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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... Jews were now forbid to cir- cumcise their children ; he says also that the Jews at this time bought permission of the Ro- man soldiers to look on Jerusa- lem , and shed tears over it . Thus the people , who bought Jesus Christ with ...
... Jews were now forbid to cir- cumcise their children ; he says also that the Jews at this time bought permission of the Ro- man soldiers to look on Jerusa- lem , and shed tears over it . Thus the people , who bought Jesus Christ with ...
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... Jews scattered there , to join him . Ezra viii . Izates , king of the Adiabenians , and his mother Helena , became con- verts to Judaism after the death of Christ ; an argument that Jews still remained in that country . AI , or HAI , a ...
... Jews scattered there , to join him . Ezra viii . Izates , king of the Adiabenians , and his mother Helena , became con- verts to Judaism after the death of Christ ; an argument that Jews still remained in that country . AI , or HAI , a ...
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... Jews , who paid tribute , & c . sometimes the Jews amounted to 100.000 , & c . What is much to be re- gretted by the lovers of books , the library was destroyed by this ignorant , bigotted Arab , in which successive kings had col ...
... Jews , who paid tribute , & c . sometimes the Jews amounted to 100.000 , & c . What is much to be re- gretted by the lovers of books , the library was destroyed by this ignorant , bigotted Arab , in which successive kings had col ...
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... Saracens in 637 , Nicephoras Phocas retook it in 966 , but afterwards it was a- gain taken by the Saracens . The Christians in the crusades took it in 1098 ; but it was tak and the Jews , concerned to see that some of ANT ANT.
... Saracens in 637 , Nicephoras Phocas retook it in 966 , but afterwards it was a- gain taken by the Saracens . The Christians in the crusades took it in 1098 ; but it was tak and the Jews , concerned to see that some of ANT ANT.
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... Jews scornfully call them to the present time , and as the Pagans called them Galileans . Here was the fre- quent residence of several Ro- man emperors , especially Verus and Valens , who spent a great part of their time in Antioch ...
... Jews scornfully call them to the present time , and as the Pagans called them Galileans . Here was the fre- quent residence of several Ro- man emperors , especially Verus and Valens , who spent a great part of their time in Antioch ...
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ancient Arabia Arabs Asher Asia Assyria Babylon Benjamin built called Calmet Canaan capital celebrated Chaldea Christians Chron church coast coun Damascus David Dead Sea descended desert destroyed Deut east Egypt Ephraim Euphrates Eusebius feet fruitful Galilee Greeks Hebrew hill holy inhabitants island Israel Israelites Jerome Jerusalem Jesus Christ Jews Jordan Josephus Josh Joshua Judea Judges king lake land Maundrel Mediterranean mentioned miles Moab Moabites Moses mosque moun mount mountains Nile Ophir Palestine Paul Persian Philistines plain probably prophet province Red Sea reign river rock Romans ruins says scripture side signifies Sinai situated Solomon stone stood supposed Syria tain Tarshish temple Tigris tion town travellers trees tribe of Asher tribe of Dan tribe of Judah tribe of Manasseh tribe of Naphtali tribe of Reuben tribe of Simeon Turks Tyre valley village walls wilderness