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... round farther north , and come upon the mount from the great oak woods which lie between it and Sejera . The southern face of Tabor is limestone rock , nearly naked ; but the northern is clothed to the top with a forest of oak and ...
... round farther north , and come upon the mount from the great oak woods which lie between it and Sejera . The southern face of Tabor is limestone rock , nearly naked ; but the northern is clothed to the top with a forest of oak and ...
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... rounded off at the top ; from the west it is wedge- shaped , rising to a moderate height above the neighbouring hills . Its true figure is an elongated oval , the longitudinal diameter running nearly east and west . The most impres ...
... rounded off at the top ; from the west it is wedge- shaped , rising to a moderate height above the neighbouring hills . Its true figure is an elongated oval , the longitudinal diameter running nearly east and west . The most impres ...
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... round the summit , and the gateway was high up the steep declivity at the north - west angle . In the huge buttresses of this gateway are built fragments of columns , and handsome Corinthian capitals . It was on the wall of this tell ...
... round the summit , and the gateway was high up the steep declivity at the north - west angle . In the huge buttresses of this gateway are built fragments of columns , and handsome Corinthian capitals . It was on the wall of this tell ...
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... round southward to the Jordan ; on the north , Little Hermon swells up like another Tabor ; and to the west and south is the magnificent Esdraelon , surrounded by the mountains of Galilee , the ' excellency of Carmel , ' and the fat ...
... round southward to the Jordan ; on the north , Little Hermon swells up like another Tabor ; and to the west and south is the magnificent Esdraelon , surrounded by the mountains of Galilee , the ' excellency of Carmel , ' and the fat ...
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... round the places where the people are actually fight- ing . They are divided among themselves . For example , one half of Seely — that village on the edge of the plain -is for ' Abd el Hâdy , and the other is for Beit Jerrar ; and you ...
... round the places where the people are actually fight- ing . They are divided among themselves . For example , one half of Seely — that village on the edge of the plain -is for ' Abd el Hâdy , and the other is for Beit Jerrar ; and you ...
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The Land of Promise: Travels in Modern Palestine [From the Land and the Book] William McClure Thomson Aucun aperçu disponible - 2015 |
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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.