Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 15

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Cambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society, 1855 - Asia
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Page 169 - 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 169 - And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD : and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.
Page 169 - And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken : shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
Page 300 - It is requested that those Individuals or Institutions who are willing to subscribe to the Oriental Translation Fund will send their names, addressed to " The Secretary of the Oriental Translation Committee, Royal Asiatic Society's House, No. 14, Grafton Street, Bond Street, London ;" and inform him where their Subscriptions will be paid.
Page 169 - And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same ; and in the third year sow ye, and reap,and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
Page 80 - I am DARIUS, the great King, the King of Kings, the King of Persia, the King of the provinces, the son of HYSTASPES, the grandson of ARSAMES, the Achaemenian.
Page 267 - AND KING ASTYAGES WAS GATHERED TO HIS FATHERS, AND CYRUS of Persia received his kingdom. And Daniel conversed with the king, and was honoured above all his friends. Now the Babylonians had an idol, called Bel, and there were spent upon him every day twelve great measures of fine flour, and forty sheep, and six vessels of wine. And the king worshipped it, and went daily to adore...
Page 81 - Ormazd brought help to me ; by the grace of Ormazd, my troops entirely defeated that rebel army. On the i8th day of the month of Thurawa'hara...
Page 81 - I reinstituted for the state the sacred chaunts and (sacrificial) worship, and confided them to the families which GOMATES the Magian had deprived of those offices.
Page 169 - What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the LORD on the third day from now?

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