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... descends in winter from these oak - clad hills north and west of Tabor , and enters the plain between Ksalis and ... descend along the base of Tabor into Wady Sherrar , and thence into the Jordan . And this it actually does , as I ...
... descends in winter from these oak - clad hills north and west of Tabor , and enters the plain between Ksalis and ... descend along the base of Tabor into Wady Sherrar , and thence into the Jordan . And this it actually does , as I ...
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... Descend- ing to more ordinary matters , these fairs are great places for gossip and scandal . Friends meet friends ... descends from the north , past a village of the same name . Half an hour farther is M'ather , with hovels nearly ...
... Descend- ing to more ordinary matters , these fairs are great places for gossip and scandal . Friends meet friends ... descends from the north , past a village of the same name . Half an hour farther is M'ather , with hovels nearly ...
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... descended to Bethshan , and there fastened the body of Saul to the wall of the city . Sad , sad day to Israel , and doubly sad to David . ' O Jonathan ! thou wast slain in thine high places . I am distressed for thee , my brother ...
... descended to Bethshan , and there fastened the body of Saul to the wall of the city . Sad , sad day to Israel , and doubly sad to David . ' O Jonathan ! thou wast slain in thine high places . I am distressed for thee , my brother ...
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... descends rapidly toward the present village . The number of columns , whole or broken , along this line is nearly one hundred , and many others lie scattered about on lower terraces . They are of various sizes , and quite irregularly ...
... descends rapidly toward the present village . The number of columns , whole or broken , along this line is nearly one hundred , and many others lie scattered about on lower terraces . They are of various sizes , and quite irregularly ...
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... descend toward the south - west ; and the village to which we are coming is called Dalia er Rohah , to distinguish it from another of the same name on the top of Carmel , settled by Druses from Lebanon . This is a singular brook which ...
... descend toward the south - west ; and the village to which we are coming is called Dalia er Rohah , to distinguish it from another of the same name on the top of Carmel , settled by Druses from Lebanon . This is a singular brook which ...
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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.