Sacred Geography: Or, A Gazetteer of the Bible. Containing, in Alphabetical Order, a Geographical Description of All the Countries, Kingdoms, Nations and Tribes of Men, with All the Villages, Towns, Cities, Provinces, Hills, Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Seas, and Islands, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures, Or Apocrypha, Including an Account of the Religion, Government, Population, Fulfilment of Prophecies, and Present Condition of the Most Important PlacesSamuel T. Armstrong, 1813 - 522 pages |
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... Jerusalem and Egypt confirms this . The opportunity of defending the banner of Christianity , has been a most pleasant circumstance attending this compilation . Geography has claimed a place in various dictionaries of the Bi- ble . Why ...
... Jerusalem and Egypt confirms this . The opportunity of defending the banner of Christianity , has been a most pleasant circumstance attending this compilation . Geography has claimed a place in various dictionaries of the Bi- ble . Why ...
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... here under the same attributes with Achor , the god of flies ; from this circumstance , according to the celebrated Bryant , this city derived its name . It is 34 miles from Jerusalem . It first fell to the lot of Judah ABE ACC.
... here under the same attributes with Achor , the god of flies ; from this circumstance , according to the celebrated Bryant , this city derived its name . It is 34 miles from Jerusalem . It first fell to the lot of Judah ABE ACC.
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... Jerusalem ; the place is small , and covered with an arched roof . ' It is said to have been the same with the Fullers field , lying on the south side of Jerusalem , where they whitened their cloth , ' Isaiah vii , 3. It was the pot ...
... Jerusalem ; the place is small , and covered with an arched roof . ' It is said to have been the same with the Fullers field , lying on the south side of Jerusalem , where they whitened their cloth , ' Isaiah vii , 3. It was the pot ...
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... Jerusalem , on which stood the tower or old city , which was the old Jerusalem , to which was afterwards added Zion , or the city of David . Probably it was called Acrd , from the fortress , which Antiochus built there , in order to ...
... Jerusalem , on which stood the tower or old city , which was the old Jerusalem , to which was afterwards added Zion , or the city of David . Probably it was called Acrd , from the fortress , which Antiochus built there , in order to ...
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... Jerusalem called it St. John de Acre . The situ- ation of Acre has every possi- ble advantage both of sea and land ; it is encompassed on the north and east , by a spacious and fertile plain , on the west by the Mediterranean , and on ...
... Jerusalem called it St. John de Acre . The situ- ation of Acre has every possi- ble advantage both of sea and land ; it is encompassed on the north and east , by a spacious and fertile plain , on the west by the Mediterranean , and on ...
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