Geography of Palestine; Historical and DescriptiveSunday School Union, 1865 - 251 pages |
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Abraham abundance altar ancient Antiochus appearance Arabia Arabs Augustus Cæsar Bashan beautiful Beersheba Bethel Bethlehem built Cæsarea called Canaan Capernaum Carmel caves Christ Chron cisterns DATE PALM David Dead Sea Dean Stanley death desert Deut dwelt east eastern Egypt employed Esdraelon Euroclydon feet fertile flocks fruit Gerizim Gilead Hebron height hence Hermon Herod hills Holy hundred inhabitants Isaiah Israel Israelites Jericho Jerusalem Jewish Jews Joppa Jordan Josephus Josh Joshua Judah Judea Judges kingdom Kings lake land Lebanon Lord Luke Matt miles Moriah Moses Mount mountains olive Palestine palm Perea Philistines plain pools portion prophet Psalm Ptolemy rain river rock Roman sacred Samaria Saul says scene Scripture Sea of Galilee seasons serpents Shechem side Solomon sometimes southern spot stone summit Syria Tabor temple Tiberias tion towns traveller trees tribes vale Valley of Jehoshaphat viii vine wild xxiii Zion
Popular passages
Page 98 - The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 32 - And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Page 202 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Page 88 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Shar'on, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
Page 45 - And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us ; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us : it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
Page 52 - Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
Page 195 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 199 - Because I have called, and ye refused ; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded ; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof : I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh ; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me...
Page 202 - God is our refuge and strength : a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed : and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea : Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled : though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Page 221 - And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.