A Geography of the Chief Places Mentioned in the Bible and the Principal Events Connected with Them |
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A Geography of the Chief Places Mentioned in the Bible and the Principal ... Charles Augustus Goodrich No preview available - 2016 |
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Abraham Acts afterward Ahab Ammonites Amorites ancient Asia Minor Babylon Beersheba befell belong Bible buried called Canaan capital celebrated Chaldea children of Israel Christ Christian Chron church Damascus David Dead Sea Deut direction from Jerusalem Distance and direction east Egypt Ephesus Ephraim Exod fifty miles Galilee Gilead Gospel Greatest breadth half-tribe Haran Hebron Heshbon hundred inhabitants Israelites Issachar Jacob Jericho Jerusalem Jesus Jews John Joppa Jordan Josh Joshua Judah Judea Judg Juttah king kingdom land Lebanon length LESSON Luke Manasseh Matt Mediterranean miles north miles south Moab Moses Mount mountains Nazareth Nebuchadnezzar Numb Number occupied Palestine Paul Philistines plains of Moab preached prophet province QUESTIONS.-1 residence Reuben river Samaria Samuel Saul Scripture Shechem Shiloh Sidon situated south-west supposed Syria temple territory thousand took place tribe tribe of Gad tribe of Reuben Tyre valley vols wilderness xvii xviii
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Page 30 - Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
Page 30 - That host with their banners at sunset were seen; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd; And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still.
Page 165 - Fourscore and six years have I served him, and he has never done ' me any injury. How can I blaspheme my King and my Saviour?
Page 88 - According to him it was four hundred and twenty-five feet in length and two hundred and twenty in breadth ; it was supported by one hundred and twenty-seven pillars, sixty feet high, the elevation of the edifice to the top of the pediment was of course eighty feet.