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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... stand- ing at the North point of the Red sea , where Suez now is . BABEL , or BABYLON , a term , which in the original im- port of the word , signifies con- fusion , and , therefore , used for the name of the city and prov- ince in ...
... stand- ing at the North point of the Red sea , where Suez now is . BABEL , or BABYLON , a term , which in the original im- port of the word , signifies con- fusion , and , therefore , used for the name of the city and prov- ince in ...
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... stand there . " Now the reader may com- pare Isaiah's description , of the condition , to which Baby- lon should be reduced after its fall with the account given of its present state by this travel- ler . " And Babylon , the glory of ...
... stand there . " Now the reader may com- pare Isaiah's description , of the condition , to which Baby- lon should be reduced after its fall with the account given of its present state by this travel- ler . " And Babylon , the glory of ...
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... stands in the mid- dle of Jerusalem ; a great part of the Hill of Zion being shut out to make room for mount Calvary . See Jerusalem . This mount , is likewise hon- ored with a stately church , e- rected by Helena , mother to ...
... stands in the mid- dle of Jerusalem ; a great part of the Hill of Zion being shut out to make room for mount Calvary . See Jerusalem . This mount , is likewise hon- ored with a stately church , e- rected by Helena , mother to ...
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... stands at the foot of these mountains ) to Beersheba , is about sixteen hundred fur- longs , or 200 miles , and its breadth from the Mediterra- an sea , to the eastern borders , is eighty miles . This coun- try , which was first called ...
... stands at the foot of these mountains ) to Beersheba , is about sixteen hundred fur- longs , or 200 miles , and its breadth from the Mediterra- an sea , to the eastern borders , is eighty miles . This coun- try , which was first called ...
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... stands the village Caiphas , which was formerly a town . Here is a convent of barefoot- ed Carmelites , a sort of monks so named . Thevenot found Thevenot found here two French fathers , and an Italian brother , who had been twenty ...
... stands the village Caiphas , which was formerly a town . Here is a convent of barefoot- ed Carmelites , a sort of monks so named . Thevenot found Thevenot found here two French fathers , and an Italian brother , who had been twenty ...
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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