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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page
... Towns, Cities, Provinces, Hills, Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Seas, and Islands, Ment Elijah Parish. d dad , king of Syria . 1 Kings xv , 20 ; and afterwards by the king of Assyria , 2 Kings xv , 29 . ABEL KERAMIM , a town , which lay east ...
... Towns, Cities, Provinces, Hills, Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Seas, and Islands, Ment Elijah Parish. d dad , king of Syria . 1 Kings xv , 20 ; and afterwards by the king of Assyria , 2 Kings xv , 29 . ABEL KERAMIM , a town , which lay east ...
Page
... town , north of Damascus , between Libanus and Anti - Libanus . Joab besieged this town , dur- ing the revolt of Sheba . Lat . 32 , 221 . ABILENE , a small canton in Coelo Syria , between Leba- non and Anti - Libanus . It lay west from ...
... town , north of Damascus , between Libanus and Anti - Libanus . Joab besieged this town , dur- ing the revolt of Sheba . Lat . 32 , 221 . ABILENE , a small canton in Coelo Syria , between Leba- non and Anti - Libanus . It lay west from ...
Page
... town ; but a box or press , in which the old rolls of the Medo - Persian court were deposited . ACHOR , a valley in the territory of Jericho , and in the tribe of Benjamin , or on the north border of Judah , where Achan , his sons , and ...
... town ; but a box or press , in which the old rolls of the Medo - Persian court were deposited . ACHOR , a valley in the territory of Jericho , and in the tribe of Benjamin , or on the north border of Judah , where Achan , his sons , and ...
Page
... town , on the Phoenician coast in Syria . Its ancient name was Acco , or Accho , and is called by the Arabs Akka . It was afterwards denominated Ptole- mais , from one of the Ptole- mys in Egypt , and Acra , on account of its ...
... town , on the Phoenician coast in Syria . Its ancient name was Acco , or Accho , and is called by the Arabs Akka . It was afterwards denominated Ptole- mais , from one of the Ptole- mys in Egypt , and Acra , on account of its ...
Page
... town shel- ters it from the north and north west winds . The fortifications at present are of no great im- portance . Mount Carmel , Carmel , which commands the town to the south , is a flattened cone , very rocky , 2,000 feet high ...
... town shel- ters it from the north and north west winds . The fortifications at present are of no great im- portance . Mount Carmel , Carmel , which commands the town to the south , is a flattened cone , very rocky , 2,000 feet high ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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