a wood, or rather a forest, on the east of Jordan, in which the fatal battle was fought between the armies of David and of Absalom. (2 Samuel 18:6)

Blessed is He who Atoned Your Sins, that Ye Might Receive his Body ...
Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian. ... of Jacob came down"and stood round the
well of water."In the water they put on the similitude of the wood that was ...
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As in a Race Saw I the Disputers, the Children of Strife, [Trying] ...
Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian. ... in his former [frauds]; that the spitting
was discovered, and vinegar, and thorns, nails and wood, garments and reed ...
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Nisibene Hymns. Hymn i. O God of Mercies who Didst Refresh Noah ...
Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian. <. ... That Thou shouldest not desolate
the earth in Thy wrath, Thy compassion made an earth of wood. ...
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The Evil one Perceived his Great Humiliation, and Boasted Himself ...
Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian. <. ... He keeps off the wild ass from
his sowing; but the wild boar of the wood devours his thoughts. ...
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Blessed be the Messenger that was Laden, and Came
Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian. <. ... [452] So too St. E. himself upon
Exodus 37. "And Bezaleel made an ark of undecaying wood, a type of the ...
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Happy are Ye Whose Bodies have Been Made to Shine!
Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian. ... Elisha cast the wood into the water, and
made the heavy float and the light sink:"their natures were exchanged in ...
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Blessed be that Child, who Gladdened Bethlehem To-Day!
Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian. ... Blessed be He Whom free will crucified,
because He let it: blessed be He Whom the wood also did bear, because He ...
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For the Epiphany
Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian. ... In the eighteenth year, let the Vine which
the wild boar out of the wood had eaten, praise the True Vine which trimmed ...
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Hymns on the Nativity. Hymn i. This is the Day that Gladdened Them ...
... The staff of Aaron, it budded, and the dry wood yielded fruit! ... Ephraim (in common
with others) speaks of the celebration of the day as if it was the day itself ...
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Psalm LXXX.
... But to the interpretation let us look: Ephraim is fruit-bearing, Benjamin son of
right hand ... 8. "There hath laid her waste the boar from the wood" (ver.13). ...
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