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... certainly regretted that my early faith in this site had been disturbed by prying critics ; and after reading all that they have advanced against the current tradition , I am not fully convinced . But however we may dispose of this ...
... certainly regretted that my early faith in this site had been disturbed by prying critics ; and after reading all that they have advanced against the current tradition , I am not fully convinced . But however we may dispose of this ...
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... certainly repeat my visits whenever I pass this way . It is from Tabor that one gets the best general view of central Palestine , and especially of the rise and direction of the different water- courses by which the great plain of ...
... certainly repeat my visits whenever I pass this way . It is from Tabor that one gets the best general view of central Palestine , and especially of the rise and direction of the different water- courses by which the great plain of ...
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... - quainted with him and his ways . This is certainly possible ; and it is certain that , in his early pastoral life , David was familiar with the bear as 1 Ps . x . 10 . Iwell as the lion . Both these have disappeared from.
... - quainted with him and his ways . This is certainly possible ; and it is certain that , in his early pastoral life , David was familiar with the bear as 1 Ps . x . 10 . Iwell as the lion . Both these have disappeared from.
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... and rocky hill has brought us . 6 There is certainly nothing royal about it now except its position . That , however , is very fine . East of it rises 1 2 Kings iv . 38-41 . C the high mountain called Jebel Jalûd , and also Jebel.
... and rocky hill has brought us . 6 There is certainly nothing royal about it now except its position . That , however , is very fine . East of it rises 1 2 Kings iv . 38-41 . C the high mountain called Jebel Jalûd , and also Jebel.
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... Certainly it would ; but the people are fighting with one another all along that line , and it would not be safe . We shall have a good view of these places and of many others by the longer route , and there are no antiquities at any of ...
... Certainly it would ; but the people are fighting with one another all along that line , and it would not be safe . We shall have a good view of these places and of many others by the longer route , and there are no antiquities at any of ...
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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.