Conversations on the Bible: Between a Mother and Her ChildrenHarrison Hall, 1837 - 360 pages |
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Page 24
... Babylon afterwards stood , they began to build a city and a tower , whose top should reach the heavens , to perpetuate their name to suc- ceeding generations . But God , who does not always favour the designs of ambitious men , was ...
... Babylon afterwards stood , they began to build a city and a tower , whose top should reach the heavens , to perpetuate their name to suc- ceeding generations . But God , who does not always favour the designs of ambitious men , was ...
Page 25
... Babylon , on the Euphrates . Fanny . What was the primitive language ? Mother . The Hebrew , it is generally supposed . The Chaldee , the Syriac , and the Arabic , have contended for priority ; but the Hebrew has the better claim . The ...
... Babylon , on the Euphrates . Fanny . What was the primitive language ? Mother . The Hebrew , it is generally supposed . The Chaldee , the Syriac , and the Arabic , have contended for priority ; but the Hebrew has the better claim . The ...
Page 69
... Babylonians , Persians , Greeks , and afterwards to the Romans . But the tribeship of Judah did actually remain till Shiloh came , although the other tribes of Israel had been broken and scattered , long before that event . The word ...
... Babylonians , Persians , Greeks , and afterwards to the Romans . But the tribeship of Judah did actually remain till Shiloh came , although the other tribes of Israel had been broken and scattered , long before that event . The word ...
Page 138
... Babylonian manufacture , ―silver and gold , were brought out from his tent , and spread before the judges . His guilt thus manifested and acknowledged by himself , the unhappy Achan , with his sons and his daugh- ters , his cattle and ...
... Babylonian manufacture , ―silver and gold , were brought out from his tent , and spread before the judges . His guilt thus manifested and acknowledged by himself , the unhappy Achan , with his sons and his daugh- ters , his cattle and ...
Page 227
... Babylon ! who raz'd our walls , Who mock'd us in our days of woe ; Our ruin'd state for vengeance calls , And thou , in turn , shalt be laid low ! Mother . Here you see the bard is a captive in Baby- lon , while his native land was in ...
... Babylon ! who raz'd our walls , Who mock'd us in our days of woe ; Our ruin'd state for vengeance calls , And thou , in turn , shalt be laid low ! Mother . Here you see the bard is a captive in Baby- lon , while his native land was in ...
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Aaron Abimelech Abraham afflicted Ahaz altar amongst Amorites army Assyria Babylon Balaam became behold Bible blessing brethren brother brought called Canaan captivity Catherine Charles commanded covenant daughter David death delivered divine earth Egypt Elijah Elisha enemies Esau event Ezra Fanny father favour glory hand hath heart heathens heaven Hebrew holy honour hundred inhabitants Isaac Israel Israelites Jabesh-gilead Jacob Jehoiakim Jehovah Jephthah Jeremiah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jews Joab Jordan Joseph Joshua Judah king king's land Levites lived Lord Medes mercy messenger miracle Moab monarch Mordecai Moses Mother nation Nebuchadnezzar Nineveh offered Pharaoh Philistines pious present priests prince promise prophecy prophet punishment received reign religion royal sacred sacrifice Samaria Samson Saul Scriptures sent servant shalt Shechem Sisera Solomon sons STORY supposed Syria tabernacle temple thee thou thousand throne tion tribes unto whilst whole wife worship Zedekiah