Travels in Palestine: Through the Countries of Bashan and Gilead, East of the River Jordan, Including a Visit to the Cities of Geraza and Gamala in the Decapolis, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 - Eretz Israel |
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... eastern part of Jerusalem , " says D'Anville , " there is no ambiguity . It is notorious and evident that the valley of Kedron served for the boundary of the city in the same , or nearly the same line , as was described on the border of ...
... eastern part of Jerusalem , " says D'Anville , " there is no ambiguity . It is notorious and evident that the valley of Kedron served for the boundary of the city in the same , or nearly the same line , as was described on the border of ...
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... eastern boundary of the city , and divid- ing the Mount Moriah from the Mount of Olives , and the second separating the upper from the lower city , or Acra , Moriah , and Beze- tha , from Sion ; and these are identified with the only ...
... eastern boundary of the city , and divid- ing the Mount Moriah from the Mount of Olives , and the second separating the upper from the lower city , or Acra , Moriah , and Beze- tha , from Sion ; and these are identified with the only ...
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... of Judah , were buried ; and it is probable this was the fixed burying - place of the kings , it being the ancient eastern custom to bury in VOL . II . D their own houses or gardens . " * " And RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF JERUSALEM . 33.
... of Judah , were buried ; and it is probable this was the fixed burying - place of the kings , it being the ancient eastern custom to bury in VOL . II . D their own houses or gardens . " * " And RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF JERUSALEM . 33.
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... eastern limit of the city looking towards the Mount of Olives , leaves no possible doubt of its identity . Bezetha was called also Conopolis , or the New City , and was a quarter on the north of Acra and Moriah , subsequently added , as ...
... eastern limit of the city looking towards the Mount of Olives , leaves no possible doubt of its identity . Bezetha was called also Conopolis , or the New City , and was a quarter on the north of Acra and Moriah , subsequently added , as ...
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... ' journey from Jerusalem , in nearly a north - eastern direction , we came upon the ruins of an aqueduct , leading from the foot of a hill towards the plain . The channel for the water was FROM JERUSALEM TO JERICHO . 57.
... ' journey from Jerusalem , in nearly a north - eastern direction , we came upon the ruins of an aqueduct , leading from the foot of a hill towards the plain . The channel for the water was FROM JERUSALEM TO JERICHO . 57.
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Page 290 - Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
Page 265 - Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
Page 38 - Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden ; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day ; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
Page 338 - And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. 19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. 20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him : and all men did marvel.
Page 79 - And the devil said unto him. All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
Page 23 - Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter ; for they shall bury in tophet till there be no place.
Page 398 - And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel : and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
Page 349 - And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shall be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
Page 65 - In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho : he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
Page 397 - And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria...