An Epitome of General Ecclesiastical History: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time : with an Appendix, Giving a Condensed History of the Jews from the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Present Day, Illustrated with Maps and Engravings |
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Page 92
... army took great advantage of the Sabbath ; Mattathias and his party agreed to defend themselves on that holy day . Their adversaries therefore had no opportunity to gain advantages over them as before ; but were struck with terror at ...
... army took great advantage of the Sabbath ; Mattathias and his party agreed to defend themselves on that holy day . Their adversaries therefore had no opportunity to gain advantages over them as before ; but were struck with terror at ...
Page 93
... army of 65,000 . The latter abandoning all attempts to subdue the victorious Maccabees , they marched to Jerusalem , destroyed the idols which Antiochus had set up ; pulled down the altar which the heathens had erected ; purified the ...
... army of 65,000 . The latter abandoning all attempts to subdue the victorious Maccabees , they marched to Jerusalem , destroyed the idols which Antiochus had set up ; pulled down the altar which the heathens had erected ; purified the ...
Page 94
... army of 80,000 men with all the horse of the kingdom and 80 elephants , de- termining to make Jerusalem an habitation for the Gentiles , set the high priesthood for sale , and make gain of the Temple . But Judas and his army having as ...
... army of 80,000 men with all the horse of the kingdom and 80 elephants , de- termining to make Jerusalem an habitation for the Gentiles , set the high priesthood for sale , and make gain of the Temple . But Judas and his army having as ...
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... army of Judas was surrounded and he fell , covered with wounds , a martyr to his country . 160 B. C. The death of this illustrious warrior was a severe stroke to the Jewish nation . They were at once scattered and devour- ed as sheep ...
... army of Judas was surrounded and he fell , covered with wounds , a martyr to his country . 160 B. C. The death of this illustrious warrior was a severe stroke to the Jewish nation . They were at once scattered and devour- ed as sheep ...
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... army , and he was afraid to make any attack . Simon continued both general and high priest for the term of eight years ; when he was treacherously murdered by his son in law , B. C. 135. His reign was one of much pros- perity to the ...
... army , and he was afraid to make any attack . Simon continued both general and high priest for the term of eight years ; when he was treacherously murdered by his son in law , B. C. 135. His reign was one of much pros- perity to the ...
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Page 19 - Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Page 134 - But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way : for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel : for I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Page 34 - Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 70 - Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Page 37 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 15 - But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 31 - And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor : and they served other gods.
Page 72 - Who is there among you of all his people ? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
Page 107 - But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither : notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee : 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Page 70 - I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots : and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.