Babylon Destroyed: Or, The History of the Empire of Assyria;.W. Oliphant, 1827 - 303 pages |
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... immense physical strength which Assy- ria could bring into the field , must have , been a power possessed of infinite resources , and of in- vincible courage and endurance . And even when mighty Babylon did yield to the prowess and ge ...
... immense physical strength which Assy- ria could bring into the field , must have , been a power possessed of infinite resources , and of in- vincible courage and endurance . And even when mighty Babylon did yield to the prowess and ge ...
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... immense morass , and its waters do not again concentrate , till they arrive within twenty miles of Samavat . † In the modern division of the Persian Empire , the greatest part of Assyria Proper , and the whole of Babylonia , are ...
... immense morass , and its waters do not again concentrate , till they arrive within twenty miles of Samavat . † In the modern division of the Persian Empire , the greatest part of Assyria Proper , and the whole of Babylonia , are ...
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... immense under- taking , he resumed his expedition against the Bactrians . His army is said to have consisted of seventeen hundred thousand foot , two hundred thousand horse , and about sixteen thousand cha- riots armed with scythes ...
... immense under- taking , he resumed his expedition against the Bactrians . His army is said to have consisted of seventeen hundred thousand foot , two hundred thousand horse , and about sixteen thousand cha- riots armed with scythes ...
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... immense trea sures . The history of this lady , who was a native of -Ascalon in Syria , is evidently so fabulous , that it appears unnecessary to relate it . * . The king having become enamoured of her , and finding her husband stood in ...
... immense trea sures . The history of this lady , who was a native of -Ascalon in Syria , is evidently so fabulous , that it appears unnecessary to relate it . * . The king having become enamoured of her , and finding her husband stood in ...
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... immense wall which surrounded the whole . * The floors of the terraces were laid with broad flat stones , covered with a layer of reeds mixed with pitch and bitumen , over which * In using the word arch , we must rather be supposed to ...
... immense wall which surrounded the whole . * The floors of the terraces were laid with broad flat stones , covered with a layer of reeds mixed with pitch and bitumen , over which * In using the word arch , we must rather be supposed to ...
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afterwards ages Ahaz ancient antiquity appears arms army Asia Assyrian empire Astyages Babylonians beasts beauty Belshazzar Belus called captivity Chaldean chariots chastisement Chebar chief commanded conjecture conqueror conquest Croesus Cyaxares Cyrus Daniel death desolation destruction divine dominion earth Egypt enemy Esarhaddon Euphrates father gates glory Gobrias gods gold heathen heaven Hebrew Herodotus Hezekiah Hilleh historians holy honour horse hundred idol idolatry immense inhabitants Isaiah Israel Jehoiakim Jehovah Jerusalem Jews Judea king of Assyria king of Babylon king of Judah kingdom land Lord luxury magnificent Medes ment mercy mighty Babylon miles monarch Nabopolassar nations Nearchus Nebuchadnezzar Neriglissar Nimrod Nineveh Ninus occasion once palace Pekah Persian prince prisoners probable profane prophet provinces reign remains river royal ruins sacred Scriptures Semiramis Sennacherib sent siege silver splendour Syria temple thee thou thousand Tigris tion tower troops victory walls whole worship Xenophon Zedekiah
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Page 153 - Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken ; the kingdom is departed from thee ; and they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field : they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 205 - I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight ; I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron.
Page 31 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 154 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 96 - And I will add unto thy days fifteen years ; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria ; and I will defend this city for Mine own sake, and for My servant David's sake.
Page 128 - For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
Page 96 - Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. And I will add unto thy days fifteen years...
Page 108 - The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots ! The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases ; and there is none end of their corpses ; they stumble upon their corpses...
Page 110 - And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
Page 152 - Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field ; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth : let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.