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... ride to Sulam , whither our tents have preceded us . There is no path but the one we came up , for on the south and east the declivity is too precipitous for roads . I once attempted to find my way down toward Khan et Tejjar , but did ...
... ride to Sulam , whither our tents have preceded us . There is no path but the one we came up , for on the south and east the declivity is too precipitous for roads . I once attempted to find my way down toward Khan et Tejjar , but did ...
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... ride from the foot of Tabor to Nain , and the path lies near the watershed between the Sherrar and the Kishon . The soil is deep and fertile . It is along this road to ' Ain dûr , as the home of Saul's far - famed witch is now called ...
... ride from the foot of Tabor to Nain , and the path lies near the watershed between the Sherrar and the Kishon . The soil is deep and fertile . It is along this road to ' Ain dûr , as the home of Saul's far - famed witch is now called ...
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... ride that dark night , for the Philistines were encamped in this very village of Shunem , directly between Gilboa and Endor . He probably kept to the east of Jezreel , crossed the valley below ' Ain Jalûd , and thence over the shoulder ...
... ride that dark night , for the Philistines were encamped in this very village of Shunem , directly between Gilboa and Endor . He probably kept to the east of Jezreel , crossed the valley below ' Ain Jalûd , and thence over the shoulder ...
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... ride and the time . But the ghor is said to be swarming with wild Bedawîn from beyond Jordan , and therefore we must abandon the idea of going into it . Since our friends the Arabs will not allow us that plea- sure , the next best thing ...
... ride and the time . But the ghor is said to be swarming with wild Bedawîn from beyond Jordan , and therefore we must abandon the idea of going into it . Since our friends the Arabs will not allow us that plea- sure , the next best thing ...
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... ride over this uninhabited plain . I have travelled the route from Jenîn to Samaria many times , but it is almost always disturbed by just such quarrels as the present . On leav- ing Jenîn , the road follows the Wady Bel'amy for.
... ride over this uninhabited plain . I have travelled the route from Jenîn to Samaria many times , but it is almost always disturbed by just such quarrels as the present . On leav- ing Jenîn , the road follows the Wady Bel'amy for.
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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.