Scripture Topography: Being Some Account of Places Mentioned in Holy Scripture, Given Principally in Extracts from the Works of TravellersSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1843 - 411 páginas |
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... would have been realized 1 A precipitous mountain near Jericho , rising , an almost per- pendicular wall of rock , twelve or fifteen hundred feet above the plain . amongst them all that the imagination has fabled of the THE HOLY LAND . 3.
... would have been realized 1 A precipitous mountain near Jericho , rising , an almost per- pendicular wall of rock , twelve or fifteen hundred feet above the plain . amongst them all that the imagination has fabled of the THE HOLY LAND . 3.
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... rocks are principally of grey limestone , and they contributed greatly towards the sustenance of a large population , as they were terraced in all direc- tions with embankments built up with loose stones , on which grew melons ...
... rocks are principally of grey limestone , and they contributed greatly towards the sustenance of a large population , as they were terraced in all direc- tions with embankments built up with loose stones , on which grew melons ...
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... rock that almost literally covered the face of the ground . Much of it lay in irregular patches , projecting from ... rocks , to the ex- clusion of all other matter . " - PAXTON , p . 112 . " On reaching the rocky heights of Beer ...
... rock that almost literally covered the face of the ground . Much of it lay in irregular patches , projecting from ... rocks , to the ex- clusion of all other matter . " - PAXTON , p . 112 . " On reaching the rocky heights of Beer ...
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... rocks , mountains , lakes , and valleys are unchanged , save that loneliness and wildness are now , where once were luxury and every joy ; and though their glory is departed , a high and mournful beauty still rests on many of their ...
... rocks , mountains , lakes , and valleys are unchanged , save that loneliness and wildness are now , where once were luxury and every joy ; and though their glory is departed , a high and mournful beauty still rests on many of their ...
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... Judas hung himself ; a small and rude edifice stands on it , and it is used as a burying - place . But the most interesting portion of this hill , is where its rocks descend precipitously into the valley of Hinnom , and are 30 JERUSALEM ,
... Judas hung himself ; a small and rude edifice stands on it , and it is used as a burying - place . But the most interesting portion of this hill , is where its rocks descend precipitously into the valley of Hinnom , and are 30 JERUSALEM ,
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Ahab Amorites ancient Antipatris appears Arabs Bashan beautiful Beer-sheba behold Beth-horon Bethel Bethsaida Bethshan built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel children of Israel Christians Chron church David desert desolate disciples distance east eastern Ebal Eleutheropolis Esdraelon feet fertile flocks Galilee Gaza Gibeah Gibeon Gilboa Gilead ground Hebron Hermon Herod hills Holy inhabitants Jacob Jericho Jerusalem Jesus Jews Jezreel Joppa Jordan Josephus Josh Joshua Judah Khân king Kishon lake land miles Mount Ebal Mount Gerizim Mount Tabor mountains Nâbulus Nazareth Palestine pass Philistines plain present prophet ridge river Robinson ROBINSON'S Researches rock ruins saith the Lord saith unto Samaria Samaritans Samuel Saul saying scene SCRIPTURE NOTICES Shechem Shiloh shore Shunem side Sidon spot stones stream summit temple Testament thee thou Tiberias tomb took towers town tract traveller trees tribes Tyre valley village Wady walls whole
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Página 297 - Now, when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow ; and much people of the city was with her.
Página 63 - Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Página 38 - And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Página 102 - And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt...
Página 239 - Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost...
Página 15 - And many nations shall come, and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his Ways, and we will walk in his paths:" for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Página 174 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Página 164 - And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
Página 42 - Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
Página 68 - Are here all thy children?' And he said, 'There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep.' And Samuel said unto Jesse, 'Send and fetch him, for we will not sit down till he come hither.' "And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, 'Arise, anoint him, for this is he.