The Geography of Bible LandsAbingdon Press, 1921 - 242 páginas |
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... Mohammedans and once an important city . It is surrounded by a wall seven to nine miles in circumference . Within this inclosure are rice fields , date groves , and gardens intersected by canals , as well as the homes and business ...
... Mohammedans and once an important city . It is surrounded by a wall seven to nine miles in circumference . Within this inclosure are rice fields , date groves , and gardens intersected by canals , as well as the homes and business ...
Página 72
... the Tigris from Mosul , and 500 miles from the mouth of the river . It is the most important city in Mesopotamia . Its history does not go back to Bible times . It was founded by the Mohammedans about one 72 THE GEOGRAPHY OF BIBLE LANDS.
... the Tigris from Mosul , and 500 miles from the mouth of the river . It is the most important city in Mesopotamia . Its history does not go back to Bible times . It was founded by the Mohammedans about one 72 THE GEOGRAPHY OF BIBLE LANDS.
Página 73
Rena L. Crosby. times . It was founded by the Mohammedans about one hun- dred years after Mohammed's death , or A. D. 762. This city became famous for its learning , and supported a great univer- sity and library . Its inhabitants ...
Rena L. Crosby. times . It was founded by the Mohammedans about one hun- dred years after Mohammed's death , or A. D. 762. This city became famous for its learning , and supported a great univer- sity and library . Its inhabitants ...
Página 85
... Mohammedans , Druses , Greeks , Protestants , Maronites , Roman Catholics , and Jews , besides Yezidis , who practice a form of idol worship. A SYRIAN CARAVAN LED BY A SEVEN - YEAR - OLD BOY BEDOUIN LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS , EAST OF THE ...
... Mohammedans , Druses , Greeks , Protestants , Maronites , Roman Catholics , and Jews , besides Yezidis , who practice a form of idol worship. A SYRIAN CARAVAN LED BY A SEVEN - YEAR - OLD BOY BEDOUIN LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS , EAST OF THE ...
Página 86
... tax from the country annually . 1 Since the tenth century , when the Mohammedans captured Acre. BEDOUIN LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS , EAST OF THE DEAD SEA , PALESTINE CEDARS OF LEBANON , SYRIA. 86 THE GEOGRAPHY OF BIBLE LANDS.
... tax from the country annually . 1 Since the tenth century , when the Mohammedans captured Acre. BEDOUIN LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS , EAST OF THE DEAD SEA , PALESTINE CEDARS OF LEBANON , SYRIA. 86 THE GEOGRAPHY OF BIBLE LANDS.
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Página 101 - Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee. And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing : And I will bless them that bless thee : and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Página 101 - And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran ; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan ; and into the land of Canaan they came.
Página 64 - Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.
Página 84 - And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
Página 157 - And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones : there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
Página 117 - And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
Página 64 - 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.
Página 29 - By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Página 120 - Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
Página 84 - And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you : and my people shall never be ashamed.