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... mentioned , Genesis x . , 19 , and xlix . , 13 ] , until he left none remaining ; when he turned back and took Hazor , and slew the King thereof , " for Hazor aforetime was the head of all these kingdoms ; " " and Joshua took all the ...
... mentioned , Genesis x . , 19 , and xlix . , 13 ] , until he left none remaining ; when he turned back and took Hazor , and slew the King thereof , " for Hazor aforetime was the head of all these kingdoms ; " " and Joshua took all the ...
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... mentioned in Genesis x , 4 ( circa B.C. 1500 ) , under the name of Dodanin , or as some read it Rodanin , along with Javan ( Greece ) , Elishah ( the coasts of Asia Minor ) , and Tarshish , ( here probably Tarsus , but generally ...
... mentioned in Genesis x , 4 ( circa B.C. 1500 ) , under the name of Dodanin , or as some read it Rodanin , along with Javan ( Greece ) , Elishah ( the coasts of Asia Minor ) , and Tarshish , ( here probably Tarsus , but generally ...
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... mentioned by name . Eschylus mentions " the wandering Indians , " and Sophocles " Indian gold ; " but although they ... mention of India by that name is in the Book of Esther [ circa B.C. 450 , ch . i . 1 , and ch . viii . 9 ] wherein we ...
... mentioned by name . Eschylus mentions " the wandering Indians , " and Sophocles " Indian gold ; " but although they ... mention of India by that name is in the Book of Esther [ circa B.C. 450 , ch . i . 1 , and ch . viii . 9 ] wherein we ...
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... mention . Ceylon , which was actually discovered for Europe by Almeyda , the first Portuguese viceroy of India , A.D. 1507. Subsequent to Alexander , in the early part of the third century B.C. , the west coast of India was visited by ...
... mention . Ceylon , which was actually discovered for Europe by Almeyda , the first Portuguese viceroy of India , A.D. 1507. Subsequent to Alexander , in the early part of the third century B.C. , the west coast of India was visited by ...
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... mentioned [ Ex . xxviii . 9 , 20 ; 1 Chron . xxix , 2 ; Ezek . xxviii . 13 ] to help us to determine its signification , and there is generally the greatest difficulty in identifying the precious stones mentioned in the Bible , there ...
... mentioned [ Ex . xxviii . 9 , 20 ; 1 Chron . xxix , 2 ; Ezek . xxviii . 13 ] to help us to determine its signification , and there is generally the greatest difficulty in identifying the precious stones mentioned in the Bible , there ...
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Page 18 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 36 - All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Page 45 - And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
Page 40 - Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.
Page 125 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Page 43 - Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that boldest the height of the hill ; though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORB.
Page 42 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
Page 42 - And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
Page 41 - ... the merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble...
Page 126 - And Moses said unto the children of Israel : " See, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...