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... side of the mountain , on a small shelf or terrace of cultivated land , overlooking the wide plain . " 2 It is still more interesting to find that the plateau er - Rakhmah , which ( as we shall see ) is more es- pecially identified with ...
... side of the mountain , on a small shelf or terrace of cultivated land , overlooking the wide plain . " 2 It is still more interesting to find that the plateau er - Rakhmah , which ( as we shall see ) is more es- pecially identified with ...
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... sides of which had long ago fallen in . " - Syria and Palestine , ii . 83 , 84. Edinb . 1854 . Judg . i . 16 . 3 . 14 . PART I. ally or tributary in GEOGRAPHY OF THE NEGEB . 11 clusion to which we have already been brought by PART ...
... sides of which had long ago fallen in . " - Syria and Palestine , ii . 83 , 84. Edinb . 1854 . Judg . i . 16 . 3 . 14 . PART I. ally or tributary in GEOGRAPHY OF THE NEGEB . 11 clusion to which we have already been brought by PART ...
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... side by higher land or hills , except upon the east , where it slopes off towards the Dead Sea .... At present ( May 10 ) , the whole tract was almost covered with fine fields of wheat , belonging to persons in Hebron . " Such , I ...
... side by higher land or hills , except upon the east , where it slopes off towards the Dead Sea .... At present ( May 10 ) , the whole tract was almost covered with fine fields of wheat , belonging to persons in Hebron . " Such , I ...
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... sides of a valley of some width and depth ; the head of which forms a semi- circular amphitheatre , shut in by rocks ..... The bottom of the amphitheatre is a beautiful grass - plat , with an artificial reservoir in the middle ...
... sides of a valley of some width and depth ; the head of which forms a semi- circular amphitheatre , shut in by rocks ..... The bottom of the amphitheatre is a beautiful grass - plat , with an artificial reservoir in the middle ...
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... side was a deep and yawning chasm , which made the head dizzy to look into ; on the other , beetling crags , blackened by the tempests of ages . . . . . . In most places the naked rock dipped down abruptly into the deep and gloomy chasm ...
... side was a deep and yawning chasm , which made the head dizzy to look into ; on the other , beetling crags , blackened by the tempests of ages . . . . . . In most places the naked rock dipped down abruptly into the deep and gloomy chasm ...
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Amalekites Amos ancient Ar'âr'ah Arabah Arabs Arad Azâzimeh Beersheba called Cambridge camels Chesil Chron cloth Crown 8vo Dead Sea desert Deut district Edom Egypt En-Rimmon Engedi evidently Fcap flocks Gaza Gerar Ghôr Hazar-Gaddah Hazar-Shual Hazor Hebrew Hebron Heshmon hills Holy Horite Hormah illustrate Jebel Jehâlîn Jerusalem John's College Josh Judah Kabzeel Kadesh Kenites Khulasah Kings Kurnub Kurtz land latter lion Lond M.A. Fellow mentioned miles modern Moladah mountain Mubughîk Negeb Palestine pass passage Philistines plain position ravine reference remarkable rendered Robinson Rowlands ruins sacred Sansannah Saulcy Scripture Second Edition Sect Seir Septuagint Sermons Preached Shaaraim Shephelah Sinai South Country southern spot tamarisk Tiyâhah torrent tract traveller tribe Trinity College valley Velde Wady Wady el-Jerûr Wady er-Ruheibeh Wady Murreh word writes xxii xxiii xxiv Zephath Ziklag
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