Sacred History, in Familiar Dialogues, for the Instruction of Youth: with Maps: To which is Added, The History of the Jews, from the Time of Nehemiah to the Destruction of Jerusalem, Volume 1T. Gardiner, ... W. Button; Sherwood Neely, and Jones; Gale, Curtis, and Fenner; T. Hamilton; and Cradock and Joy, Paternoster-Row; C. Law, ... Williams and Son, ... Darton and Harvey, ... J. Hatchard; and Sharpe and Hales, Piccadilly., 1813 - Bible - 363 pages |
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Page xi
... Onias the high - priest , neglecting to pay the usual tribute , incurs the displeasure of Ptolemy , and endangers the peace of his country . Joseph , nephew of Onias , undertakes to pacify the king . His reception at the court of ...
... Onias the high - priest , neglecting to pay the usual tribute , incurs the displeasure of Ptolemy , and endangers the peace of his country . Joseph , nephew of Onias , undertakes to pacify the king . His reception at the court of ...
Page xii
... Onias the Third , obtains the priest- hood for a sum of money . Onias banished to Antioch . Menelaus , for a larger sum , gets the high - priesthood from his brother Jason , and plunders the temple of its golden vessels . Onias reproves ...
... Onias the Third , obtains the priest- hood for a sum of money . Onias banished to Antioch . Menelaus , for a larger sum , gets the high - priesthood from his brother Jason , and plunders the temple of its golden vessels . Onias reproves ...
Page xiii
... Onias , nephew of Menelaus , retires to Egypt , where he obtains permission of king Ptolemy to build a temple like that at Jerusalem . Demetrius , surnamed Soter , lays claim to the crown of Syria . He causes Antiochus to be put to ...
... Onias , nephew of Menelaus , retires to Egypt , where he obtains permission of king Ptolemy to build a temple like that at Jerusalem . Demetrius , surnamed Soter , lays claim to the crown of Syria . He causes Antiochus to be put to ...
Page 192
... Onias . After his decease , Simon , his son , succeeded him . From his piety towards God , and his affection to his countrymen , he obtained the name of Simon the Just . At his death , he left a son , who was very young , called Onias ...
... Onias . After his decease , Simon , his son , succeeded him . From his piety towards God , and his affection to his countrymen , he obtained the name of Simon the Just . At his death , he left a son , who was very young , called Onias ...
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... Onias , the son of Simon the Just . He was a man of a very different character from his father , and soon shewed , by his conduct , how unworthy he was of the sacred office he filled . By neglecting to pay the usual tribute of twenty ...
... Onias , the son of Simon the Just . He was a man of a very different character from his father , and soon shewed , by his conduct , how unworthy he was of the sacred office he filled . By neglecting to pay the usual tribute of twenty ...
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