Nineveh and Its Palaces: The Discoveries of Botta and Layard, Applied to the Elucidation of Holy WritOffice of the Illustrated London library, 1852 - 402 |
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Strona 42
... reign introduced to the world a new system of relations between the governor and the governed . The authority of former rulers had rested upon the feeling of kindred : and the ascendancy of the chief was an image of parental control ...
... reign introduced to the world a new system of relations between the governor and the governed . The authority of former rulers had rested upon the feeling of kindred : and the ascendancy of the chief was an image of parental control ...
Strona 44
... reign of Jeroboam ( 825 B.C. ) , we are not left without indications of the state of the kingdom during the latter part of this period . It is a striking proof of the imbecility or sloth of the kings of Nineveh , that they made no ...
... reign of Jeroboam ( 825 B.C. ) , we are not left without indications of the state of the kingdom during the latter part of this period . It is a striking proof of the imbecility or sloth of the kings of Nineveh , that they made no ...
Strona 48
... reign of Ahaz , the kingdom of Judah had been numbered with the many states which confessed the superior lordship of Assyria . Hezekiah was the first king of Judah in whose patriotic 1 Article on the fate of the Ten Tribes of Israel ...
... reign of Ahaz , the kingdom of Judah had been numbered with the many states which confessed the superior lordship of Assyria . Hezekiah was the first king of Judah in whose patriotic 1 Article on the fate of the Ten Tribes of Israel ...
Strona 49
... reign , Sennacherib advanced - probably in the course of that expedition to Egypt , of which Herodotus has preserved the tradition - against the fenced cities of Judah , and took them . The approach of the eastern conqueror having ...
... reign , Sennacherib advanced - probably in the course of that expedition to Egypt , of which Herodotus has preserved the tradition - against the fenced cities of Judah , and took them . The approach of the eastern conqueror having ...
Strona 50
... reign of Anysis , there succeeded to the throne a priest of Vulcan , named Setho , who " treated the military caste of Egypt with extreme contempt ; and as if he had no occasion for their services , among other indignities , he deprived ...
... reign of Anysis , there succeeded to the throne a priest of Vulcan , named Setho , who " treated the military caste of Egypt with extreme contempt ; and as if he had no occasion for their services , among other indignities , he deprived ...
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Ahaz ancient antiquity appears Arabs Armenia arrows Asshur Assyrian empire Babylon Babylonian bas-reliefs bearded Botta bricks building built bull Calah captives carrying centre chamber chariot chief columns contains court covered cuneatic cuneiform cup-bearer decorated divinity door doorway dress east Ecbatana Egypt Egyptian elevated enclosure entrance eunuch Euphrates excavations feet figure followed formed four fragments frieze fringed front hair head Herodotus horses inhabitants inscriptions jambs Khorsabad king of Assyria king's Kouyunjik Layard legs lion Medes Mesopotamia miles monument Mósul mound mountains Nabopolassar Nebuchadnezzar Nimroud Nineveh Nisroch opening ornamented palace of Khorsabad Pasha pass passage Persepolis Persian plain plate platform probably recess reign remains represented resembling right hand river robe round ruins sculptures seen Semiramis Sennacherib shield short tunic shoulders side slabs square stone sword tablets tassels teraphim terminating Tigris towers tribute upper wall wear winged
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Strona 51 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
Strona 46 - So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son : come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
Strona 53 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Strona 264 - The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup : thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Strona 274 - Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire ? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt ; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Strona 171 - Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest.
Strona 294 - And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
Strona 289 - Thou, O king, art a king of kings : for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
Strona 209 - Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly : and shalt thou be delivered ? Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar ? Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah...
Strona 333 - Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel ; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.