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3161 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 149.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of horses and chariots of fire. Truly had Elisha said: “Fear not, for more they with us than they with them.” It was not only the Divine answer to the Syrian challenge …
3162 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 159.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… ,” “of horses,” and “of a great host,” which the Syrians seemed to hear in the falling darkness, depended on a supernaturally caused illusion of their senses (comp …
3163 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 160.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… their horses, their asses, their tents, with all the provisions and treasures which they contained, and hastening to put Jordan between them and their imaginary …
3164 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 184.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the horses, and the chariot of Jehu, as he passed through the gate, crushed her mangled body.
3165 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 186.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… , and horses (horsemen), as well as an arsenal, and that the rest of the host consisted of levies hastily made, and only partially drilled and disciplined. Similarly …
3166 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 54.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of horses ( 1 Kings 9:19; 10:26-29 ), and the plentiful pasturage around, would specially fit it. From the prophecies of Micah 1:13, it appears to have been the first …
3167 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 54.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the horses,” with the definite article, probably to mark the chariot as that in which he had gone. Similarly, the murder of Joash, the father of Amaziah, had not …
3168 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 70.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… -called “horse gate” ( Nehemiah 3:28; Jeremiah 31:40 ), where the northern wall forms to the east “a turning” or angle, whence it runs southwards (comp. Nehemiah 3:19, 20 …
3169 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 173.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… sacred horses dedicated by previous kings to the sun, and perhaps used in processional worship, were “put away,” and the sun-chariots burned. The altars, alike …
3170 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 10.5 (John Foxe)
Calepodius, a Christian minister, thrown into the Tyber; Martina, a noble and beautiful virgin; and Hippolitus, a Christian prelate, tied to a wild horse, and dragged until he expired.
3171 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 15.5 (John Foxe)
… his horse. After having kept him for the space of seven years in this abject state of slavery, he caused his eyes to be put out, though he was then eighty-three …
3172 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 22.6 (John Foxe)
… charging horse and transfixing the monster with his spear. This fiery dragon symbolizes the devil, who was vanquished by St. George’s steadfast faith in …
3173 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 80.10 (John Foxe)
… of horse and foot having lately entered the town, which the Protestants knew nothing of, they were repulsed; yet made a masterly retreat, and only lost one man …
3174 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 81.5 (John Foxe)
… swift horse, towards the open country, to inquire the reason.
3175 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 83.4 (John Foxe)
… of horse. Captain Jahier and his men fought desperately, though oppressed by odds, and killed the commander-in-chief, three captains, and fifty-seven private …
3176 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 83.8 (John Foxe)
… of horse, and took the command of it himself. The sieur John Leger persuaded a great number of Protestants to form themselves into volunteer companies; and …
3177 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 96.3 (John Foxe)
… of horse at midnight, and made a thousand men prisoners. Shortly after, the emperor obtained possession of the strong fortress of Prague, by the same means …
3178 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 97.1 (John Foxe)
… Hungarian horse and 25,000 infantry, well equipped for a winter campaign. This army spread terror through all the east of Bohemia. Wherever Sigismond marched …
3179 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
2. He promised to maintain twelve thousand foot, and five thousand horse, for the space of six months, or during a campaign.
3180 Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, p. 109.12 (John Foxe)
… a horse, but his conductors said, in derision, “A horse for a heretic! no no, heretics may go barefoot.” When he arrived at the place of his destination, he was condemned …