ISBN: 9781152369184

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 edition. Excerpt: ...is the name, it suggests a confirmation of the tradition that the Salem where Melchi-zedek, the King of Righteousness, reigned, was Jerusalem, thus conferring on its rulers a kind of hereditary designation. If the latter, he must have had a connection, more or less close, with the terrible chief who had seventy captive princes grovelling under his table,8 after the savage custom of Oriental despots. An awe is described as falling on the Israelite warriors, when they saw the prostrate kings. At the Conqueror''s bidding, they draw near; and according to the usage portrayed in the monuments of Assyria and Egypt, planted their feet on the necks of their enemies. It was reserved for Joshua himself to slay them. The dead bodies were hung aloft, each on its own separate tree, beside the cave, and remained (so it would seem) until the evening, when, at last, that memorable sun went down. The cave where they had been hid became the royal sepulchre. The stones which on that self-same day had cut them off from escape, closed the mouth of their tomb;4 and the destruction 1 The cave in the Hebrew and in 2 The variations appeal in tbt the LXX. Josh. x. 16, 17. For the LXX. trees see x. 26. 3 Jndg. i. 7. See Keil on Josh. x. 17. of the neighboring town of Makkedah on that day, completed their dreadful obsequies. So ended the day to which, in the words of the ancient sacred song, there was no day like, before or after it.1 The possession of every place, sacred for them and for all future ages, through the whole centre and south of Palestine,--Shechem, Shiloh, Gibeon, Bethlehem, Hebron, and even for a time, Jerusalem, was the issue of that conflict. And all these kings and their... Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Books, Religion and Spirituality, Lectures On The History Of The Jewish Church (volume 2) Books>Religion and Spirituality, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 1152369180

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ISBN: 1152369180

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ISBN: 1152369180

[EAN: 9781152369184], Neubuch, Paperback. Volume: 2 Publisher: New York: C. Scribner Publication date: 1866 Subjects: Jews ? History To 70 A.D Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be … Plus…

[EAN: 9781152369184], Neubuch, Paperback. Volume: 2 Publisher: New York: C. Scribner Publication date: 1866 Subjects: Jews ? History To 70 A.D Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos .Shipping may be from our UK, US or Australian warehouse depending on stock availability. This item is printed on demand. 168 pages. 0.508, [PU: General Books, LLC]<