Bible Dictionary: Assyria: Celebrated For: Fertility

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2 Kings 18:32
Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that you may live, and not die: and listen not to Hezekiah, when he persuades you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
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Isaiah 36:17
Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
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Isaiah
... is probably not that which is celebrated here, as ... presupposed, and the oppressor
is not Assyria, as in ... Nor has he Isaiah's exuberance and fertility of resource ...
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Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... their gods, their conquest of Chaldaea-The first sovereigns of Assyria, and the
first ... valleys, of plains of moderate extent but of rare fertility, of mountain ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

The Israelites
... country which is dependent for its fertility, not upon ... In Assyria the high-priests
of Assur had been ... victories over the Philistines were celebrated in popular ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter i the israelites.htm

The Nile and Egypt
... Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 1. ... of the soil, spreading life
and fertility on all ... and there its birth is officially celebrated during the ...
/.../chapter i the nile and egypt.htm

The Eighteenth Theban Dynasty
... Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 4. ... wide irregular plains, owing
their fertility not to ... chiefly of bowmen"pidatu"the celebrated archers of ...
/.../chapter iiithe eighteenth theban dynasty.htm

The Rise of the Assyrian Empire
... the vulgar to the young Adonis were really celebrated. ... Assyria itself was but a poor
and insignificant country ... and the relative character and fertility of its ...
/.../chapter iithe rise of the.htm

Ancient Chaldaea
... west towards the east in the direction of Assyria. ... and in places of exceptional
fertility three hundredfold. ... The text identifies the festival celebrated by the ...
/.../chapter iancient chaldaea.htm

The First Theban Empire
History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 2. ... Attracted by the
fertility of the soil, the Pharaohs ... A celebrated scene in one of the tombs of ...
/.../chapter iiithe first theban empire.htm

Tiglath-Pileser iii. And the Organisation of the Assyrian Empire ...
... to the Kalda, and satisfied with having convinced Nabunazir that Assyria had lost ...
had for centuries enjoyed a reputation for wealth and fertility among the ...
/.../chapter iitiglath-pileser iii and the.htm

The Medes and the Second Chaldaean Empire
... artificial irrigation has been introduced, the fertility of the ... and the Nisaean breed
was still celebrated at the ... by the Medic chiefs to the kings of Assyria. ...
/.../chapter iiithe medes and the.htm

Subtopics

Assyria

Assyria: Alliances With, Sought by Judah and Israel

Assyria: An Empire Founded by Nimrod

Assyria: Antiquity and Origin of

Assyria: Armies of, Described

Assyria: Army of, Destroyed by the Angel of the Lord

Assyria: As a Power, Was: An Instrument of God's Vengeance

Assyria: As a Power, Was: Cruel and Destructive

Assyria: As a Power, Was: Intolerant and Oppressive

Assyria: As a Power, Was: Most Formidable

Assyria: As a Power, Was: Proud and Haughty