Narrative of a Journey Round the Dead Sea, and in the Bible Lands, in 1850 and 1851, Zväzok 1R. Bentley, 1853 - 604 strán (strany) |
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Strana 12
... walls , originally faced with freestone , have disappeared , carried off very likely by those who have built the modern houses of Beyrout . To them these ruins were an available quarry close at hand ; and Turks would have considered it ...
... walls , originally faced with freestone , have disappeared , carried off very likely by those who have built the modern houses of Beyrout . To them these ruins were an available quarry close at hand ; and Turks would have considered it ...
Strana 13
... walls close in towards each other at an angle , the head of which , were it not rounded off , would be in the axis of the room . Outwardly the wall is strengthened by a foundation of solid masonry , and of such superior quality that it ...
... walls close in towards each other at an angle , the head of which , were it not rounded off , would be in the axis of the room . Outwardly the wall is strengthened by a foundation of solid masonry , and of such superior quality that it ...
Strana 15
... walls of cactus , or prickly pear . I confess we were exceedingly anxious to avoid any encounter with this Syrian substitute for a green bush , for nothing is more disagreeable than the pricking of the thousand needles with which the ...
... walls of cactus , or prickly pear . I confess we were exceedingly anxious to avoid any encounter with this Syrian substitute for a green bush , for nothing is more disagreeable than the pricking of the thousand needles with which the ...
Strana 24
... wall , is a small shed , open to the wind on three sides ; this is our dining and writing - room . Though the wind is high , and nearly blows out our candles , we persist obstinately in taking notes , and retouching our drawings with ...
... wall , is a small shed , open to the wind on three sides ; this is our dining and writing - room . Though the wind is high , and nearly blows out our candles , we persist obstinately in taking notes , and retouching our drawings with ...
Strana 30
... walls , through which there seems to be no passage . But lo ! we turn to the right , and then to the left , I do not know how often , threading in Indian file through lanes covered over by thick vaults , which scem to open now and then ...
... walls , through which there seems to be no passage . But lo ! we turn to the right , and then to the left , I do not know how often , threading in Indian file through lanes covered over by thick vaults , which scem to open now and then ...
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Abou-Daouk amongst ancient appears Arabs Areopolis Arnon arrive ascend avenue of stones Bedouins Beni-Sakhars Beyrout called cistern cross Dead Sea direction eminence En-gedi encampment Essenians Eusebius fifty yards flank foot formed fragments ground halt Hamdan Hebron hill hillocks horses hour Itinerary Jerusalem Josephus Judah Karak King land of Moab leave look Luhith Masada Matteo Medeba mentioned Midjielly miles minutes past eight minutes past eleven minutes past nine minutes past twelve Moab Moabites Mohammed moukris mountain night o'clock ouad ourselves pass passage Pentapolis Peutinger's Table piastres plain ravine reach Reland resume our march Rhôr road rocks Roman ruins salt Saydah scarcely Scheikh Scylax Sebbeh shore side situated Sodom soon spot Strabo summit tents thousand yards torrent tower town tribe tribe of Judah turn valley village walls whilst wind Zeboiim Ziph Zoar πόλις
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Strana 458 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Strana 564 - And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre : the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
Strana 466 - Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot ; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded , but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
Strana 484 - And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life ; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain ; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Strana 463 - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Strana 565 - And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
Strana 464 - And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: 24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land?
Strana 436 - From thence they removed and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
Strana 557 - See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you : and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
Strana 105 - And the battle went sore against Saul and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, "Draw thy sword and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and abuse me.