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The Conquest of Babylon.
... of the king."Temple of Belus."The bridge."Sculptures."The hanging gardens."
Construction of the gardens."The platform and terraces."Engine for ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/cyrus the great/chapter viii the conquest of.htm

Kumaon.
... The consequence is that cultivation is carried on mainly in terraces. Where
the slope is gradual, and the soil fit for cultivation ...
/.../kennedy/life and work in benares and kumaon 1839-1877/chapter xx kumaon.htm

The City of the "Elegant Gate"[*]
... The sides of the ravines are leveled by digging down, and walling up, if necessary,
forming terraces or small fields, the one above the other. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/fagg/forty years in south china/iii the city of the.htm

What was Heard in the Basilica of Peace
... In front of the basilica is a wide rectangular court bordered with terraces; a portico
at the far end; and in the middle four large fountains to water the walk ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bertrand/saint augustin/ii what was heard in.htm

Palestine Eighteen Centuries Ago
... now lies desolate"its bare, grey hills looking into ill-tilled or neglected valleys,
its timber cut down, its olive- and vine-clad terraces crumbled into dust ...
/.../sketches of jewish social life/chapter 1 palestine eighteen centuries.htm

The Northern Mountains
... The terraces in which they rise mark successive periods of upheaval; and
how long these periods were, no reasonable man dare guess. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter xi the northern mountains.htm

Set at Liberty.
... Groups of nobles, knights, and ladies, would gather on the terraces, looking out
over the Dead Sea, and away to Jerusalem, and in the far distance to the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/meyer/john the baptist/xiv set at liberty.htm

Appendix 1 Massecheth Middoth
... 8. The Beth Moked was arched, and was a great house surrounded by extensions (perhaps
terraces) of stone, and the elders of the house of their fathers slept ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/appendix 1 massecheth middoth.htm

The Festival of Games, in Honor of Augustus, were About to Begin ...
... of his kindred. On the circular terraces of a great fountain below and
in front of them were rows of naked maidens. Circle after ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 24 the festival of.htm

Nineveh.
... were huge palaces, built of the same bricks, faced with alabaster, and the rooms
decked with cedar, gilding, and ivory, and raised upon terraces whence broad ...
//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson ix nineveh.htm

Thesaurus

Terraces (9 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Terraces (9 Occurrences). 2 Samuel 5:9 David
lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. ...
/t/terraces.htm - 8k

Terrace (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one. 3. (n.) A flat roof to
a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces. ...
/t/terrace.htm - 7k

Gallery (2 Occurrences)
... the more probable suggestions are "pillar," "column," "walk with pillars," "colonnades,"
"passageway," "porches," "galleries" of "terraces." Cornhill suggests ...
/g/gallery.htm - 11k

Irrigation
... Hardly a drop of many mountain streams is allowed to reach the sea, but is used
to water the gardens of the mountain terraces and plains. ...
/i/irrigation.htm - 9k

Assos (2 Occurrences)
... high; its sides are covered with terraces, both natural and artificial, and so steep
is it that Stratoricus wrote of it: "If you wish to hasten your death, try ...
/a/assos.htm - 10k

Botany
... It is further confirmed by the presence everywhere of the ruins of ancient terraces
on the hillsides and of the "broken cisterns" which are found at every site ...
/b/botany.htm - 38k

Vine (76 Occurrences)
... The stones must first be gathered out and utilized for the construction of a protecting
wall or of terraces or as the bases of towers (Isaiah 5:2 Matthew 21:33 ...
/v/vine.htm - 46k

Mount (311 Occurrences)
... The vine, the fig and the olive grow luxuriantly. Higher up we scramble over rough
rocky terraces, where grow only the ubiquitous thistles and prickly shrubs. ...
/m/mount.htm - 68k

Lyres (21 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 9:11 The king made of the algum trees terraces for the house of Yahweh,
and for the king's house, and harps and stringed instruments for the ...
/l/lyres.htm - 13k

Gerizim (4 Occurrences)
... sides of the mountain are steep and rocky on East and North; on the West the ascent
is more gradual, and here, by means of a system of terraces carried almost ...
/g/gerizim.htm - 14k

Bible Concordance

Terraces (9 Occurrences)

2 Samuel 5:9 David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. David built around from Millo and inward.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 9:15 And this 'is' the matter of the tribute that king Solomon hath lifted up, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer,
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1 Kings 9:24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her; then did he build Millo.
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1 Kings 11:27 This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father.
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1 Chronicles 11:8 He built the city all around, from Millo even around; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
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2 Chronicles 9:11 The king made of the algum trees terraces for the house of Yahweh, and for the king's house, and harps and stringed instruments for the singers: and there were none like these seen before in the land of Judah.
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2 Chronicles 32:5 He took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, and the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
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Job 24:11 They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread wine presses, and suffer thirst.
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Jeremiah 31:40 The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy to Yahweh; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more forever.
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Subtopics

Terraces

Related Terms

Terrace (1 Occurrence)

Gallery (2 Occurrences)

Irrigation

Assos (2 Occurrences)

Botany

Vine (76 Occurrences)

Mount (311 Occurrences)

Lyres (21 Occurrences)

Gerizim (4 Occurrences)