The Popular Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature: Condensed from the Larger WorkGould and Lincoln, 1856 - 800 pages |
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... important and interesting a volume ; to which they might refer in elucidating the Scriptures , and rendering their study not only profitable but delightful . J. B. Waterbury . From Rev. Cyrus A. Bartol , Pastor of West Congregational ...
... important and interesting a volume ; to which they might refer in elucidating the Scriptures , and rendering their study not only profitable but delightful . J. B. Waterbury . From Rev. Cyrus A. Bartol , Pastor of West Congregational ...
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... important arti- cles , I shall not be surprised if your edition shall have a decided preference with those who desire to have as much wheat , with as little as possible both of chaff or tares . Samuel M. Worcester . From John Dowling ...
... important arti- cles , I shall not be surprised if your edition shall have a decided preference with those who desire to have as much wheat , with as little as possible both of chaff or tares . Samuel M. Worcester . From John Dowling ...
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... important service to the cause of sacred literature , which will , I doubt not , be highly appreciated . The work , when known , will not fail to find its way into the libraries of private Christians , as a compact and beautifully ...
... important service to the cause of sacred literature , which will , I doubt not , be highly appreciated . The work , when known , will not fail to find its way into the libraries of private Christians , as a compact and beautifully ...
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... important , to distinguish them from one another . It ap- pears to mean fresh grass ; and the places so named may be ... importance from its being called ' a ABIATHAR mother in Israel ' ( 2 Sam . xx . 19 ) . The iden- tity of the city ...
... important , to distinguish them from one another . It ap- pears to mean fresh grass ; and the places so named may be ... importance from its being called ' a ABIATHAR mother in Israel ' ( 2 Sam . xx . 19 ) . The iden- tity of the city ...
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... importance down to the present time . But after the Turks gained possession of it , Acre so ra- pidly declined , that the travellers of the six- teenth and seventeenth centuries concur in de- scribing it as much fallen from its former ...
... importance down to the present time . But after the Turks gained possession of it , Acre so ra- pidly declined , that the travellers of the six- teenth and seventeenth centuries concur in de- scribing it as much fallen from its former ...
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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