Notes and lessons on the geography and history of Palestine |
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Notes and Lessons on the Geography and History of Palestine George Henry Taylor No preview available - 2016 |
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Acre afterwards ancient Arabs Beersheba Bethlehem Bethsaida black board breadth brook built Cęsarea called Canaanites captivity Carmel Christ Christians Cole Syria Crusaders Dead Sea death direction east eastern Ebal Egypt empty En-gedi Esdraelon event feet fertile figs Gaza Gennesareth Gerizim Gibeah Hebron height Herod hill houses inhabitants Israel Israelites Jericho Jerusalem Jews Joppa Jordan Joshua Judah Judea king Kishon lake land Lebanon length Leontes lesson lived Lord Mahommedans Maon Mediterranean mentioned Michmash miles Mixed Methods Mount of Olives Mount Tabor mountains of Ephraim Palestine Philistines plain of Esdraelon possessed prophet rainy season remarkable retreat of David river Romans ruins Samaria Samaritans Saracens Saul Saviour scene Scripture sea of Galilee Shechem Shunem side Sidon siege Solomon southern extremity stands stood the town streams Syria taken teacher temple Testament Tiberias trees tribes Turks Tyre unto valley walls wilderness Zarephath Ziph
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Page viii - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Page 57 - And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord : peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
Page 105 - And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed : I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Page 39 - And the people gave a shout, saying, "It is the voice of a god and not of a man." And immediately the Angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 49 - Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
Page 125 - Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
Page 78 - And now, O Lord, my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father; and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
Page 75 - And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout ; for the Lord hath given you the city.
Page 84 - And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
Page 75 - 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.