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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... 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 . 31 , 31 . ABEZ , a city belonging to the tribe of Issachar . Josh . 19,20 . ABILA , or ...
... 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 . 31 , 31 . ABEZ , a city belonging to the tribe of Issachar . Josh . 19,20 . ABILA , or ...
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... tain Amalek to have been the son of Ham , and grandson of Noah , that he was the father of Ad , and grandfather of Sched- ad . Calmet thinks that this opinion is by no means to be rejected ; as it is not very prob- able that Amalek ...
... tain Amalek to have been the son of Ham , and grandson of Noah , that he was the father of Ad , and grandfather of Sched- ad . Calmet thinks that this opinion is by no means to be rejected ; as it is not very prob- able that Amalek ...
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... tain . Sanson says , it was not far from the fountains of Jor- dan . Lat . 33 , 26 . AMATH , or EMATH , a city of Syria ; the same with Emesa on the Orontes . AMATHUS , a city east of Jordan , twenty - one miles to Pella on the south ...
... tain . Sanson says , it was not far from the fountains of Jor- dan . Lat . 33 , 26 . AMATH , or EMATH , a city of Syria ; the same with Emesa on the Orontes . AMATHUS , a city east of Jordan , twenty - one miles to Pella on the south ...
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... the Euphrates . This circle of des- olation was probably once the bed of the sea , which is still retreating . Strata of salt , and in some places hills of salt , are plains . Written mountain , or moun- tain of inscriptions ARA ARA.
... the Euphrates . This circle of des- olation was probably once the bed of the sea , which is still retreating . Strata of salt , and in some places hills of salt , are plains . Written mountain , or moun- tain of inscriptions ARA ARA.
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... tain of inscriptions , is a moun- tain or chain of mountains , in the wilderness of Sinai , on which for a great extent , the marble of which the mountain consists , is incribed with innu- merable characters , reaching from the ground ...
... tain of inscriptions , is a moun- tain or chain of mountains , in the wilderness of Sinai , on which for a great extent , the marble of which the mountain consists , is incribed with innu- merable characters , reaching from the ground ...
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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