The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians: Translated from the French, Volume 1George Virtue, 1844 |
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affairs Africa afterwards Agathocles ancient Aristomenes arms army Asdrubal Assyrians Athenians Athens authority Babylon battle besieged body called Cambyses carried Carthage Carthaginians cavalry chariots citizens command conquests consul courage Croesus Cyaxares Cyrop Cyrus death defeated Delphos Diod Diodorus Egypt Egyptians empire enemy engaged father favour fleet forces gave give glory gods greatest Grecian Greece Greeks Hamilcar Hannibal Herod Herodotus honour horse hundred inhabitants justice kind king kingdom Lacedæmonians laws liberty Lilybæum Lycurgus magnificence manner Masinissa masters Medes nations Nile obliged observed occasion oracle peace Persians persons Plut Plutarch poets Polyb Polybius prince provinces Ptolemy Punic reader reign river Romans Rome says Scipio Scripture seized senate sent Sicily side siege soldiers Spain Sparta Strabo temple thing thought thousand throne tion took treaty troops victory whole
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Page 13 - Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him ; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the twoleaved gates ; and the gates shall not be shut...
Page 337 - This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Page 346 - Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia...
Page 347 - Who is there among you of all his people? His God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah ; and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, he is the God which is in Jerusalem.
Page 140 - Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said : — " My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Page 11 - By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom ; for I am prudent : and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man...
Page 12 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 43 - And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now, they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
Page 333 - O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; Happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Page 287 - And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing : and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth : and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou...