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... Vide Matt . xv . 22 . ad vocem povían . ( A ) This last name is a tranflation of the first . Rab- hotfen is , in Hebrew , a great gulph , or bay . From rabbot- VOL . II . c Sir Ifaac d Steph . Byzant . fen , by changing the Hebrew tf ...
... Vide Matt . xv . 22 . ad vocem povían . ( A ) This last name is a tranflation of the first . Rab- hotfen is , in Hebrew , a great gulph , or bay . From rabbot- VOL . II . c Sir Ifaac d Steph . Byzant . fen , by changing the Hebrew tf ...
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... Tyrus . Some pretend that this city gave name to the whole country of Syria ; and ( 1 ) Vide Maundrell's Journey from Aleppo to Jerufalem . B 2 that hundred stadia , or furlongs , to the fouthward of The Hiftory of the Phenicians . 3.
... Tyrus . Some pretend that this city gave name to the whole country of Syria ; and ( 1 ) Vide Maundrell's Journey from Aleppo to Jerufalem . B 2 that hundred stadia , or furlongs , to the fouthward of The Hiftory of the Phenicians . 3.
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... Vide Palæftr . illuftr . vol . ii . ad vocem Tyrus . lib . xvi . m Plin . Hift . Nat . lib . v . cap . 19 : P. 757 . that Syria , Tyria , and Affy- ria , were indifferently ufurped for each other ; to which opinion we cannot affent ...
... Vide Palæftr . illuftr . vol . ii . ad vocem Tyrus . lib . xvi . m Plin . Hift . Nat . lib . v . cap . 19 : P. 757 . that Syria , Tyria , and Affy- ria , were indifferently ufurped for each other ; to which opinion we cannot affent ...
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... Vide Luc . de Dea Syr . i . book ii . cap . 60 . Lib . ( U ) " We faw - the water ( of the river Adonis ) -stained to a furprising rednefs , and obferved it had difcoloured the fea a great way into a red- dish hue ( 6 ) . " ( X ) For ...
... Vide Luc . de Dea Syr . i . book ii . cap . 60 . Lib . ( U ) " We faw - the water ( of the river Adonis ) -stained to a furprising rednefs , and obferved it had difcoloured the fea a great way into a red- dish hue ( 6 ) . " ( X ) For ...
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... Vide Maundrell . ( Y ) Bochart infinuates ( 7 ) , that the Canaanites were asham- of their name , on account of the curfe denounced on their progenitor , and terrified by the wars fo vigorously and fuc- cefsfully waged on them by the ...
... Vide Maundrell . ( Y ) Bochart infinuates ( 7 ) , that the Canaanites were asham- of their name , on account of the curfe denounced on their progenitor , and terrified by the wars fo vigorously and fuc- cefsfully waged on them by the ...
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Page 189 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 478 - At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
Page 179 - WHEN a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her : then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Page 136 - A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous ; and the Egyptians...
Page 409 - O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good, And his mercy endureth for ever.
Page 474 - He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold. 9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
Page 136 - God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression. And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders. And He hath brought us into this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Page 358 - Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow : and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Page 50 - Of America it may be said, as of Judea of old, that it is a good land and large, a land of brooks of waters, of fountains, and depths that spring out of the valleys and hills, — a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates, — a land of oil...
Page 33 - ... this great and holy work, he hath left it to me, in time of peace, both to begin and finish it, according to the direction, as well as the prediction, of Almighty God. Blessed be His great name for the present tranquilityof my dominions! and by His gracious...