Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest ... least give full rein to their love of a free and wild existence. ... be regarded as nothing more imposing than large bushes.* Muddy rivers, infested with crocodiles ... /.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm
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1 Kings 13:24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcass was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcass. Torrey's Topical Textbook
Isaiah 35:9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: Torrey's Topical Textbook