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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... half tribe of Manasseh , 12 miles from Gadara , east . Jerome says , it was remarkable for good wine . Lat . 33 , 5 . ABEL - MEHOLAH , OR ABELMEA , being the coun- try of Elijah , ( 1 Kings xix , 16. ) It was also the birth- place of ...
... half tribe of Manasseh , 12 miles from Gadara , east . Jerome says , it was remarkable for good wine . Lat . 33 , 5 . ABEL - MEHOLAH , OR ABELMEA , being the coun- try of Elijah , ( 1 Kings xix , 16. ) It was also the birth- place of ...
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... half from Gaza . Herod the Great gave the town this name in honor of Agrippa his friend , and the favorite of Augustus . AHAVA , a river of Baby- lonia , or rather of Assyria , where Ezra ( viii , 15 ) gathered those captives into a ...
... half from Gaza . Herod the Great gave the town this name in honor of Agrippa his friend , and the favorite of Augustus . AHAVA , a river of Baby- lonia , or rather of Assyria , where Ezra ( viii , 15 ) gathered those captives into a ...
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... half tribe of Manasseh , nine miles from lake Meron . The mountain was three leagues in circuit , and at the base is a fine vineyard ; the top is always covered with snow , for which reason the A- rabs call it the old man's moun- tain ...
... half tribe of Manasseh , nine miles from lake Meron . The mountain was three leagues in circuit , and at the base is a fine vineyard ; the top is always covered with snow , for which reason the A- rabs call it the old man's moun- tain ...
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... half a league round the town is a fruitful soil , beyond which is a fright- ful desert . ANAB , a city in the moun tains of Judah . Josh . xi , 22 . Lat . 31 , 12 . ters of men . This opinion they founded , likewise AMO AMP.
... half a league round the town is a fruitful soil , beyond which is a fright- ful desert . ANAB , a city in the moun tains of Judah . Josh . xi , 22 . Lat . 31 , 12 . ters of men . This opinion they founded , likewise AMO AMP.
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... half long . Goliah , was six cubits and a span in height , that is to say , ten feet seven inches ; 1 Sam . xvii , 4. These giants were still common in Joshua's and David's times , when the life of men was already so much shortened ...
... half long . Goliah , was six cubits and a span in height , that is to say , ten feet seven inches ; 1 Sam . xvii , 4. These giants were still common in Joshua's and David's times , when the life of men was already so much shortened ...
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