So the LORD said to Solomon, “Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees, which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates.New Living TranslationSo now the LORD said to him, “...
Before Roman occupation the island was inhabited by a diverse number of tribes that are generally believed to be of Celtic origin, collectively known asBritons. The Romans knew the island as Britannia. What were the Celtic tribes? Several tribes made up the larger population of the Celtic people...
The vassal states under the Zhou Dynasty in the northern parts of the country each built their own walls great wall for defence purposes. After the state of Qin unified China in 221 B.C., it joined the walls to hold off the invaders from the Xiongnu tribes in the north and extended ...
6 Seek the Lord [inquire for and of Him and require Him] and you shall live, lest He rush down like fire upon the house of Joseph [representing the ten tribes] and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel [the center of their idol hopes]. 7 You who turn justice into...
First the Roman Emperor, later the kings and chieftains of fierce tribes in northern and eastern Europe, and now all the earth, serves Him, as Scripture foretold. And the mystery this feast day celebrates illustrates the teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Gospel tonight. When the Son ...
Suddenly, almost abruptly, it came to an end.For almost five hundred years the Romans had been able to keep the hungry Teutonic tribes out of their European domains.Then the badly defended barriers gave way, the flood of barbarians swept across southern and western Europe.Rome recalled her ...
It was older than Rome and the territory around it was originally among the most fertile spots along the western Italian coast.Originally the Greeks, who founded Naples, had done their trading with the dangerous Apennine tribes from the safe distance of the island of Ischia.But Ischia proved ...
BC.(T) 3.The name of Britain came from a Celtic tribe--- the Britons.(T) 4.The Anglo--Saxons came to Britain in the mid--5th century.(T) 5.The chief or king of the Anglo--Saxon tribes exercised power at their own will.(F) 6.The Vikings began to attack the English coast in...
aThe Maasai tribe of Kenya and northern Tanzania is one of the most well-known tribes in Africa. Their distinct customs and way of dressing have changed very little in centuries. Many Maasai live a seminomadic lifestyle, which means they rarely settle down in one place for very long. They...
and upon her head a crown of twelve stars relating to the twelve Apostles and to the twelve tribes of Israel. When she fled from the Temple into the wilderness, she left in the Temple a remnant of her seed, who kept the commandments of God, and had the testimony of Jesus Christ; and...