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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... 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 though it were involved in 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 though it were involved in the ...
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... temple , and which Simon Maccabeus took and razed to the ground . He spent three years in levelling the mountain . Here was afterwards built the palace of Helena , also another for Agrippa . ACRABATENE , a district of Judea , extending ...
... temple , and which Simon Maccabeus took and razed to the ground . He spent three years in levelling the mountain . Here was afterwards built the palace of Helena , also another for Agrippa . ACRABATENE , a district of Judea , extending ...
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... temple was built on the spot where Jesus rose from the dead . It went by this name , till the time of the emperor Constantine , when it resumed that of Jeru- salem . However , the name Ælia was not long abolished , for it was so called ...
... temple was built on the spot where Jesus rose from the dead . It went by this name , till the time of the emperor Constantine , when it resumed that of Jeru- salem . However , the name Ælia was not long abolished , for it was so called ...
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... temple of Diana at Ephesus , which had been burnt by Eu- rostratus , Aridœus , Alexan- der's brother , was charged with the care of carrying the body of this prince from Babylon to Alexandria . He employed two years in making ...
... temple of Diana at Ephesus , which had been burnt by Eu- rostratus , Aridœus , Alexan- der's brother , was charged with the care of carrying the body of this prince from Babylon to Alexandria . He employed two years in making ...
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... temple , by the Chaldeans . It is believed that these misfortunes happened to the Ammonites , in the fifth year after the taking of Jerusalem , when Nebuchadnezzar made war against all the people , that dwelt upon the confines of Ju ...
... temple , by the Chaldeans . It is believed that these misfortunes happened to the Ammonites , in the fifth year after the taking of Jerusalem , when Nebuchadnezzar made war against all the people , that dwelt upon the confines of Ju ...
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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 Deut dwelt east Egypt Ephraim Euphrates Eusebius famous feet fruitful Galilee Greeks Hebrew Hebron hill 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 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