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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... four or five leagues from the city . The compil- ers of the Encyclopedia sup- pose its source is in mount Hermon , and that it falls into the Phenician sea to the north of Tripolis . The Greeks cal- led it Chrysorrhoas . Lat . 31 , 20 ...
... four or five leagues from the city . The compil- ers of the Encyclopedia sup- pose its source is in mount Hermon , and that it falls into the Phenician sea to the north of Tripolis . The Greeks cal- led it Chrysorrhoas . Lat . 31 , 20 ...
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... four thousand . Whether Abel - Shittim and Shittim were two places is somewhat uncer- tain . Perhaps Shittim was the city , and Abel - Shittim the valley or plain , where was an encampment of Israel . ABEN - BOHAN , See Bo- HAN . Lat ...
... four thousand . Whether Abel - Shittim and Shittim were two places is somewhat uncer- tain . Perhaps Shittim was the city , and Abel - Shittim the valley or plain , where was an encampment of Israel . ABEN - BOHAN , See Bo- HAN . Lat ...
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... four hundred years after Christ , this was a small village called Chasalus . ACHZIB , a city belonging to the tribe of Asher , ( Josh . xix , 29 ; ) thought to be the same , which the Greeks called Ecdippa , and at present is cal- led ...
... four hundred years after Christ , this was a small village called Chasalus . ACHZIB , a city belonging to the tribe of Asher , ( Josh . xix , 29 ; ) thought to be the same , which the Greeks called Ecdippa , and at present is cal- led ...
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... four quarters of the world , being a peninsula joined to Asia by the narrow isthmus of Suez , and situated between 37 north , and 35 degrees south latitude , and between 18 west and 51 east longitude from London . It is 4320 miles in ...
... four quarters of the world , being a peninsula joined to Asia by the narrow isthmus of Suez , and situated between 37 north , and 35 degrees south latitude , and between 18 west and 51 east longitude from London . It is 4320 miles in ...
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... four years from this time , 1812. In this valley of passen- gers , lying east of the great sea , the stench of the putrefy- ing hosts will be such , that travellers will stop their noses ; all the people of Israel will be employed seven ...
... four years from this time , 1812. In this valley of passen- gers , lying east of the great sea , the stench of the putrefy- ing hosts will be such , that travellers will stop their noses ; all the people of Israel will be employed seven ...
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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