The Popular Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature: Condensed from the Larger WorkGould and Lincoln, 1856 - 800 pages |
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... possessed ; and this work seemed to him just what he had been looking for in vain . Permit me to express the hope ... possession of all who are interested in the study of the Scriptures . The price at which you offer it is a trifle ...
... possessed ; and this work seemed to him just what he had been looking for in vain . Permit me to express the hope ... possession of all who are interested in the study of the Scriptures . The price at which you offer it is a trifle ...
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... possession ) was so named to indicate both the joy of his mother and his right to the inheritance of the first - born : Abel received a name indi- cative of his weakness and poverty when com- pared with the supposed glory of his ...
... possession ) was so named to indicate both the joy of his mother and his right to the inheritance of the first - born : Abel received a name indi- cative of his weakness and poverty when com- pared with the supposed glory of his ...
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... possession of the province . After her death it fell to Augustus , who rented it out to one Zenodorus ; but as he ... possessions which went to his son Agrippa II . 1. ABIM'ELECH ( father of the king , or perhaps royal father ) , the ...
... possession of the province . After her death it fell to Augustus , who rented it out to one Zenodorus ; but as he ... possessions which went to his son Agrippa II . 1. ABIM'ELECH ( father of the king , or perhaps royal father ) , the ...
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... possession of the harem of the deceased kings , Solomon detected in this appli- cation a fresh aspiration to the throne , which he visited with death ( 1 Kings i . 1-4 ; ii . 13-25 ) [ ADONIJAH ] . ABISHA'I ( father of gifts ) , a ...
... possession of the harem of the deceased kings , Solomon detected in this appli- cation a fresh aspiration to the throne , which he visited with death ( 1 Kings i . 1-4 ; ii . 13-25 ) [ ADONIJAH ] . ABISHA'I ( father of gifts ) , a ...
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... possession of the land in which he sojourned ( Gen. xv . ) . After ten years ' residence in Canaan ( B.C. 1913 ) , Sarai , being then 75 years old , and having long been accounted barren , chose to put her own interpretation upon the ...
... possession of the land in which he sojourned ( Gen. xv . ) . After ten years ' residence in Canaan ( B.C. 1913 ) , Sarai , being then 75 years old , and having long been accounted barren , chose to put her own interpretation upon the ...
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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