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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... situated with- out the Delta , it really belongs to Lybia . Here is still seen the church of St. Mark . They show part of the pulpit in which they say the Evangelist preach- ed . The outside of the church is faced with stones of ...
... situated with- out the Delta , it really belongs to Lybia . Here is still seen the church of St. Mark . They show part of the pulpit in which they say the Evangelist preach- ed . The outside of the church is faced with stones of ...
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... situated in Lat . 31 , 11 , N. long . 30 , 16 , E. To this I may add that the city is built over against the little island of Pharos , which has been joined to the land , and for the security of the port , the Turks have here built a ...
... situated in Lat . 31 , 11 , N. long . 30 , 16 , E. To this I may add that the city is built over against the little island of Pharos , which has been joined to the land , and for the security of the port , the Turks have here built a ...
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... situated in a pleasant valley , near the mountains , in the way from Jerusalem to Cæsarea . Jose- phus places it about seventeen miles from Joppa ; it was 42 from Jerusalem , and 26 from Cæsarea . Here Paul and his guard made a halt on ...
... situated in a pleasant valley , near the mountains , in the way from Jerusalem to Cæsarea . Jose- phus places it about seventeen miles from Joppa ; it was 42 from Jerusalem , and 26 from Cæsarea . Here Paul and his guard made a halt on ...
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... situated upon the river Arnon which divided it in two . St Jerome , says that this city was entirely destroyed by an earthquake , while he was a young man . ARABIA , desert of , that desolate region in which the Israelites wandered ...
... situated upon the river Arnon which divided it in two . St Jerome , says that this city was entirely destroyed by an earthquake , while he was a young man . ARABIA , desert of , that desolate region in which the Israelites wandered ...
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... situated , is by some supposed to lie . The name Armenia , is thought to be derived , either from Aram the Father of the Syrians , or from Harminni , the mountain of the Mineans . Moses , Gen. viii , 4 , says that the ark rested upon ...
... situated , is by some supposed to lie . The name Armenia , is thought to be derived , either from Aram the Father of the Syrians , or from Harminni , the mountain of the Mineans . Moses , Gen. viii , 4 , says that the ark rested upon ...
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