The Popular Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature: Condensed from the Larger WorkGould and Lincoln, 1856 - 800 pages |
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... facts which rendered it notorious . The city of Jeri- cho , before it was taken , was put under that awful ban , whereby all the ... fact , we prefer the supposition that they were included in the doom by one of those sudden impuises of ...
... facts which rendered it notorious . The city of Jeri- cho , before it was taken , was put under that awful ban , whereby all the ... fact , we prefer the supposition that they were included in the doom by one of those sudden impuises of ...
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... fact , and with such a monument in a place where Jews have been permanently resident , is better evi- dence than is usually obtained for the allocation of ancient sepulchres . The tomb is in charge of the Jews , and is one of their ...
... fact , and with such a monument in a place where Jews have been permanently resident , is better evi- dence than is usually obtained for the allocation of ancient sepulchres . The tomb is in charge of the Jews , and is one of their ...
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... facts in simple and artless language , suited to the circumstances of the men to whom revelation was first granted . That this production in a mature state was the fact with regard to the vegetable part of the creation , is declared in ...
... facts in simple and artless language , suited to the circumstances of the men to whom revelation was first granted . That this production in a mature state was the fact with regard to the vegetable part of the creation , is declared in ...
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... fact . Serpents habitually obtain their food among herbage or in water ; they seize their prey with the mouth , often ele- vate the head , and are no more exposed to the necessity of swallowing adherent earth than are carnivorous birds ...
... fact . Serpents habitually obtain their food among herbage or in water ; they seize their prey with the mouth , often ele- vate the head , and are no more exposed to the necessity of swallowing adherent earth than are carnivorous birds ...
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... fact that the ship in which Paul embarked at Cæsarea as a prisoner on his way to Italy , belonged to Adra- myttium ( Acts xxvii . 2 ) . It was rare to find a vessel going direct from Palestine to Italy . The usual course , therefore ...
... fact that the ship in which Paul embarked at Cæsarea as a prisoner on his way to Italy , belonged to Adra- myttium ( Acts xxvii . 2 ) . It was rare to find a vessel going direct from Palestine to Italy . The usual course , therefore ...
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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