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• Naphtali
  ...25). Naphtali had its portion between the coastland strip of Asher and the upper Jordan. Dan shortly after sent a number from his less desirable position ne
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• Canaan
  ...shon, the Kedron, the Besor, the Sorek, and the stream called the river of Egypt. These, also, will be found described under their respective heads. This co ...e Benefactor. It lay midway between the oldest world kingdoms, on one side Egypt and Ethiopia, on the other Babylon, Assyria, and India; then it had close b
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• Nineveh
  ...ith grand hall and chambers, paneled with slabs sculptured with trees, the upper part of the walls painted in various colors, the winged cherubim carved all ...unassailable by worms; furs and iron from Asia Minor and Armenia" (Ancient Egypt and Assyria, by G. Maspero, page 271). </p> <p> The bas-reliefs, alabaster
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• Caphtor
  ...ine came from Crete"; perhaps many of the Cherethim settlers in Crete from Egypt, when disturbed by [[Minos]] and the Hellenes, withdrew from Crete to Phili ...Cyprus. The correct theory is suggested by inscriptions of Ramses III. of Egypt ( <em> c </em> <em> [Note: circa, about.] </em> . b.c. 1200), who tells of
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• Chronology
  ...hree extant versions of his words." The traditions of Greece, Babylon, and Egypt confirm the Scripture account of the longevity of the patriarchs. [[Sprung] ...becomes a Roman province. In 63Judaea is subjected to Rome. </p> <p> In 30 Egypt becomes a Roman province. </p> <p> 40 Herod is appointed by Rome king of Ju
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• Army
  ...ws, in violation of God's prohibition (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 17:16), looked to Egypt for horses and chariots (&nbsp;Isaiah 31:1; &nbsp;Isaiah 36:9; &nbsp;Psalms ...from the spoil of the Syrians. &nbsp;2 Samuel 8:4 . Solomon, trading with Egypt, &nbsp;1 Kings 10:28,29 , enlarged their number until the force amounted to
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• Sennacherib
  ...ainst Syria and the Jews, in the third year of his reign. [[Crossing]] the upper part of Mount Lebanon, he appears to have conquered [[Tyre]] and all the ci ...Sennacherib reseated Padi on his throne. Sennacherib defeated the kings of Egypt and [[Ethiopia]] at Eltekeh. Sennacherib took 46 of Judah's fenced cities i
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• No-Amon
  ...to Sir H. Rawlinson, Esar-haddon and his son Assur-bani-pal both conquered Egypt, and the latter took Thebes twice. Cambyses, king of Persia, ruthlessly des ...cally the city of temples, in the ruins of which many monuments of ancient Egypt are preserved, The plan of the city was a parallelogram, two miles from nor
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• Hanes
  ...out.] . 660 610) Hnçs was the centre of government for the whole of Upper Egypt. The LXX [Note: Septuagint.] does not recognize the name of the city, and s ...less probably, makes Hanes to be Heracleopolis, W. of the Nile in central Egypt. </p>
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• Serpent
  ...se of by way of ornament to the statues of their gods. Thee chief deity of Egypt is said to have been Vulcan, who was styled Opas; he was the same as Osiris ...serpent as a symbol of life and health, as it having been so worshipped in Egypt. The two views have a point of contact, for the serpent is wisdom. </p> <p>
  76 KB (12,264 words) - 13:59, 14 October 2021
• Vine
  ...ree hundred thousand pounds weight of grape juice, or honey of raisins, to Egypt. </p> <p> In the East, grapes enter very largely into the provisions at an ...thrown into the fire. On the road from Akka to Jerusalem, Robinson saw an upper ledge of rock scooped into a shallow trough, in which the grapes were trodd
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• Archbishop Of Alexandria Athanasius
  .... Basil immediately announced to his own people the sentence pronounced in Egypt; the strong sense of church unity made such a step both regular and natural
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• Benjamin
  ...s brothers before inviting the whole of Jacob’s family to come and live in Egypt (&nbsp;Genesis 44:2; &nbsp;Genesis 44:12; [[Genesis]] 45). </p> <p> '''Aggr ...e in the main between the list given in connection with Jacob's descent to Egypt in Genesis 46, and the list taken by Moses ages afterward in Numbers 26. Be
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• Mary
  ...d with the infant Church after the [[Ascension]] <em> praying </em> in the upper room. </p> <p> (2) <em> Place of the Virgin in the [[Christian]] Church </e ...their adoration. The presentation of Christ in the temple, the flight into Egypt, the slaughter of the innocents, and other events connected with the birth
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• New Testament
  ...ptuagint were smoothed down among Greek speaking Jews of other places than Egypt. The New Testament Greek in oldest manuscripts retains many of the rougher ...ntation]] in the temple. </p> <p> 4 [[Visit]] of the magi. [[Flight]] into Egypt, [[Massacre]] of infants. Death of Herod; </p> <p> [[Archelaus]] made ethna
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• Magic
  ...ve results were produced by magical rites. </p> <p> (Even the magicians of Egypt could imitate the plagues sent through Moses only so long as they had previ ...e believed Balaam's powers to be: "Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:
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• Architecture
  ...cording to Mr. Fergusson, the ground story alone was faced with stone, the upper story being formed upon a system of beams supported by pillars, and enclose ...Hist. of Phoenician </i> , 142), and was probably introduced by them from Egypt. It seems to have been in favor up to the time of Herod and was abandoned a
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• Seba
  ...hebek, or Sabacho or So, founded here an [[Ethiopian]] kingdom which ruled Egypt. '''''Μeru''''' means "an island" in Egyptian; '''''Μeru-Pet''''' is "the ...amed along with <strong> Sheba </strong> in &nbsp; Psalms 72:10 , and with Egypt and Cush in &nbsp; Isaiah 43:8; &nbsp; Isaiah 45:14 . In the latter passage
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• On
  ...Matthew 21 . </p> 3. [[Performing]] or acting by contact with the surface, upper part or outside of anything as, to play on a harp, a violin, or a drum. 4. ...us, was given to the [[Israelites]] to dwell in, when they first went into Egypt; and it was a daughter of a priest of the temple of the sun at this place,
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• Paran
  ...Mecca]] still runs through the Paran desert. Hadad would take that road to Egypt, "taking men with them out of Paran" as guides through the desert. [[Seir]] ...d. A city may be intended in &nbsp; 1 Kings 11:13 , lying between Edom and Egypt, which cannot now be identified. The exiled [[Ishmael]] settled in the ‘
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