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A Descriptive Geography and Brief Historical Sketch of Palestine, Tr. by I ... Joseph Schwarz,Isaac Leeser No preview available - 2015 |
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Abraim Akko ancient appears Arabah Arabs Arabs call Astori Bedouins belonged Benjamin Bereshith Rabbah Beth Beth-Djibrin Beth-El Beth-Horon Beth-Shean Cæsarea chap Chinnereth Chron Dead Sea Deut district Djebl doubt Egypt Eleutheropolis English miles English miles northwest English miles south English miles west Ephraim Eusebius extended farther Galilee Gate Gazza Gilead grave Hauran Hebrew Hebron Holy ibid identical inhabitants Jaffa Jerusalem Jewish Jews Jezreel Jonathan Jordan Josephus journey Judah Kedesh Kefar Kings Kirjath-Jearim Lake Chinnereth land Lebanon Mahomedans Megillah Menasseh mentioned Midrash miles east miles north miles northeast modern village mountains Naphtali northern Pacha Palestine passage plain present probably the village Rabbethi Rabbi Ramah Rashi Red Sea river ruins Saadiah Sanhedrin says Shechem Sheich Siloah situated southeast spring Synagogue Talmud temple mount Tiberias Tosephtah town tribe valley vicinity Wady wall whence wherefore Yerushalmi Zafed Zebulun Zidon Zion Zippori
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Page 17 - In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, " Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates...
Page 165 - And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria ; and the dogs licked up his blood ; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the Lord which he spake.
Page 28 - And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
Page 467 - But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Page 96 - And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron ; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim : 10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah...
Page 17 - From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
Page 249 - The second wall took its beginning from that gate which they called Gennaih, which belonged to the first wall ; it only encompassed the northern quarter of the city and reached as far as the tower Antonia.
Page 323 - ... a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and...
Page 439 - If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial ; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he. For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
Page 249 - The beginning of the third wall was at the tower Hippicus, whence it reached as far as the north quarter of the city and the tower Psephinus, and then was so far extended till it came over against the monuments of Helena, which Helena was queen of Adiabene, the. daughter of Izates ; it then extended farther to a great length, and passed by the sepulchral caverns of the kings...