Travels in Luristan and Arabistan, Volume 2J. Madden and Company, 1845 |
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Abi-Shirin Afghán Ahváz Alexander Alvend ancient appear Arab Arabistán Ardekán Arrian Atabegs Bagdad Bakhtiyari Bakhtiyari Chief bank Basra Behbehán bridge Búrújírd called causeway caves Chá'b Arabs chain chap CHAPTER Chehar-lang Craterus crossed Curtius direction Dizfúl east encampment farsangs foot Governor Haft-lang half-past hills horses host Iliyat inhabitants inscriptions Isfahán Jaddehi-Atabeg Janeki Jerahi Joïder journey Kal'eh Kashgán Kerkheh Kermanshah Kezos Khan Khorremabád Khúzistán Kurdistán Kúren Laristan latter learned likewise Luristán Lurs Major Rawlinson Mál-Amír mentioned Moétemid mountains Muhammed Ali Muhammed Taghi-Khan Muhammereh Nearchus north-west partly Pasitigris passage passed Perse Persepolis Persian Gulf plain of Mál-Amír Pliny present province quarter-past reckoned river road Royal Geographical Society ruins Sabeans Sasanian Shah Shapúr sheikh Shiráz Shúsh Shúshter Sisygambis soon south-east stone Strabo stream Susa Susiana Táb Teherán tent Timúr tion tomans tomb town tribes Uxians Vali valley village visited whilst Zagros
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Page 183 - If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness ; then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom.
Page 182 - Then they cry unto the LoRD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. 20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
Page 193 - Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
Page 32 - All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
Page 263 - And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
Page 64 - Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.
Page 194 - And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
Page 182 - He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death : and brake their bands in sunder. 15 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness: and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Page 171 - And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah ; and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far oft': for the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 182 - (?r(fer of the Atonements. On the eve of the Day of Atonement the custom is to make atonements. A cock is taken for a man, and a hen for a woman ; and for a pregnant woman a hen and also a cock, on account of the child. The father of the family first makes the atonement for himself — for the high-priest first atoned for himself — then for his family, and afterwards for all Israel.