Esther: The Hebrew-Persian QueenH.H. Bancroft & Company, 1859 - 353 pages |
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... kingdoms , and stimulate them to trade and civilization . No doubt he wished , at the same time that he was thus arousing them , to make them develop the riches of their country , and doubtless , also , he was quite willing , as a ...
... kingdoms , and stimulate them to trade and civilization . No doubt he wished , at the same time that he was thus arousing them , to make them develop the riches of their country , and doubtless , also , he was quite willing , as a ...
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... kingdom , to Isaiah , nothing occurs in sacred history that belongs especially to Persia . Isaiah , however , speaks of the Elamites as a warlike nation , " bearing the quiver , " xxii . 6. And this account agrees exactly with what ...
... kingdom , to Isaiah , nothing occurs in sacred history that belongs especially to Persia . Isaiah , however , speaks of the Elamites as a warlike nation , " bearing the quiver , " xxii . 6. And this account agrees exactly with what ...
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... kingdom of our own day . The Assyrian empire , of which Nine- veh was the chief city , was probably founded by Nimrod . It unquestionably goes back to a very early period after the flood . The area of the Persian dominions in Esther's ...
... kingdom of our own day . The Assyrian empire , of which Nine- veh was the chief city , was probably founded by Nimrod . It unquestionably goes back to a very early period after the flood . The area of the Persian dominions in Esther's ...
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... kingdom . And the proof is complete that Persia was represented at first by a ram . This is seen in ancient coins and from the sculptures on the pillars of Persepolis . Ammianus Marcellinus expressly says that " the King of Persia wore ...
... kingdom . And the proof is complete that Persia was represented at first by a ram . This is seen in ancient coins and from the sculptures on the pillars of Persepolis . Ammianus Marcellinus expressly says that " the King of Persia wore ...
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... kingdom , which was in Shushan the palace , in the third year of his reign , he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants ; the power of Persia and Media , the nobles and princes of the provinces , being before him : when he ...
... kingdom , which was in Shushan the palace , in the third year of his reign , he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants ; the power of Persia and Media , the nobles and princes of the provinces , being before him : when he ...
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