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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... tion made among them for the sin above mentioned . See Numb . xxv , 1-9 . Some of them being hanged , others slain , others dying of the plague , to the number of twen- ty - four thousand . Whether Abel - Shittim and Shittim were two ...
... tion made among them for the sin above mentioned . See Numb . xxv , 1-9 . Some of them being hanged , others slain , others dying of the plague , to the number of twen- ty - four thousand . Whether Abel - Shittim and Shittim were two ...
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... tion into reservoirs , which is pre- served for use through the year . It is said this canal is the only circumstance , which makes Al- exandria a part of Egypt . From its being situated with- out the Delta , it really belongs to Lybia ...
... tion into reservoirs , which is pre- served for use through the year . It is said this canal is the only circumstance , which makes Al- exandria a part of Egypt . From its being situated with- out the Delta , it really belongs to Lybia ...
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... tion , when they saw them re- duced to so low a condition , by the fatigue of their march , and the excessive drought un- der which they labored , was an inhuman , barbarous action , and justly deserved the attack which Joshua gave them ...
... tion , when they saw them re- duced to so low a condition , by the fatigue of their march , and the excessive drought un- der which they labored , was an inhuman , barbarous action , and justly deserved the attack which Joshua gave them ...
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... tion , which he had made in the company of Achish into the valley of Jezreel , pursued them , overtook and dispersed them , and recovered all the booty , which they had carried from Ziklag . The Arabians main- tain Amalek to have been ...
... tion , which he had made in the company of Achish into the valley of Jezreel , pursued them , overtook and dispersed them , and recovered all the booty , which they had carried from Ziklag . The Arabians main- tain Amalek to have been ...
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... tion . Naash answered , that he in a just war , and what they would capitulate with them had taken from the Amorites , upon no other conditions , than who had long enjoyed it by their submitting to have the right of conquest , he was un ...
... tion . Naash answered , that he in a just war , and what they would capitulate with them had taken from the Amorites , upon no other conditions , than who had long enjoyed it by their submitting to have the right of conquest , he was un ...
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