The Popular Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature: Condensed from the Larger WorkGould and Lincoln, 1856 - 800 pages |
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... remains only to be added , that although the editor has taken some part of the labour , and has supervised the whole operation , the substantial work of the Abridgment has been executed by the careful hands of the Reverend JAMES TAYLOR ...
... remains only to be added , that although the editor has taken some part of the labour , and has supervised the whole operation , the substantial work of the Abridgment has been executed by the careful hands of the Reverend JAMES TAYLOR ...
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... remains of Abner , the king himself following the bier as chief mourner , exonerated him in public opinion from having been privy to this assassination . As for Joab , his privilege as a blood - avenger must to a great extent have ...
... remains of Abner , the king himself following the bier as chief mourner , exonerated him in public opinion from having been privy to this assassination . As for Joab , his privilege as a blood - avenger must to a great extent have ...
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... remains of this primitive 3. Akker - kuf . region . Travellers have been perplexed to make out the use of this remarkable monument , and various strange conjectures have been ha- zarded . The embankments of canals and reser- voirs , and ...
... remains of this primitive 3. Akker - kuf . region . Travellers have been perplexed to make out the use of this remarkable monument , and various strange conjectures have been ha- zarded . The embankments of canals and reser- voirs , and ...
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... remains to point out the site .... An opening at each end enabled us to look in ; but the bot- tom was empty and dry , excepting a few bones much decayed . ' ACHA'IA , a region of Greece , which in the restricted sense occupied the ...
... remains to point out the site .... An opening at each end enabled us to look in ; but the bot- tom was empty and dry , excepting a few bones much decayed . ' ACHA'IA , a region of Greece , which in the restricted sense occupied the ...
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... remains but the foliage of the scattered fruit trees , and occasional vineyards and fields of millet . In autumn the whole land becomes dry and parched ; the cisterns are nearly empty ; and all nature , animate and inanimate , looks ...
... remains but the foliage of the scattered fruit trees , and occasional vineyards and fields of millet . In autumn the whole land becomes dry and parched ; the cisterns are nearly empty ; and all nature , animate and inanimate , looks ...
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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