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... command . He built the city of Ecbat'- ana , which he fortified with seven concentric circles of stone , the innermost being gilded so that its battlements shone like gold . Here Deioces estab- lished a severely ceremonious etiquette ...
... command . He built the city of Ecbat'- ana , which he fortified with seven concentric circles of stone , the innermost being gilded so that its battlements shone like gold . Here Deioces estab- lished a severely ceremonious etiquette ...
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... command in the special emergencies at which they arose . The " Judge usually appeared at some time of danger or calamity , when the people . would gladly welcome any deliverer ; and his power , once conferred , lasted during his life ...
... command in the special emergencies at which they arose . The " Judge usually appeared at some time of danger or calamity , when the people . would gladly welcome any deliverer ; and his power , once conferred , lasted during his life ...
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... command , and anointed by Samuel , their aged prophet and judge . 82. He found the country in nearly the same condition in which Joshua had left it . The people were farmers and shepherds ; none were wealthy ; even the king had " no ...
... command , and anointed by Samuel , their aged prophet and judge . 82. He found the country in nearly the same condition in which Joshua had left it . The people were farmers and shepherds ; none were wealthy ; even the king had " no ...
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... command . The Suf- fetes were elected only from certain families , and probably for life . 198. Next came the Council of several hundreds of citizens , from which committees of five were chosen to administer the various departments of ...
... command . The Suf- fetes were elected only from certain families , and probably for life . 198. Next came the Council of several hundreds of citizens , from which committees of five were chosen to administer the various departments of ...
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... command of a sallying party which was to repulse an attack of the Persians . Darius had been advised to send to the Semi'ramis Gate a body of those troops whom he could best spare : a thousand of them were cut to pieces . In a second ...
... command of a sallying party which was to repulse an attack of the Persians . Darius had been advised to send to the Semi'ramis Gate a body of those troops whom he could best spare : a thousand of them were cut to pieces . In a second ...
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Page 27 - And at the end of the days, I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation.
Page 27 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 27 - ... with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 27 - And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing : and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth : and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou...
Page 27 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 27 - Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abasa.
Page 44 - The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, "Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
Page 187 - King Artaxerxes thinks it just that the cities in Asia and the islands of Clazomenae and Cyprus should belong to him. He also thinks it just to leave all the other Grecian cities, both small and great, independent, — except Lemnos, Imbros, and Scyros, which are to belong to Athens, as of old.
Page 40 - 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.
Page 87 - Says Darius the king : — There was not a man, neither Persian, nor Median, nor any one of our family, who would dispossess of the empire that Gomates the Magian.