Remarkable Characters and Places of the Holy LandJ.B. Burr, 1867 - 617 pages |
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Abimelech Abraham Amorites ancient Apostle appears beautiful believe blessed called Canaan character Christ Christian church command Damascus daughter David dead death disciples divine earth East Egypt Egyptians ephod Esau faith father fearful feet gate Gideon glory gods gospel Greek hand hath Hazor heard heart heaven Hebrew Herod Holy Israel Israelites Jacob Jehovah Jephthah Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews Jonathan Jordan Joseph Josephus Joshua Judah Judea judge king king of Jerusalem land Lebanon lived Lord Mariamne Midianites mighty Moab Moses Mosque Mount mountains Naomi nation patriarchs Pharisees Philistines pilgrims plain priests prophet religion rock Roman Ruth sacred Saladin Samaria Samuel Saul says sent Shechem Sisera Solomon sons soul spirit stones stood strong sword Temple thee thing thou tion told tribes Tyre unto valley voice walls whole wife woman women words worship Zion
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Page 204 - Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Page 64 - I am to be gathered unto my people : bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife ; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife ; and there I buried Leah.
Page 298 - For ye shall go out with joy, And be led forth with peace: The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Page 308 - And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Page 231 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee ; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge ; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God ; where thou diest I will die, and there will I be buried ; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 457 - Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, 'Behold your God!
Page 40 - Now the Lord had said unto Abram, 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.
Page 233 - And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty : why then call . ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
Page 123 - At her feet he bowed he fell, he lay down at her feet he bowed, he fell where he bowed, there he fell down dead...
Page 236 - It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.