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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... east of the Jor- dan , in the country of the Am- monites , where Jephthah de- feated that people ; it abounds in vines ; it was also called Abela . Abila signifies a mountain , in the Phenician language . Prob- ably therefore , this ...
... east of the Jor- dan , in the country of the Am- monites , where Jephthah de- feated that people ; it abounds in vines ; it was also called Abela . Abila signifies a mountain , in the Phenician language . Prob- ably therefore , this ...
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... east , about twelve miles in length . Josephus frequently mentions this place . ACRABATENE , another dis- trict of Judea on the fron- tier of Idumea , towards the southern extremity of the Dead Sea . See Macab . v , 3 . ACRE , or Acco ...
... east , about twelve miles in length . Josephus frequently mentions this place . ACRABATENE , another dis- trict of Judea on the fron- tier of Idumea , towards the southern extremity of the Dead Sea . See Macab . v , 3 . ACRE , or Acco ...
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... east . I only add that the port of Acre is one of the best on the coast ; the town shel- ters it from the north and ... eastern shore of the Dead Sea ; for Isaiah , ac- cording to the Septuagint says , ' God will destroy the Moab- ites ...
... east . I only add that the port of Acre is one of the best on the coast ; the town shel- ters it from the north and ... eastern shore of the Dead Sea ; for Isaiah , ac- cording to the Septuagint says , ' God will destroy the Moab- ites ...
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... Eastern ocean ; which divide it from Asia on the east , by the Southern ocean on the south , and by the At- lantic or western ocean , which separates it from America on the west . Africa was princi- pally peopled by Ham and his ...
... Eastern ocean ; which divide it from Asia on the east , by the Southern ocean on the south , and by the At- lantic or western ocean , which separates it from America on the west . Africa was princi- pally peopled by Ham and his ...
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... east- ward from Bethel ; ( 2 Chr . xi , 10 ; ) another in the tribe of Ephraim , two mis from Shechem , as you go to Jeru- salem and to the east of Betho- ron ; this was a city of refuge ; another was in the tribe of Zebulon , the ...
... east- ward from Bethel ; ( 2 Chr . xi , 10 ; ) another in the tribe of Ephraim , two mis from Shechem , as you go to Jeru- salem and to the east of Betho- ron ; this was a city of refuge ; another was in the tribe of Zebulon , the ...
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