Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures: In Three Parts. I. From the Geography of the East. II. From the Natural History of the East. III From the Customs of Ancient and Modern Nations, Volume 2David Hogan, 1822 |
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... prince of Grecian poets so frequently calls him the high - soaring eagle ; and the ancient heathens , when they saw him cleaving the clouds with his expanded pinions , in his descent to the lower regions of the air , considered him as ...
... prince of Grecian poets so frequently calls him the high - soaring eagle ; and the ancient heathens , when they saw him cleaving the clouds with his expanded pinions , in his descent to the lower regions of the air , considered him as ...
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... princes of the earth , by whose murderous expeditions the fair- est regions are depopulated . The king of Babylon , the greatest potentate of those times , is fitly represent- ed in the parable of the two eagles and the vine , by " a ...
... princes of the earth , by whose murderous expeditions the fair- est regions are depopulated . The king of Babylon , the greatest potentate of those times , is fitly represent- ed in the parable of the two eagles and the vine , by " a ...
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... prince of Midian , who invaded the land of Israel , at the head of an immense army , in the days of Gideon ; for the word Oreb signifies a raven . It seems to have been a very common , and a very ancient custom in the east , even among ...
... prince of Midian , who invaded the land of Israel , at the head of an immense army , in the days of Gideon ; for the word Oreb signifies a raven . It seems to have been a very common , and a very ancient custom in the east , even among ...
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... prince , and one of the confederate kings who invaded the vale of Sodom , whom Abraham surprised on their retreat , and completely defeated . Bochart also doubts the truth of the story told by some writers , respecting the figure of a ...
... prince , and one of the confederate kings who invaded the vale of Sodom , whom Abraham surprised on their retreat , and completely defeated . Bochart also doubts the truth of the story told by some writers , respecting the figure of a ...
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... princes ; they concluded alliances with the kings in whose territories they tended their flocks ; they made peace or war with the surrounding states ; and , in fine , they wanted nothing of sovereign authority but the name . Unfettered ...
... princes ; they concluded alliances with the kings in whose territories they tended their flocks ; they made peace or war with the surrounding states ; and , in fine , they wanted nothing of sovereign authority but the name . Unfettered ...
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