Underground Jerusalem: An Account of Some of the Principal Difficulties Encountered in Its Exploration and the Results Obtained. With a Narrative of an Expedition Through the Jordan Valley and a Visit to the Samaritans

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R. Bentley and son, 1876 - Eretz Israel - 559 pages
 

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Page 266 - In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea; then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan, and were baptised of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
Page 250 - And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand : and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art
Page 452 - I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee ; though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee ; but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. Again
Page 522 - and likewise also all such as serve to the contrary ; but what is the use of either sort, the »potter himself is the judge." " And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it
Page 226 - thereof; and thus shall ye eat it : with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand ; and ye shall eat it in haste, it is the Lord's Passover.
Page 491 - Let us go forth into the field ; let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards ; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear."
Page 342 - and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the
Page 452 - Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth ; they shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them ; they shall
Page 255 - For the Lord hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad ; ye have no part in the Lord : so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the Lord. Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice.
Page 341 - and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city, and they did help him. So there were gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the

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