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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... present this work to the public ; yet may I not be permitted to say , that if the reader find the advantage and the entertainment , which have rendered the labor of compiling it so pleasant , I shall , not only think myself to have been ...
... present this work to the public ; yet may I not be permitted to say , that if the reader find the advantage and the entertainment , which have rendered the labor of compiling it so pleasant , I shall , not only think myself to have been ...
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... present is cal led Zib . It was situated near the Mediterranean sea , be- tween Tyre and Ptolemais . See Achsaph . In the tribe of Judah was another town of the same name . ACRA , one of the hills in Jerusalem , on which stood the tower ...
... present is cal led Zib . It was situated near the Mediterranean sea , be- tween Tyre and Ptolemais . See Achsaph . In the tribe of Judah was another town of the same name . ACRA , one of the hills in Jerusalem , on which stood the tower ...
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... present are of no great im- portance . Mount Carmel , which commands the town to the south , is a flattened cone , very rocky , 2,000 feet high . Mariti , D'Anville , & c . ADADA , a city in the southern part of Judea . Josh . xv , 22 ...
... present are of no great im- portance . Mount Carmel , which commands the town to the south , is a flattened cone , very rocky , 2,000 feet high . Mariti , D'Anville , & c . ADADA , a city in the southern part of Judea . Josh . xv , 22 ...
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... present , since they lived longer ; long life being commonly the effect of a vigorous vigorous constitution . The scripture says that there were many of these mighty , men upon the earth when Noah appeared , and that there were some ...
... present , since they lived longer ; long life being commonly the effect of a vigorous vigorous constitution . The scripture says that there were many of these mighty , men upon the earth when Noah appeared , and that there were some ...
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... present . They were , say they , men famous for the violences , which they commit- ted , and for their crimes rather than their strength , or the greatness of their stature . But it cannot be denied , that form- erly there were men of a ...
... present . They were , say they , men famous for the violences , which they commit- ted , and for their crimes rather than their strength , or the greatness of their stature . But it cannot be denied , that form- erly there were men of a ...
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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