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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... square tower appears , exactly resembling in form , the tower of David . This is , without any doubt , a military construction , dating from the period of the kings of Judah . El - Aazarieh , is unquestionably the Bethany so often ...
... square tower appears , exactly resembling in form , the tower of David . This is , without any doubt , a military construction , dating from the period of the kings of Judah . El - Aazarieh , is unquestionably the Bethany so often ...
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... . The Arabs call it the Deïr - et - Times . As soon as I have taken my notes , we descend again to the road followed by our caravan , which we overtake in a few minutes at the spot where a square AND ROUND THE DEAD SEA . 29.
... . The Arabs call it the Deïr - et - Times . As soon as I have taken my notes , we descend again to the road followed by our caravan , which we overtake in a few minutes at the spot where a square AND ROUND THE DEAD SEA . 29.
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... square ruin stands , measuring about five - and - twenty yards on each side , and called Beit - Djabor . We continue to march eastward , and on the flank of the Ouad- el - Kelt , for at this moment there is not more than seventy yards ...
... square ruin stands , measuring about five - and - twenty yards on each side , and called Beit - Djabor . We continue to march eastward , and on the flank of the Ouad- el - Kelt , for at this moment there is not more than seventy yards ...
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... square tower , in a very dilapidated condition , used as a kind of barrack by a dozen soldiers of Turkish irregular cavalry . These huts constitute Er - Riha - Jericho ! The tower is called the Bordj - er - Riha - the citadel of Jericho ...
... square tower , in a very dilapidated condition , used as a kind of barrack by a dozen soldiers of Turkish irregular cavalry . These huts constitute Er - Riha - Jericho ! The tower is called the Bordj - er - Riha - the citadel of Jericho ...
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... square ruin on our right , surrounded by heaps of rubbish at regular intervals . The entire mass is called Kharbet - el- Moharfer . Robinson , who examined these ruins , sur- mises that they are the remains of the city called Gilgala ...
... square ruin on our right , surrounded by heaps of rubbish at regular intervals . The entire mass is called Kharbet - el- Moharfer . Robinson , who examined these ruins , sur- mises that they are the remains of the city called Gilgala ...
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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...