The Popular Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature: Condensed from the Larger WorkGould and Lincoln, 1856 - 800 pages |
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... described ) from Abram to Abraham . The Divine Being then solemnly renewed the covenant to be a God to him and to the race that should spring from him ; and in token of that covenant directed that he and his should receive in their ...
... described ) from Abram to Abraham . The Divine Being then solemnly renewed the covenant to be a God to him and to the race that should spring from him ; and in token of that covenant directed that he and his should receive in their ...
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... described by almost all travellers . It is close by the lower bridge over the Kidron , and is a square isolated block hewn out from the rocky ledge so as to leave an area or niche around it . The body of this monument is about 24 feet ...
... described by almost all travellers . It is close by the lower bridge over the Kidron , and is a square isolated block hewn out from the rocky ledge so as to leave an area or niche around it . The body of this monument is about 24 feet ...
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... described . The dinner - bed , or triclinium , stood in the middle of the dining- room , clear of the walls , and formed three sides of a square which enclosed the table . The open end of the square , with the central hollow , allowed ...
... described . The dinner - bed , or triclinium , stood in the middle of the dining- room , clear of the walls , and formed three sides of a square which enclosed the table . The open end of the square , with the central hollow , allowed ...
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... described as a blessing ( Gen. xv . 15 Job v . 26 ) , and communities as highly fa- voured in which old people abound ( Isa . lxv . 20 ; Zech . viii . 4 ) , while premature death is the greatest of calamities upon individuals , and to ...
... described as a blessing ( Gen. xv . 15 Job v . 26 ) , and communities as highly fa- voured in which old people abound ( Isa . lxv . 20 ; Zech . viii . 4 ) , while premature death is the greatest of calamities upon individuals , and to ...
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... described as representative . According to the other mode , these facts and circumstances have been described as mere emblems . The former mode is war- ranted by the practice of the sacred writers themselves ; for when facts and ...
... described as representative . According to the other mode , these facts and circumstances have been described as mere emblems . The former mode is war- ranted by the practice of the sacred writers themselves ; for when facts and ...
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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