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Samson carries the gates of Gaza up to the mount of Hebron. Etching by J. Taylor after F. Verdier, 1698.
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Samson carries the gates of Gaza up to the mount of Hebron. Etching by J. Taylor after F. Verdier, 1698.

Francois Verdier

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Lettering: Samson carrieth away the gates of the city. Judges Chap. XVI. ver. 3d. And Samson arose at midnight and took the doors of the gate of the city and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all. Jas. Taylor sculp.

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