The works of Flavius Josephus. To which are added, 3 dissertations. Tr. by W. Whiston, Volume 21814 |
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... tribe of Judah : and after this manner it was that the king ordered these affairs . 2. About the same time the Moabites and Ammonites made an expedition against Jehoshaphat , and took with them a great body of Arabians , and pitched ...
... tribe of Judah : and after this manner it was that the king ordered these affairs . 2. About the same time the Moabites and Ammonites made an expedition against Jehoshaphat , and took with them a great body of Arabians , and pitched ...
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... tribe of " Judah , and the citizens of Jerusalem , to leave the holy " worship of their own God , and to worship idols , as Ahab This epistle , in some copies of Josephus , is said to come to Joram from Elijah , with this addition , for ...
... tribe of " Judah , and the citizens of Jerusalem , to leave the holy " worship of their own God , and to worship idols , as Ahab This epistle , in some copies of Josephus , is said to come to Joram from Elijah , with this addition , for ...
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... Judah ] was dead , Amaziah succeeds him in the kingdom . § 1 . Now ow Hazael , king of Syria fought against the ... tribe of ] Manassites ; as also Gilead and Bashan , burning and spoiling , and offering violence to all that he laid his ...
... Judah ] was dead , Amaziah succeeds him in the kingdom . § 1 . Now ow Hazael , king of Syria fought against the ... tribe of ] Manassites ; as also Gilead and Bashan , burning and spoiling , and offering violence to all that he laid his ...
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... tribe of Judah . This Joash then took the kingdom of Is- rael in Samaria , for he had the same name with the king of Jerusalem , and he retained the kingdom sixteen years . He was a good man , and in his disposition was not at all like ...
... tribe of Judah . This Joash then took the kingdom of Is- rael in Samaria , for he had the same name with the king of Jerusalem , and he retained the kingdom sixteen years . He was a good man , and in his disposition was not at all like ...
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... tribe of Judah in Jerusalem . His mother's name was Jehoaddan , who was born at Jerusalem . He was exceeding careful of doing what was right , and this when he was very young ; but when he came to the manage- ment of affairs , and to ...
... tribe of Judah in Jerusalem . His mother's name was Jehoaddan , who was born at Jerusalem . He was exceeding careful of doing what was right , and this when he was very young ; but when he came to the manage- ment of affairs , and to ...
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Page 88 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure: Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 88 - This was foretold by Isaiah one hundred and forty years before the temple was demolished. Accordingly, when Cyrus read this, and admired the Divine power, an earnest desire and ambition seized upon him to...
Page 378 - ... down into the valley by a great number of steps, and thence up again by the ascent; for the city lay over against the temple in the manner of a theatre, and was encompassed with a deep valley along the entire south quarter...
Page 372 - Panium. This is a very fine cave in a mountain, under which there is a great cavity in the earth, and the cavern is abrupt, and prodigiously deep, and full of a still water ; over it hangs a vast mountain; and under the caverns arise the springs of the river Jordan. Herod adorned this place, which was already a very remarkable one, still further by the erection of this temple, which he dedicated to Caesar.
Page 49 - And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
Page 214 - And for the Sadducees, they take away fate, and say there is no such thing, and that the events of human affairs are not at its disposal; but they suppose that all our actions are in our own power, so that we are ourselves the causes of what is good, and receive what is evil from our own folly.
Page 77 - Daniel did also declare the meaning of the stone to the king ; but I do not think proper to relate it, since I have only undertaken to describe things past or things present, but not things that are future ; yet if any one be so very desirous of knowing truth, as not to...
Page 132 - ... who, when I was considering with myself how I might obtain the dominion of Asia, exhorted me to make no delay, but boldly to pass over the sea thither, for that he would conduct my army, and would give me the dominion over the Persians ; whence it is, that having seen no other in that habit, and now seeing this person in it, and remembering that vision, and the exhortation which I had in my dream, I believe that I bring this army under the divine conduct, and shall therewith conquer Darius, and...