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... Persian kings in succession . But the other kings of Persia are all men- tioned in Scripture by their own names , or at least definitely pointed out ; while Xerxes is not mentioned , unless under this name . Besides , recent researches ...
... Persian kings in succession . But the other kings of Persia are all men- tioned in Scripture by their own names , or at least definitely pointed out ; while Xerxes is not mentioned , unless under this name . Besides , recent researches ...
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... Persian gulf , south by the ocean between Africa and India , and west by the Red sea . this region did not immediately adjoin the Holy Land , it is not so frequently mentioned as the former ones . The queen of Sheba , who visited ...
... Persian gulf , south by the ocean between Africa and India , and west by the Red sea . this region did not immediately adjoin the Holy Land , it is not so frequently mentioned as the former ones . The queen of Sheba , who visited ...
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... Persia . It is given in Ezra 4 : 7 , & c . to Smer- dis the Magian , who usurped the throne after the death of Cam- byses , B. C. 522 , pretending to be Smerdis , the son of Cyrus , whom Cambyses had put to death . The king of this name ...
... Persia . It is given in Ezra 4 : 7 , & c . to Smer- dis the Magian , who usurped the throne after the death of Cam- byses , B. C. 522 , pretending to be Smerdis , the son of Cyrus , whom Cambyses had put to death . The king of this name ...
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... Persian asuman , heaven ; and signifies the host of heaven , i . e . the stars , or perhaps the sun alone . ASHTORETH , or plural ASHTAROTH , called by the Greeks Astarte , was a goddess of the Phoenicians , 2 K. 23:13 , whose worship ...
... Persian asuman , heaven ; and signifies the host of heaven , i . e . the stars , or perhaps the sun alone . ASHTORETH , or plural ASHTAROTH , called by the Greeks Astarte , was a goddess of the Phoenicians , 2 K. 23:13 , whose worship ...
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... Persia and India , and Africa . Their man- ners greatly resemble those of the wild horse . They assemble in troops under the conduct of a leader or sentinel , and are ex- tremely shy and vigilant . They will , however , stop in the ...
... Persia and India , and Africa . Their man- ners greatly resemble those of the wild horse . They assemble in troops under the conduct of a leader or sentinel , and are ex- tremely shy and vigilant . They will , however , stop in the ...
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Page 83 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Page 343 - And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.
Page 106 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Page 304 - The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come ; And unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 200 - All the persons employed now lighted their lamps, and ran with them in their hands, to fill up their stations in the procession. Some of them had lost their lights, and were unprepared; but it was then too late to seek them, and the cavalcade moved forward to the house of the bride, at which place u from the Ruins of E hesus.
Page 86 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 102 - But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
Page 106 - As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger.
Page 193 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God...
Page 191 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.