Vulgar words in History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 6 (of 12) (Page 1)
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The representative of the dynasty reigning at Tanis held the remainder of Egypt from Shit to the Mediterranean--the half belonging to the Memphite Phtah and the Helio-politan Râ, as opposed to that assigned to Anion.
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And yet they hearkened not unto their judges, for they went a-whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves down unto them: they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so.
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The episodes which have been preserved deal with some of his exploits against the Philistines, and there is a certain humour in the chronicler's account of the weapons which he employed: "with the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men;" he burned up their harvest also by letting go three hundred foxes, with torches attached to their tails, among the standing corn of the Philistines.