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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... learned writers have supposed it to be 17,000,000 . The heat of this country , as in Turkey , and all over Arabia , makes it pleasant for the inhab itants to sleep in the open air . Hence their houses , which are generally but one story ...
... learned writers have supposed it to be 17,000,000 . The heat of this country , as in Turkey , and all over Arabia , makes it pleasant for the inhab itants to sleep in the open air . Hence their houses , which are generally but one story ...
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... learned the Greek language . The name also of a city in the west of Canaan . AR , ARIEL of MOAB , or RABBATH MOAB , Numb . xxi , 28 ; Isa . xxix , 1 ; Deut . iii , 11 , & c . The capital of the Moabites situated upon the river Arnon ...
... learned the Greek language . The name also of a city in the west of Canaan . AR , ARIEL of MOAB , or RABBATH MOAB , Numb . xxi , 28 ; Isa . xxix , 1 ; Deut . iii , 11 , & c . The capital of the Moabites situated upon the river Arnon ...
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... learned writers have supposed it to be 17,000,000 . The heat of this country , as in Turkey , and all over Arabia , makes it pleasant for the inhab itants to sleep in the open air . Hence their houses , which are generally but one story ...
... learned writers have supposed it to be 17,000,000 . The heat of this country , as in Turkey , and all over Arabia , makes it pleasant for the inhab itants to sleep in the open air . Hence their houses , which are generally but one story ...
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... learned divines , that when the sufferings of the Church shall draw to a close , after a period of twelve hundred and sixty years , which it is expected will terminate about A. D. 1866 , that then Antichrist , who has already begun " to ...
... learned divines , that when the sufferings of the Church shall draw to a close , after a period of twelve hundred and sixty years , which it is expected will terminate about A. D. 1866 , that then Antichrist , who has already begun " to ...
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... learned have concluded , that by Asia in the New Testa- ment is to be understood Ly . dia , including Ionia and Æolis . In these provinces lay the sev- en churches of Asia , addressed in the Revelation of St. John . See EPHESUS , & c ...
... learned have concluded , that by Asia in the New Testa- ment is to be understood Ly . dia , including Ionia and Æolis . In these provinces lay the sev- en churches of Asia , addressed in the Revelation of St. John . See EPHESUS , & c ...
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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 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