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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... mount Sinai , where God himself came down , where the voice of the trum- pet waxed louder and louder , where Moses spake , and God answer- ed him by a voice . I pity the man , who can read the present state of Chorazin , or Tyre , or ...
... mount Sinai , where God himself came down , where the voice of the trum- pet waxed louder and louder , where Moses spake , and God answer- ed him by a voice . I pity the man , who can read the present state of Chorazin , or Tyre , or ...
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... mount Libanus towards the east , and runs round Damascus and through it , and so continues its course , till its waters are lost in the wilderness , at the distance of four or five leagues from the city . The compil- ers of the ...
... mount Libanus towards the east , and runs round Damascus and through it , and so continues its course , till its waters are lost in the wilderness , at the distance of four or five leagues from the city . The compil- ers of the ...
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... mount Tabor . See Achzib .In the time of Jerome , about 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 ...
... mount Tabor . See Achzib .In the time of Jerome , about 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 ...
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... mount Carmel , a strong town , and convenient harbors . It was strong enough to resist the arms of Israel , when they sub- dued the surrounding country . Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho . Here the apostle Paul preached ...
... mount Carmel , a strong town , and convenient harbors . It was strong enough to resist the arms of Israel , when they sub- dued the surrounding country . Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho . Here the apostle Paul preached ...
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... mount Hor , which rose in the north- ern boundary of their country . AMMAH , a hill of Pales- tine , near Hebron , mentioned 2 Sam . ii , 24. It signifies the hill of two ways , where two roads turn off . At the foot of the hill was a ...
... mount Hor , which rose in the north- ern boundary of their country . AMMAH , a hill of Pales- tine , near Hebron , mentioned 2 Sam . ii , 24. It signifies the hill of two ways , where two roads turn off . At the foot of the hill was a ...
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