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 xii
... Square Slabs with Hole in the Centre - Recesses in the Walls - The Hall of the Oracle , p . 266 — Chamber entirely covered with Inscriptions - Chamber of Divinities , p . 267 — Divi- nities and Symbolic Tree - Beardless Figure with four ...
... Square Slabs with Hole in the Centre - Recesses in the Walls - The Hall of the Oracle , p . 266 — Chamber entirely covered with Inscriptions - Chamber of Divinities , p . 267 — Divi- nities and Symbolic Tree - Beardless Figure with four ...
Strona 35
... on which the object was to be lowered . A. deep trench had been cut in the solid mass of the unburnt brick wall at some distance behind and above the bull , and the square block , thus exposed , formed a D 2 LAYARD . 35.
... on which the object was to be lowered . A. deep trench had been cut in the solid mass of the unburnt brick wall at some distance behind and above the bull , and the square block , thus exposed , formed a D 2 LAYARD . 35.
Strona 36
... square block , thus exposed , formed a sort of column , round which the ropes used for lowering the bull might be run during the operation . Two of the pulleys were secured to this mass of earth by a coil of ropes , and two others to ...
... square block , thus exposed , formed a sort of column , round which the ropes used for lowering the bull might be run during the operation . Two of the pulleys were secured to this mass of earth by a coil of ropes , and two others to ...
Strona 45
... square miles , that of Nineveh 216 square miles , while that of London and its environs is but 114 square miles ; so that with an area of little more than half that of Nineveh , the population of the latter is nearly four times greater ...
... square miles , that of Nineveh 216 square miles , while that of London and its environs is but 114 square miles ; so that with an area of little more than half that of Nineveh , the population of the latter is nearly four times greater ...
Strona 50
... square , which , by way of reward , his predecessors had given to each soldier . The result was , that when Sennacherib , king of Arabia and Assyria , attacked Egypt with a mighty army , the warriors whom he had thus treated refused to ...
... square , which , by way of reward , his predecessors had given to each soldier . The result was , that when Sennacherib , king of Arabia and Assyria , attacked Egypt with a mighty army , the warriors whom he had thus treated refused to ...
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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.