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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... walls of Jerusalem , rebuild the temple on Mount Zion , and sway the sceptre on the throne of David ; yet scarcely any region of the globe is now so little known . Some Geographers of great eminence , silently pass by this country , as ...
... walls of Jerusalem , rebuild the temple on Mount Zion , and sway the sceptre on the throne of David ; yet scarcely any region of the globe is now so little known . Some Geographers of great eminence , silently pass by this country , as ...
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... of Edward I , and other pow- ers , Acre became the metrop olis of the Latin Christians , and was adorned with strong and stately buildings , with aqueducts , an artificial port , and a double wall . Its pop- ulation was increased ACR ACR.
... of Edward I , and other pow- ers , Acre became the metrop olis of the Latin Christians , and was adorned with strong and stately buildings , with aqueducts , an artificial port , and a double wall . Its pop- ulation was increased ACR ACR.
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... wall . Its pop- ulation was increased , by an influx of pilgrims and fugitives , and the trade of the east and west was attracted to this con- venient station . The city was besieged by Turks under Sul . tan Khalil , at the head of a ...
... wall . Its pop- ulation was increased , by an influx of pilgrims and fugitives , and the trade of the east and west was attracted to this con- venient station . The city was besieged by Turks under Sul . tan Khalil , at the head of a ...
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... walls are standing , having great square towers 200 paces apart . Each of these would contain 200 soldiers , and had a cistern , which received the water of the Nile . The gates are of Thebaic and granite marble . But the immense ...
... walls are standing , having great square towers 200 paces apart . Each of these would contain 200 soldiers , and had a cistern , which received the water of the Nile . The gates are of Thebaic and granite marble . But the immense ...
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... walls , and put a garrison in it , in 3806. During the persecu- tions of Antiochus Epiphanes , Josephus informs us , that the Ammonites shewed their hat- red to the Jews , and exercised great cruelties against such of them , as lived ...
... walls , and put a garrison in it , in 3806. During the persecu- tions of Antiochus Epiphanes , Josephus informs us , that the Ammonites shewed their hat- red to the Jews , and exercised great cruelties against such of them , as lived ...
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