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Title: Hours with the Bible; or The scriptures in the light of modern discovery and knowledge
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Geikie, John C. (John Cunningham), 1824-1906
Subjects: Bible
Publisher: New York J.B. Alden
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Fig, 13.—Gate, looking south-east, Lieut, Conder, R.E.—See Page 134.
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Fig. 13.—A View l\ Lejia-non.—See PageSSS, CH. ix.J ORGANIZATION OF THE KINGDOM 125 CHAPTER IX. ORGANIZATION OF THE KINGDOM. The development of the new monarchy, thus triumphant againstits once formidable enemies—the Philistines—perhaps with the as-sistance of Tyre, was specially favored by the circumstances of thetimes. Egypt, formerly so powerful, had sunk into weakness underthe last kings of the Twentieth Dynasty—successors of the greatRameses—and Assyria, which under Tiglath Pileser I.^ had spreadits conquests to Lebanon, and overshadowed all Western Asia, hadsuffered such a humiliation after his death, that the inscriptions al-most cease. All that is known is that Assyria was defeated by theking of Babylon, and also by the (Hittite) king of Syria, and lostgreat part of its dominions.^ There was, therefore, no greatpower in Western Asia to check David in his career of victory, orprevent him founding a vast Jewish empire. Under him and Solo-mon, Israel was destined to t

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