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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... 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 Zib ...
... 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 Zib ...
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... hundred thousand Chris- tians had fallen in battle , and a greater number perished by disease . After the loss of Je- rusalem , in unsuccessful at- tempts for recovering the Holy Land , from the possession of the Saracens , renewed by ...
... hundred thousand Chris- tians had fallen in battle , and a greater number perished by disease . After the loss of Je- rusalem , in unsuccessful at- tempts for recovering the Holy Land , from the possession of the Saracens , renewed by ...
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... hundred years after the death of Alexander , it was the resi- dence of his successors . This city was taken from the Chris- tians by Amrou Ebn - el - Aas , general of the Califf , about the middle of the 7th century , after a siege of ...
... hundred years after the death of Alexander , it was the resi- dence of his successors . This city was taken from the Chris- tians by Amrou Ebn - el - Aas , general of the Califf , about the middle of the 7th century , after a siege of ...
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... hundred yards , which space is occupied by gardens and heaps of rubbish , but pre- sents nothing nothing interesting . " Such is the condition of the celebrated Antioch . So tran- sient is the glory of this world . Lat . 35 , 30 ...
... hundred yards , which space is occupied by gardens and heaps of rubbish , but pre- sents nothing nothing interesting . " Such is the condition of the celebrated Antioch . So tran- sient is the glory of this world . Lat . 35 , 30 ...
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... hundred cu- bits high . It was built in the form of a square tower , with a tower at each corner to defend it ; there was a bridge or vault , whereby a communication was kept up between this tower and the temple , so that as the tem ...
... hundred cu- bits high . It was built in the form of a square tower , with a tower at each corner to defend it ; there was a bridge or vault , whereby a communication was kept up between this tower and the temple , so that as the tem ...
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