Observations in the East: Chiefly in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor, Volume 1Harper & brothers, 1845 - Middle East |
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... Pool of Gihon . - Lower Pool . - Hill of Offence CHAPTER XXIV . JERUSALEM . - WALK II . 226 TO THE TOMBS OF THE JUDGES , AND DOWN THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT . Great Plains Northwest of the City . - Tombs of the Judges . - Why so call- ed ...
... Pool of Gihon . - Lower Pool . - Hill of Offence CHAPTER XXIV . JERUSALEM . - WALK II . 226 TO THE TOMBS OF THE JUDGES , AND DOWN THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT . Great Plains Northwest of the City . - Tombs of the Judges . - Why so call- ed ...
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... Pool . - The Lower Pool . - Valley of Hinnom -Tophet . - Idolatry of the Jewish Kings . - Well of Nehemiah . - En - Rogel . -Ancient Mulberry - tree . - Ophel . - Pool and Fountain of Siloam . - Sub- terranean Channel . - Fountain of ...
... Pool . - The Lower Pool . - Valley of Hinnom -Tophet . - Idolatry of the Jewish Kings . - Well of Nehemiah . - En - Rogel . -Ancient Mulberry - tree . - Ophel . - Pool and Fountain of Siloam . - Sub- terranean Channel . - Fountain of ...
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... pools are dug , which are filled by the overflow of the river , and from them the grounds are irrigated by means of the wheel and buckets , or by rude pole - levers like the well - sweeps still in use in some parts of the United States ...
... pools are dug , which are filled by the overflow of the river , and from them the grounds are irrigated by means of the wheel and buckets , or by rude pole - levers like the well - sweeps still in use in some parts of the United States ...
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... pools over which they had been erected . The cisterns were all in a decayed condition , and the canals , by which they had been fed , were choked up . In consequence of this general decline of agriculture , the desert is encroaching ...
... pools over which they had been erected . The cisterns were all in a decayed condition , and the canals , by which they had been fed , were choked up . In consequence of this general decline of agriculture , the desert is encroaching ...
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... pools , which appear to be scooped out in the dark , hard earth de- posited from the water itself , and which , in the course of three or four thousand years , has acquired consider- able elevation , so that the waters are above the ...
... pools , which appear to be scooped out in the dark , hard earth de- posited from the water itself , and which , in the course of three or four thousand years , has acquired consider- able elevation , so that the waters are above the ...
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Page 319 - Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, and caused me to pass by them round about: and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live?
Page 320 - Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
Page 261 - Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter ; for they shall bury in tophet till there be no place.
Page 320 - Thus saith the Lord GOD ; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land...
Page 102 - For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
Page 314 - And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; to it shall the Gentiles seek : and his rest shall be glorious.
Page 166 - Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor: and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son : and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.
Page 113 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 316 - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations : and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Page 245 - AND when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them ; and straightway he will send them.