The Holy Land: Containing Geographical and Historical Sketches, for Sunday-schools, Bible-classes, and FamiliesTompkins, 1858 - 168 pages |
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Acra added Amorites ancient city Anti-Libanus BALLOU Beersheba behold Beirut Bethel Bible built Cæsarea Cæsarea-Philippi called Canaan Capernaum Carmel CHAPTER Christ conquered David Dead Sea east eastern side Edom Egypt Ekron Esdraelon feet gate Gath Gaza Gerizim Gihon Gilboa Hebron height Hence hill Holy Land hundred Israel Israelites Jehoshaphat Jericho Jerusalem Jesus Jews Joppa Jordan Joshua Judah Judea King Lebanon Libanus Little Hermon Matt Mediterranean Merom modern name Moriah Mount Hermon mountains Nabulus Nazareth north-east northern Old Testament Ophel Palestine Philistines Phoenicia plain of Esdraelon pool pool of Siloam Price $1 Price 50 cents Price 75 promontory region Repeat the passage ridge river ruins Samaria Samaritan Saul scene Scripture Sea of Galilee seen Shechem Shiloh shore Sidon Siloam situated Solomon south-east south-west southern spoken Tabor temple territory Tiberias tion traveller tribes Tyre unto verse village wall western whole width
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Page 65 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings : for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Page 102 - See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Page 52 - And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And He saith unto them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Page 117 - Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4. And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. 5. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Page 31 - And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
Page 59 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Page 76 - Then saith the woman of Samaria unto Him, How is it that Thou, being a Jew, askest drink of Me, which am a woman of Samaria ? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
Page 102 - If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side...
Page 89 - Is not this David the king of the land ? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands ? And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
Page 80 - And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place: and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.