A Dictionary of the Holy Bible: For General Use in the Study of the Scriptures ; with Engravings, Maps, and Tables |
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Abraham Acts afterwards Ahaz Ahimelech Ahitub altar Amorites Amos ancient apostles appears Arabia Arabs Assyria Babylon Bible called Canaan captivity Christ Christian church David Dead sea death denotes desert Deut divine east Edom Egypt Egyptian epistle Euphrates Ezek Ezra faith father feet Galilee gospel Greek heaven Hebrew Hebrew word Herod high-priest Holy idol idolatry Israel Israelites Jehovah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews John Jordan Josh Judea Judg king of Judah land Levites Lord Luke Mark Matt ment mentioned miles Moab Moses mount mountains Nebuchadnezzar Palestine Paul Philistines plain priests probably prophet Prov psalms Rehoboam reign river Romans Rome ruins sacred sacrifices Samaria Saul Saviour Scripture sea of Galilee Shechem signifies Solomon sometimes Spirit stone supposed Syria tabernacle temple tion town tree tribe valley worship
Popular passages
Page 94 - And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. There remained not so much as one of them. But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Page 142 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Page 142 - And they shall go forth and look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me; for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched, and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Page 241 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Page 153 - And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim : and they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger. And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
Page 71 - And he said unto me, Depart : for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. 22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth : for it is not fit that he should live.
Page 367 - The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come ; And unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 104 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Page 128 - They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
Page 239 - And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.