The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians: Translated from the French, Volume 3Nafis, 1845 - History, Ancient |
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Achæans affairs afterwards Agis Alexander Alexander's ambassadors Antigonus Antiochus Antipater Aratus arms Arrian arrived Asia Athenians Athens attack Babylon battle besieged body carried Cassander caused cavalry chariot Cleomenes commanded conquered conqueror conquests courage Craterus crown danger Darius death declared defeated Demetrius Demetrius Phalereus Demosthenes Diod dominions Egypt empire employed endeavoured enemy engaged Etolians Eumenes expedition father favour fleet forces formed gave glory gold greatest Greece Greeks honour horse hundred inhabitants Justin king kingdom Lacedæmonians liberty Lysimachus Macedon Macedonians manner marched master monarch obliged occasion Ochus orator Parmenio passed peace Peloponnesus Perdiccas Persians person phalanx Philip Phocion Phoenicia Plut Plutarch Polyb Polybius possessed prince provinces Ptolemy Pyrrhus reign rendered Rhodians river Romans seized Seleucus sensible sent side siege soldiers soon Sparta Syria temple Thebans things thought thousand foot throne took treaty troops Tyre utmost victory whole army
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Page 208 - This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Page 297 - And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns; and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him : and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand Therefore the he-goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken ; and for it came up four notable ones, toward the four winds of heaven.
Page 297 - The ram which thou sawest having two horns, are the kings of Media and Persia. And the rough goat is the king of Grecia : and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Page 186 - Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him ; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the twoleaved gates ; and the gates shall not be shut...
Page 126 - Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold there stood before the river a ram, which had two horns ; and the two horns were high ; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
Page 355 - And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm...
Page 120 - The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, "to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
Page 351 - And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
Page 350 - Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. "And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
Page 350 - And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.