the whole of Assyria under this name , which , however , properly de- noted only the province which was watered by the rivers Diab and Adiab , or the Great and Little Zab ( Dhab ) ...
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... Assyria , and whom they worshipped by the sacrifice of their children by fire . This constitutes the whole of our certain knowledge of this idol . 2. ADRAMMELECH , one of the sons and murderers of Sennacherib , king of Assyria ( 2 Kings ...
... Assyria , and whom they worshipped by the sacrifice of their children by fire . This constitutes the whole of our certain knowledge of this idol . 2. ADRAMMELECH , one of the sons and murderers of Sennacherib , king of Assyria ( 2 Kings ...
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... Assyrians and Chaldeans by cutting off the nose and the ears ; and this brings to mind the passage in which the prophet Ezekiel ( xxiii . 25 ) , after , in the name of the Lord , re- proving Israel and Judah for their adulteries ( i.e. ...
... Assyrians and Chaldeans by cutting off the nose and the ears ; and this brings to mind the passage in which the prophet Ezekiel ( xxiii . 25 ) , after , in the name of the Lord , re- proving Israel and Judah for their adulteries ( i.e. ...
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... [ ASSYRIA ] . He even became tributary to that monarch , on condition of his obliging Syria and Israel to abandon ... Assyrians afforded Ahaz no real assistance ; on the con- trary , they drove him to such extremities that he was scarcely ...
... [ ASSYRIA ] . He even became tributary to that monarch , on condition of his obliging Syria and Israel to abandon ... Assyrians afforded Ahaz no real assistance ; on the con- trary , they drove him to such extremities that he was scarcely ...
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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