The Popular Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature: Condensed from the Larger WorkGould and Lincoln, 1856 - 800 pages |
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... reign B.C. 957 , in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam , king of Israel ; and he reigned three years . At the commencement of his reign Abijah made a vigorous attempt to bring back the ten tribes to their allegiance . In this he failed ...
... reign B.C. 957 , in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam , king of Israel ; and he reigned three years . At the commencement of his reign Abijah made a vigorous attempt to bring back the ten tribes to their allegiance . In this he failed ...
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... reign shows that weakness of character in a king may sometimes be as injurious in its effects as wickedness . Many of the evils of his reign may be ascribed to the close connection which he formed with the Phoenicians . The wife of Ahab ...
... reign shows that weakness of character in a king may sometimes be as injurious in its effects as wickedness . Many of the evils of his reign may be ascribed to the close connection which he formed with the Phoenicians . The wife of Ahab ...
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... reign the enemies of the Jews wrote an accu- sation against them , the result of which is not mentioned . The Persian king here meant seems to be the immediate successor of Cyrus , the frantic tyrant Cambyses , who came to the throne ...
... reign the enemies of the Jews wrote an accu- sation against them , the result of which is not mentioned . The Persian king here meant seems to be the immediate successor of Cyrus , the frantic tyrant Cambyses , who came to the throne ...
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... reign : in the same year of his reign , Xerxes returned to Susa with the mortification of his defeat , and sought to forget himself in pleasure ; -- not an unlikely occasion for that quest for fair virgins for the harem ( Esth . ii . 2 ) ...
... reign : in the same year of his reign , Xerxes returned to Susa with the mortification of his defeat , and sought to forget himself in pleasure ; -- not an unlikely occasion for that quest for fair virgins for the harem ( Esth . ii . 2 ) ...
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... reign of Saul , and brother and predecessor of the Abime- lech whom Saul slew for assisting David . Seeing that Abimelech was also high - priest in the same reign , and was also the son of Ahitub ( 1 Sam . xxii . 11 ) , some have ...
... reign of Saul , and brother and predecessor of the Abime- lech whom Saul slew for assisting David . Seeing that Abimelech was also high - priest in the same reign , and was also the son of Ahitub ( 1 Sam . xxii . 11 ) , some have ...
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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