Narrative of a journey round the Dead sea and in the Bible lands in 1850 and 1851, ed., by count E. de Warren, Volume 2 |
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... hundred piastres , not to be behind - hand in generosity with our faithful servant . The next day , February the 4th , has been entirely employed in visiting the monument called the " Tomb of the Kings , " Q'bour - el - Molouk , or Q ...
... hundred piastres , not to be behind - hand in generosity with our faithful servant . The next day , February the 4th , has been entirely employed in visiting the monument called the " Tomb of the Kings , " Q'bour - el - Molouk , or Q ...
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... hundred piastres per head for each traveller , to conduct pilgrims to Jericho , the Jordan , and the Dead Sea , and to protect them against any attack during this excursion , which is generally VOL . II . с accomplished within three ...
... hundred piastres per head for each traveller , to conduct pilgrims to Jericho , the Jordan , and the Dead Sea , and to protect them against any attack during this excursion , which is generally VOL . II . с accomplished within three ...
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... hundred yards long , taking an easterly direction , and descending by two successive elbows to the dry bed of the Kedron ; that is to say , to the bottom of the valley called Jehoshaphat , by the Christians and Jews , and Ouad - Faráoun ...
... hundred yards long , taking an easterly direction , and descending by two successive elbows to the dry bed of the Kedron ; that is to say , to the bottom of the valley called Jehoshaphat , by the Christians and Jews , and Ouad - Faráoun ...
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... hundred and fifty yards to the right of the road we are following , which slopes gradually along the flank of the Mount of Olives . By five minutes past ten , we leave about one hundred and thirty yards to our right , and below our ...
... hundred and fifty yards to the right of the road we are following , which slopes gradually along the flank of the Mount of Olives . By five minutes past ten , we leave about one hundred and thirty yards to our right , and below our ...
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... hundred yards to our left ; we are then in a valley well planted with trees . By a quarter past ten , we are in front of a small plain , two hundred yards in diameter , at the extremity of which another valley begins , descending to ...
... hundred yards to our left ; we are then in a valley well planted with trees . By a quarter past ten , we are in front of a small plain , two hundred yards in diameter , at the extremity of which another valley begins , descending to ...
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Abbé Amaziah amongst ancient angle appears Arabs Baalbek Banias blocks Book of Kings border built buried called Capernaum Chinnereth cistern city of David close columns constructed cornice Damascus Damascus gate Dead Sea descry direction distance door eastward En-Rogel enclosure entrance face feet flank foot formed fortress fragments gate ground Hazor height Herod hewn Hezekiah hill Holy horses hundred yards inches inscription Jabin Jehoram Jericho Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua kings of Judah Lake of Genesareth lastly magnificent mentioned minutes past Moab monument Mount Gerizim mountain Mussulmen Naplouse ornamented ouad pass passage piscina Pisgah plain pool portion probably remains road rock Roman ruins sepulchral cave Shechem Sichem side situated Solomon spot stone summit Tabarieh Taricheæ temple thousand yards Tiberias tomb tower town tribe tribe of Naphtali unto valley vault verse village wall westward whilst ἐν καὶ
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Page 512 - Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt . And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
Page 547 - And it came to pass, as. the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; and said, Whose daughter art thou?
Page 193 - And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
Page 74 - So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor ; but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 275 - And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. , 2. And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim.
Page 343 - LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them ; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal ; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. 34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
Page 75 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 37 - And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
Page 22 - And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
Page 343 - ... and thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God...