Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations, Τόμος 2 |
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Σελίδα 92
HARMER , vol . iv . p . 237 . No. 776. - viii . 20. And he said unto Jether his
firstborn , up and slay them . ] In these ages it would be thought barbarous for a
king to command his son to perform an execution , like that mentioned in this
passage ...
HARMER , vol . iv . p . 237 . No. 776. - viii . 20. And he said unto Jether his
firstborn , up and slay them . ] In these ages it would be thought barbarous for a
king to command his son to perform an execution , like that mentioned in this
passage ...
Σελίδα 125
HARMER , vol . i . p . 372 . No. 840 .-- xxvi . 5. And Saul lay in the trench , and the
people pitched round about him . ] An Arab camp is always round when the
disposition of the ground will admit it , the prince being in the middle , and the
Arabs ...
HARMER , vol . i . p . 372 . No. 840 .-- xxvi . 5. And Saul lay in the trench , and the
people pitched round about him . ] An Arab camp is always round when the
disposition of the ground will admit it , the prince being in the middle , and the
Arabs ...
Σελίδα 222
HARMER , vol . i . p . 456 . No. 1030. - xxv . 26. A righteous man falling down
before the wicked is as a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring . ] One method of
rendering streams of water unfit for use to an enemy was , by throwing filth into
them ...
HARMER , vol . i . p . 456 . No. 1030. - xxv . 26. A righteous man falling down
before the wicked is as a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring . ] One method of
rendering streams of water unfit for use to an enemy was , by throwing filth into
them ...
Σελίδα 229
HARMER , on Sol . Song , p . 205 . No. 1044.-ii. 15. Take us the foxes , the little
foxes , that spoil the vines , for our vines have tender grapes . ] Foxes are
observed by many authors to be fond of grapes , and to make great havoc in
vineyards .
HARMER , on Sol . Song , p . 205 . No. 1044.-ii. 15. Take us the foxes , the little
foxes , that spoil the vines , for our vines have tender grapes . ] Foxes are
observed by many authors to be fond of grapes , and to make great havoc in
vineyards .
Σελίδα 260
HARMER , vol . ii . p . 452 . No. 1104. - xliv . 17. To pour out drink - offerings . ]
When the ancient idolaters made their libations , they usually filled the cup
entirely full , and crowned it with flowers . Servius on the first book of the Æneid
says ...
HARMER , vol . ii . p . 452 . No. 1104. - xliv . 17. To pour out drink - offerings . ]
When the ancient idolaters made their libations , they usually filled the cup
entirely full , and crowned it with flowers . Servius on the first book of the Æneid
says ...
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Δεν εντοπίσαμε κριτικές στις συνήθεις τοποθεσίες.
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Σελίδα 211 - For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red ; it is full of mixture ; and he poureth out of the same : but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
Σελίδα 389 - And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
Σελίδα 118 - And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
Σελίδα 250 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Σελίδα 390 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Σελίδα 8 - And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Σελίδα 143 - And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem, Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
Σελίδα 139 - Now Absalom in his life-time had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale : for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance : and he called the pillar after his own name, and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.
Σελίδα 329 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Σελίδα 11 - And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; and said, Whose daughter art thou?