The Popular Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature: Condensed from the Larger WorkGould and Lincoln, 1856 - 800 pages |
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... taken and sacked by Benhadad , king of Syria ; and 200 years subsequently by Tiglath - pileser , who sent away the inhabitants captives into Assyria ( 2 Kings xv . 29 ) . A'BEL - BETH - MAA'CAH , that is , Abel near the house or city of ...
... taken and sacked by Benhadad , king of Syria ; and 200 years subsequently by Tiglath - pileser , who sent away the inhabitants captives into Assyria ( 2 Kings xv . 29 ) . A'BEL - BETH - MAA'CAH , that is , Abel near the house or city of ...
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... taken , and com- pletely destroyed by the exasperated victor . The fortress , however , still remained ; but the occupants , deeming it untenable , withdrew to the temple of Baal - Berith , which stood in a more commanding situation ...
... taken , and com- pletely destroyed by the exasperated victor . The fortress , however , still remained ; but the occupants , deeming it untenable , withdrew to the temple of Baal - Berith , which stood in a more commanding situation ...
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... taken up by Absalom , who kept her secluded in his own house , and said nothing for the present , but brooded silently over the wrong he had sustained and the ven- geance which devolved upon him . It was not until two years had passed ...
... taken up by Absalom , who kept her secluded in his own house , and said nothing for the present , but brooded silently over the wrong he had sustained and the ven- geance which devolved upon him . It was not until two years had passed ...
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... taken to restore it , yet , as lately as 1837 , it still exhibited a most wretched appearance , with ruined houses ... taken by Amru in A.D. 638 . The Franks first became masters of it in A.D. 1110 , when it was taken by Baldwin , king ...
... taken to restore it , yet , as lately as 1837 , it still exhibited a most wretched appearance , with ruined houses ... taken by Amru in A.D. 638 . The Franks first became masters of it in A.D. 1110 , when it was taken by Baldwin , king ...
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... taken that , the accused being deemed innocent until convicted , he and the accuser should appear under equal circumstances before the court , that no preju- dicial impression might be created to the disad- vantage of the defendant ...
... taken that , the accused being deemed innocent until convicted , he and the accuser should appear under equal circumstances before the court , that no preju- dicial impression might be created to the disad- vantage of the defendant ...
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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