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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... king of Syria's general , in these terms , are not Abana and Pharphar rivers of Damas- cus , better than all the rivers of Israel , ' 2 Kings v , 12 . Calmet is of opinion , that this river is the same with Barrady or Chrysorrhoas ...
... king of Syria's general , in these terms , are not Abana and Pharphar rivers of Damas- cus , better than all the rivers of Israel , ' 2 Kings v , 12 . Calmet is of opinion , that this river is the same with Barrady or Chrysorrhoas ...
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... king of Syria . 1 Kings xv , 20 ; and afterwards by the king of 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 ...
... king of Syria . 1 Kings xv , 20 ; and afterwards by the king of 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 ...
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... Kings xxiii , 29. ) There the fatal battle was fought in which Jo- siah , king of Judah , was killed by the forces of Pharoah - Ne- cho , king of Egypt . It is sit- uated ten miles from Jezreel , and seventeen from Cæsarea in Palestine ...
... Kings xxiii , 29. ) There the fatal battle was fought in which Jo- siah , king of Judah , was killed by the forces of Pharoah - Ne- cho , king of Egypt . It is sit- uated ten miles from Jezreel , and seventeen from Cæsarea in Palestine ...
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... king of the Adiabenians , and his mother Helena , became con- verts to Judaism after the death of Christ ; an argument that Jews still remained in that country . AI , or HAI , a town of Ca- naan , three leagues from Jeri- cho , and one ...
... king of the Adiabenians , and his mother Helena , became con- verts to Judaism after the death of Christ ; an argument that Jews still remained in that country . AI , or HAI , a town of Ca- naan , three leagues from Jeri- cho , and one ...
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... king of the Amalekites , and that the giants , who inhabited Palestine in Joshua's time , were of the same race ; that finally part of the Amalekites retired into Africa , while Joshua was yet living , and settled upon the coast of ...
... king of the Amalekites , and that the giants , who inhabited Palestine in Joshua's time , were of the same race ; that finally part of the Amalekites retired into Africa , while Joshua was yet living , and settled upon the coast of ...
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