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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... Hebrew ; or Emorite , ac- cording to our version of the Bible , who was the fourth son of Canaan , Gen. x , 16 . The Amorites , first of all , peopled the mountains lying to the west of the Dead sea ; they had likewise establishments to ...
... Hebrew ; or Emorite , ac- cording to our version of the Bible , who was the fourth son of Canaan , Gen. x , 16 . The Amorites , first of all , peopled the mountains lying to the west of the Dead sea ; they had likewise establishments to ...
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... Hebrew , it may be presumed they signify a people , or nation . The Anamim were descend- ants of Mizraim , a son of Ham , who settled in Egypt , Lat . 26 , N. ANATHOTH , a city of Palestine belonging to the tribe of Benjamin , Josh ...
... Hebrew , it may be presumed they signify a people , or nation . The Anamim were descend- ants of Mizraim , a son of Ham , who settled in Egypt , Lat . 26 , N. ANATHOTH , a city of Palestine belonging to the tribe of Benjamin , Josh ...
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... Hebrew is cal- led an Aramite , though in our version , a Syrian . In Hosea xii , 12 ; by Syria must be un- derstood Mesopotamia , " Israel served for a wife , and for a wife kept sheep , " which was done in Mesopotamia . Nor did Aram ...
... Hebrew is cal- led an Aramite , though in our version , a Syrian . In Hosea xii , 12 ; by Syria must be un- derstood Mesopotamia , " Israel served for a wife , and for a wife kept sheep , " which was done in Mesopotamia . Nor did Aram ...
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... the ark rested upon the moun- tains of Armenia , according to the Vulgate ; but it is the moun tains of Ararat , by the Septua gint and Hebrew reading . In the second book of Kings , chap . xix , ver 27 , and Isa . xxxvii , ARM ARM.
... the ark rested upon the moun- tains of Armenia , according to the Vulgate ; but it is the moun tains of Ararat , by the Septua gint and Hebrew reading . In the second book of Kings , chap . xix , ver 27 , and Isa . xxxvii , ARM ARM.
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... Hebrews possessed beyond Jordan . Eu- sebius says , that in his time , Aroer , was seated on a moun- tain . There appears to have been several towns of this name in Palestine . See Josh . xiii , 25 , Judg . ii , 33 ; 1 Sam . xxx , 28 ...
... Hebrews possessed beyond Jordan . Eu- sebius says , that in his time , Aroer , was seated on a moun- tain . There appears to have been several towns of this name in Palestine . See Josh . xiii , 25 , Judg . ii , 33 ; 1 Sam . xxx , 28 ...
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