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 Places |
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... Assyria , 2 Kings xv , 29 . ABEL KERAMIM , a town , which lay east of the Jor- dan , in the country of the Am- monites , where Jephthah de feated that people ; it abounds in vines ; it was also called Abela . Abila signifies a mountain ...
... Assyria , 2 Kings xv , 29 . ABEL KERAMIM , a town , which lay east of the Jor- dan , in the country of the Am- monites , where Jephthah de feated that people ; it abounds in vines ; it was also called Abela . Abila signifies a mountain ...
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... Assyria , where Ezra ( viii , 15 ) gathered those captives into a body , whom he brought with him into Judea . In this region the Diava , or Adiavana , is now known , on the banks of which Ptolemy places the city of A- bane or Aavane ...
... Assyria , where Ezra ( viii , 15 ) gathered those captives into a body , whom he brought with him into Judea . In this region the Diava , or Adiavana , is now known , on the banks of which Ptolemy places the city of A- bane or Aavane ...
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... Assyria to inhabit the country of Sa- maria , in the room of those Israelites , who had been re- moved beyond the Euphrates , Ezra v , 6. They with the other Samaritans opposed the rebuilding of the walls of Je- rusalem . APHEK , a city ...
... Assyria to inhabit the country of Sa- maria , in the room of those Israelites , who had been re- moved beyond the Euphrates , Ezra v , 6. They with the other Samaritans opposed the rebuilding of the walls of Je- rusalem . APHEK , a city ...
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... Assyria on the south , and Na- tolia or Asia Minor on the west . This province includes the sources of the Tigris and Eu- phrates , the Araxes and Pha- sis ; and here also the province of Eden , in which Paradise was situated , is by ...
... Assyria on the south , and Na- tolia or Asia Minor on the west . This province includes the sources of the Tigris and Eu- phrates , the Araxes and Pha- sis ; and here also the province of Eden , in which Paradise was situated , is by ...
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... Assyrians , was ruined by the Chaldeans , Jer . xlix , 23 , but seems afterwards to have been rebuilt . ARSARETH , the country where it is supposed the ten tribes of Israel may be found , 2 Esdras , xiii , 45. See Is- RAELITES . ARVAD ...
... Assyrians , was ruined by the Chaldeans , Jer . xlix , 23 , but seems afterwards to have been rebuilt . ARSARETH , the country where it is supposed the ten tribes of Israel may be found , 2 Esdras , xiii , 45. See Is- RAELITES . ARVAD ...
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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