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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... lived at Cæsaria , Acts x , 1 , & c . There Philip the deacon , with his four maiden daughters , had their habitation . At Cæsarea , the prophet Agabus foretold to Paul , that he would be bound , and confined by his enemies , at ...
... lived at Cæsaria , Acts x , 1 , & c . There Philip the deacon , with his four maiden daughters , had their habitation . At Cæsarea , the prophet Agabus foretold to Paul , that he would be bound , and confined by his enemies , at ...
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... lived . CAPHTOR , the island Caphtor , whence came the Caphtorims , otherwise called the Cherethims or Cherethites , or Philistines , Gen. x , 14 ; Deut . ii , 23 ; Jer . xlvii , 4 ; and Amos ix , 7. The generality of in- terpreters ...
... lived . CAPHTOR , the island Caphtor , whence came the Caphtorims , otherwise called the Cherethims or Cherethites , or Philistines , Gen. x , 14 ; Deut . ii , 23 ; Jer . xlvii , 4 ; and Amos ix , 7. The generality of in- terpreters ...
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... lived ; and that their church , which is neatly cut in the rock , is the spot where he sometime abode . About the convent is a pretty hermitage . Though the convent be very small , it contains a commodi- ous and neat apartment , in ...
... lived ; and that their church , which is neatly cut in the rock , is the spot where he sometime abode . About the convent is a pretty hermitage . Though the convent be very small , it contains a commodi- ous and neat apartment , in ...
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... lived in the neighborhood of his father and brother , for we al- ways find them mentioned to- gether . Ezek . xxvii , 22 , " The merchants of Sheba and Raa- mah were thy merchants , " and xxxviii , 13 , " Sheba and Dedan , and the ...
... lived in the neighborhood of his father and brother , for we al- ways find them mentioned to- gether . Ezek . xxvii , 22 , " The merchants of Sheba and Raa- mah were thy merchants , " and xxxviii , 13 , " Sheba and Dedan , and the ...
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... lived in that mountainous tract , which extends from Bolku and Can- dahar to the Ganges , Accord- ingly , says the learned writer , in this tract is found a spot minutely answering the de- scription , which Moses has given of Eden in ...
... lived in that mountainous tract , which extends from Bolku and Can- dahar to the Ganges , Accord- ingly , says the learned writer , in this tract is found a spot minutely answering the de- scription , which Moses has given of Eden in ...
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