ISBN: 9781458875693

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1854. Not illustrat… Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1854. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... up, 0 Elam; besiege, 0 Media. Isa. xii, 17; xxi, 2. And Jeremiah, in the name of Jehovah, calls this nation to this duty: Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple. These predictions also were exactly fulfilled. Cyrus, having conquered Media, before he took Bahylon, associated Persia (or Elam) and Media in the enterprise of investing and subduing it. In fact, it was by the discipline and bravery of the Medes, united with the Persians, that both Cyrus and Darius took Babylon. IIL Again, Media is designated by the prophet as one of the elements constituting the second great universal empire. Hence the angel said to Daniel, The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia, Dan. viii, 20: so that, according to the laws of Divine Providence, Media and Persia stood associated as integral elements of this great empire, even to the time when it was assailed and subdued by the king of Greece. Consequently all the prophecies referring to the rise, progress, and power of this second kingdom--such as that respecting the breast and arms of silver of the great image, and the second beast like a bear--had a distinct and explicit reference to Media in common with Persia--although it has been thought best to defer a special citation of them to the next chapter. Note 41, page 255.--The personal History of Cyrus. The personal history of this conqueror is involved in much obscurity. Reasons have been already given for distrusting the statements of Xenophon ; but it does not follow from thence, that we can fully rely upon Herodotus. As hinted in the text, there is mu... George Smith, Books, History, The Gentile Nations; Or, The History And Religion Of The Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes, Persians, Greeks, And Romans Co Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781458875693

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1854. Not illustrat… Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1854. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... up, 0 Elam; besiege, 0 Media. Isa. xii, 17; xxi, 2. And Jeremiah, in the name of Jehovah, calls this nation to this duty: Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple. These predictions also were exactly fulfilled. Cyrus, having conquered Media, before he took Bahylon, associated Persia (or Elam) and Media in the enterprise of investing and subduing it. In fact, it was by the discipline and bravery of the Medes, united with the Persians, that both Cyrus and Darius took Babylon. IIL Again, Media is designated by the prophet as one of the elements constituting the second great universal empire. Hence the angel said to Daniel, The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia, Dan. viii, 20: so that, according to the laws of Divine Providence, Media and Persia stood associated as integral elements of this great empire, even to the time when it was assailed and subdued by the king of Greece. Consequently all the prophecies referring to the rise, progress, and power of this second kingdom--such as that respecting the breast and arms of silver of the great image, and the second beast like a bear--had a distinct and explicit reference to Media in common with Persia--although it has been thought best to defer a special citation of them to the next chapter. Note 41, page 255.--The personal History of Cyrus. The personal history of this conqueror is involved in much obscurity. Reasons have been already given for distrusting the statements of Xenophon ; but it does not follow from thence, that we can fully rely upon Herodotus. As hinted in the text, there is mu... George Smith, Books, History, The Gentile Nations; Or, The History And Religion Of The Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes, Persians, Greeks, And Romans Co Books>History <

ISBN: 1458875695

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ISBN: 1458875695

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