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Jeremiah 6:1
O you children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the middle of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appears out of the north, and great destruction.
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The Jewish War and the Destruction of Jerusalem. AD 70
... of the conflagration of the Temple would give a signal for the ... earnest efforts to
repair the injuries, and used to say ... commanded the gates to be set on fire (VI ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 38 the jewish war.htm

When the Banks were Completed and the Battering Rams Brought, and ...
... was standing; at which house it was that they used to get ... in order to have a stop
put to the fire; after him ... with a loud voice, and by giving a signal to them ...
/.../chapter 4 when the banks.htm

From the Conference of 1773 to the Commencement of the War in 1776
... In almost every assembly might be seen signal instances of divine ... and that he would
keep all false fire from among ... I grant means should be used to prevent all ...
/.../chapter 1 from the conference.htm

Attitude of Men of the Present Day to War.
... which is what they like and are used to, is ... any considerable number of soldiers would
confer a signal benefit on ... new revolvers, we have seen them fire on cows ...
/.../tolstoy/the kingdom of god is within you/chapter vi attitude of men.htm

A Sedition against Sabinus; and How Varus Brought the Authors of ...
... [14] So Sabinus gave thence a signal to the ... a great deal of mischief, because they
used their hands ... encompassed the palace, and threatened to set fire to it ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 10 a sedition against.htm

That Whereas the City of Jerusalem had Been Five Times Taken ...
... Titus imperator by the soldiers, upon such signal success, and ... spoils of the temple
that escaped the fire, see Josephus ... Exodus 31:34, we see were used in their ...
/.../chapter 10 that whereas the.htm

The Holy War,
... 'I have used similitudes.'"Hosea 12 ... In the history of this war, the reader's attention
will be ... The roaring of the drum"their alarming outcries, Hell-fire! ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the holy war.htm

Book 15 Footnotes
... here, but immediately gained a most signal victory over ... for which Providence, during
the theocracy, used to provide ... London was burnt down in the fire of London ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/book 15 footnotes.htm

Concerning the Sabbatic River which Titus Saw as He was Journeying ...
... on in such acclamations, he gave them a signal of silence ... cattle, but through a land
still on fire upon every ... they had consecrated, in the prayers used in such ...
/.../chapter v concerning the sabbatic.htm

That the Miseries Still Grew Worse; and How the Romans Made an ...
... the tower of Antonia, and were assaulted by fire and sword ... make wars, and who have
also been used to conquer ... But as soon as Caesar heard the signal, he ordered ...
/.../chapter 1 that the miseries.htm