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... built , climbing up the steep mountain back of it , is very much now what it was then . To this fountain the young Jesus came for water , just as these fine healthy children now do with their ' pitchers . ' Shut in on all sides by ...
... built , climbing up the steep mountain back of it , is very much now what it was then . To this fountain the young Jesus came for water , just as these fine healthy children now do with their ' pitchers . ' Shut in on all sides by ...
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... built ; and this , if one could place confidence in the tradition , would relieve the difficulty as to distance . I rather suspect , however , that the bold cliff which overhangs the Esdraelon was selected because of its striking ...
... built ; and this , if one could place confidence in the tradition , would relieve the difficulty as to distance . I rather suspect , however , that the bold cliff which overhangs the Esdraelon was selected because of its striking ...
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... built , with an enormous chasm , washed out of the surrounding bluffs by fountains which run out from the crumbling banks . This region was thickly inhabited until quite recently . And in little more than a mile from Hadathy is ' Aolam ...
... built , with an enormous chasm , washed out of the surrounding bluffs by fountains which run out from the crumbling banks . This region was thickly inhabited until quite recently . And in little more than a mile from Hadathy is ' Aolam ...
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... built around the entrance to these caverns . Observe , too , that the cattle are stalled in them along with their owners ; and so it was in the time of Saul . The ' witch ' doubtless occupied one of these caves , and in its dark ...
... built around the entrance to these caverns . Observe , too , that the cattle are stalled in them along with their owners ; and so it was in the time of Saul . The ' witch ' doubtless occupied one of these caves , and in its dark ...
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... built , and ready to tumble down upon their in- habitants . These are as sinister a looking gang as can be found , and are in fact as great robbers as the Bedawîn 12 Sam . i . 17-27 . BEISAN . 29 themselves . The ancient city consisted ...
... built , and ready to tumble down upon their in- habitants . These are as sinister a looking gang as can be found , and are in fact as great robbers as the Bedawîn 12 Sam . i . 17-27 . BEISAN . 29 themselves . The ancient city consisted ...
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Page 195 - And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them : and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Page 27 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings : for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Page 149 - And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants : and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Page 202 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Page 218 - Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Page 27 - THE beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon : lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 104 - Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth ; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
Page 162 - How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Page 55 - And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 56 - And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.