 | Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 448 pages
...Achior the Ammonite, when he gave an account of the Hebrews to the Assyrian general Holophernes. 4J This people are descended of the Chaldeans; and they...would not follow the Gods of their fathers, 'which were in the land of Chaldea. This in great measure agrees with that which is said by Joshua, when he... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 528 pages
...speech of Achior, commander of the host of the Ammonites, to Holofernes, general of the Assyrian army. ' This people are descended of the Chaldeans ; and they...would not follow the gods of their fathers, which were in the land of Chaldea. For they left the way of their ancestors, and worshipped the God of heaven,... | |
 | 1824 - 1004 pages
...word come; out of my mouth. 6 This people is of the offspring of the Chaldeans. 7 They dwelt first in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, who were in the land of the Chaldeans. 8 Wherefore forsaking the ceremonies of thcii fathers, which... | |
 | Caroline Maxwell - 1828 - 186 pages
...the mouth of thy servant." D " This people are descended of the Chaldeans,and they sojourned hitherto in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, which were in the land of Chaldea." " For they left the ways of their ancestors, and worshipped the God of... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1834 - 596 pages
...former must have been comprehended within the latter, is to be found in the Book of Judith* : — ' This people are descended of the Chaldeans ; and they...in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the pods of their fathers, which are in C/ialdea. For they left the way of their ancestors and worshipped... | |
 | 1834 - 602 pages
...former must have been comprehended within the latter, is to be found in the Book of Judith* : — ' This people are descended of the Chaldeans ; and they...would not follow the gods of their fathers, which are in Chaidea. For they left the way of their ancestors and worshipped thfe God of Heaven, the God... | |
 | John Kitto - 1841 - 640 pages
...it is, contains some facts not recorded in the Scriptures. At the outset, he says, " This people is descended of the Chaldeans ; and they sojourned heretofore...would not follow the gods of their fathers, which were in the land of Chaldea. For they left the way of their ancestors and worshipped the God of heaven,... | |
 | 1844 - 994 pages
...word come out of my mouth. 6 This people is of the offspring of the Chaldeans. 7 ь They dwelt first in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, who were in the land of the Chaldeans. 8 Wherefore forsaking the ceremonies of their fathers, which... | |
 | George Smith - 1847 - 646 pages
...true God. This opinion derives great support from a passage in the Apocrypha. In Judith we are told, " This people are descended of the Chaldeans : and they...they would not follow the gods of their fathers which were in the land of Chaldea. For they left the way of their ancestors, and worshipped the God of heaven,... | |
 | Gustaf Clemens Hebbe - 1848 - 600 pages
...brief as it is. contains some facts not related in the Pentatench. First, he says, " This people is descended of the Chaldeans, and they sojourned heretofore...would not follow the gods of their fathers, which were in the land of Chaldea. For they left the ways of their ancestors and worshipped the God of heaven,... | |
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For they left the way of their ancestors, and worshipped the God of heaven, the God whom they knew: so they cast them out from the face of their gods, and they fled into Mesopotamia, and sojourned there many days. 
