Nineveh and Its Palaces: The Discoveries of Botta and Layard, Applied to the Elucidation of Holy Writ (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Nineveh and Its Palaces: The Discoveries of Botta and Layard, Applied to the Elucidation of Holy WritThe Nineveh of the Bible, mr - Nimrod, ih. - His name expressive of his character, 45 - His Kingdom, £b. - Babcl, Erech, Accad, and Cal neh, ib. - Their resent sites, 46 - Asshur, 48 - His kingdom, ib. Nineveh, Calah, sen, Rehoboth, ib. - Their localities traced, 49 - Ex tent and population of Nineveh, according to Jonah, eeo - The Assyrian Kings, 52 - Their wars and conquests, ib. - Deportation of Samaria, 54-mr. Dickinson's remarks, ib. - Destruction of the Assyrian army.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.