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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... given for the rain of " angel's food . " As the Red Sea and the Jordan lay in the march of Israel , we readily perceive , that their waters must have been divided . In describing the ancient and modern state of many cities and na- tions ...
... given for the rain of " angel's food . " As the Red Sea and the Jordan lay in the march of Israel , we readily perceive , that their waters must have been divided . In describing the ancient and modern state of many cities and na- tions ...
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... given to the tribe of Dan . Lat . 31 , 55. Long . 34 , 57 , E. ACCAD , a city built by Nimrod , the situation of which is not very well known . The Septuagint read it Archad . Gen. x , 10. Jerome says , it was a city of Babylon , that ...
... given to the tribe of Dan . Lat . 31 , 55. Long . 34 , 57 , E. ACCAD , a city built by Nimrod , the situation of which is not very well known . The Septuagint read it Archad . Gen. x , 10. Jerome says , it was a city of Babylon , that ...
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... given to an indeterminate portion of the sea , as we now say the Levant , & c . Ptolemy says that Sicily was bounded east by the Adriatic , that Crete was washed on the west by the Adriatic , and Strabo says that the Ionian gulf is a ...
... given to an indeterminate portion of the sea , as we now say the Levant , & c . Ptolemy says that Sicily was bounded east by the Adriatic , that Crete was washed on the west by the Adriatic , and Strabo says that the Ionian gulf is a ...
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... both ways to as- certain , which is the right , or two fountains or wells . Septuagint consider it a proper name , and translate it at the gates of Enan , Gen. xxxviii , The SALEM . This name was given it be- cause Ælius ÆGY ENA.
... both ways to as- certain , which is the right , or two fountains or wells . Septuagint consider it a proper name , and translate it at the gates of Enan , Gen. xxxviii , The SALEM . This name was given it be- cause Ælius ÆGY ENA.
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... given to Jerusalem , and therefore mentioned here , when the emperor Adrian , about the year of Jesus Christ , 134 , set- tled a Roman colony in it , and entirely banished the Jews , for- bidding them on pain of death to continue there ...
... given to Jerusalem , and therefore mentioned here , when the emperor Adrian , about the year of Jesus Christ , 134 , set- tled a Roman colony in it , and entirely banished the Jews , for- bidding them on pain of death to continue there ...
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