The Popular Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature: Condensed from the Larger WorkGould and Lincoln, 1856 - 800 pages |
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... Israel . He succeeded Elon , and judged Israel eight years . Nothing is recorded of him but that he had forty sons and thirty nephews , who rode on young asses - a mark of their consequence ( Judg . xii . 13-15 ) . Abdon died B.c. 1112 ...
... Israel . He succeeded Elon , and judged Israel eight years . Nothing is recorded of him but that he had forty sons and thirty nephews , who rode on young asses - a mark of their consequence ( Judg . xii . 13-15 ) . Abdon died B.c. 1112 ...
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... Israel , he had no just ground on which Zadok could be removed , and Abiathar set in his place ; and the attempt to do so would probably have been offensive to his new subjects . The king got over this difficulty by allowing both ...
... Israel , he had no just ground on which Zadok could be removed , and Abiathar set in his place ; and the attempt to do so would probably have been offensive to his new subjects . The king got over this difficulty by allowing both ...
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... Israel ; ' and whe at length , four years after his return from Geshur , he repaired to Hebron , and there proclaimed himself king , the great body of the people de- clared for him . So strong ran the tide of opinio in his favour , that ...
... Israel ; ' and whe at length , four years after his return from Geshur , he repaired to Hebron , and there proclaimed himself king , the great body of the people de- clared for him . So strong ran the tide of opinio in his favour , that ...
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... Israel . Absalom perished in attempting to assert his claim of primogeniture , in opposition to this ar- rangement . Unawed by this example , Adonijah assumed the state of an heir - apparent , who , from the advanced age of David , must ...
... Israel . Absalom perished in attempting to assert his claim of primogeniture , in opposition to this ar- rangement . Unawed by this example , Adonijah assumed the state of an heir - apparent , who , from the advanced age of David , must ...
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... Israel to abandon their de- sign of destroying the kingdom of Judah ; and thus afforded to Tiglath - pilezer , the successor of Pul , an opportunity of conquering Syria , Israel beyond Jordan , and Galilee . The Assyrians afforded Ahaz ...
... Israel to abandon their de- sign of destroying the kingdom of Judah ; and thus afforded to Tiglath - pilezer , the successor of Pul , an opportunity of conquering Syria , Israel beyond Jordan , and Galilee . The Assyrians afforded Ahaz ...
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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