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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... Romans , and in a few years after delivered to the Per- sians . Lat 32 , 5 . ACCHO , afterwards called Ptolemais , lies north of mount Carmel with a harbor to the sea . It fell to the tribe of Asher by division , Judges i , 31 . The ...
... Romans , and in a few years after delivered to the Per- sians . Lat 32 , 5 . ACCHO , afterwards called Ptolemais , lies north of mount Carmel with a harbor to the sea . It fell to the tribe of Asher by division , Judges i , 31 . The ...
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... Roman sense of the word , that is , including not only Greece proper , but the Pelo- ponnessus in which lay Achaia proper . Lat . 36 , 30 . ACHMETHA , ( Ezra vi , 2. ) See the article Ecbatana . But some suppose it does not denote a ...
... Roman sense of the word , that is , including not only Greece proper , but the Pelo- ponnessus in which lay Achaia proper . Lat . 36 , 30 . ACHMETHA , ( Ezra vi , 2. ) See the article Ecbatana . But some suppose it does not denote a ...
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... Romans and of the Moors , and afterwards for a long time , was the theatre of contention , between the Chris- tians , and the infidels in the progress of the crusades . In 1189 the armaments of Europe burst on this devoted place ; for ...
... Romans and of the Moors , and afterwards for a long time , was the theatre of contention , between the Chris- tians , and the infidels in the progress of the crusades . In 1189 the armaments of Europe burst on this devoted place ; for ...
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... Roman colony in it , and entirely banished the Jews , for- bidding them on pain of death to continue there . See JERU- 更 Palestine , 6 miles from Jeru- settlements , and. SALEM . This name was given it be- cause Ælius , was of Adrian's ...
... Roman colony in it , and entirely banished the Jews , for- bidding them on pain of death to continue there . See JERU- 更 Palestine , 6 miles from Jeru- settlements , and. SALEM . This name was given it be- cause Ælius , was of Adrian's ...
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... Romans gener- ally kept a garrison in this tower ; and from thence it was , that the tribune ran with his soldiers to rescue St. Paul out of the hands of the Jews , ( Acts xxi , 31 , 32 , ) who had seized him in the temple , designing ...
... Romans gener- ally kept a garrison in this tower ; and from thence it was , that the tribune ran with his soldiers to rescue St. Paul out of the hands of the Jews , ( Acts xxi , 31 , 32 , ) who had seized him in the temple , designing ...
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