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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... Arabia been a fertile land , no good reason could have been given for the rain of " angel's food . " As the Red Sea and the Jordan lay in the march of Israel , we readily perceive , that their waters must have been divided . In ...
... Arabia been a fertile land , no good reason could have been given for the rain of " angel's food . " As the Red Sea and the Jordan lay in the march of Israel , we readily perceive , that their waters must have been divided . In ...
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... Arabia , exterminated in the reign of Saul . This tribe con- tained only the Arabians , who are called pure , the ... Arabian tribe , called Adites , who were exterminated , as they tell us , for not hearkening to the patriarch Eber ...
... Arabia , exterminated in the reign of Saul . This tribe con- tained only the Arabians , who are called pure , the ... Arabian tribe , called Adites , who were exterminated , as they tell us , for not hearkening to the patriarch Eber ...
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... Arabia , called in Scripture Rabbath Ammon , but in profane au- thors , Philadelphia . In the time of Eusebeus , he says it was an illustrious city . See RABBATH . AMMON , See No - AM- MON . AMMONITES , a people descended from Ammon ...
... Arabia , called in Scripture Rabbath Ammon , but in profane au- thors , Philadelphia . In the time of Eusebeus , he says it was an illustrious city . See RABBATH . AMMON , See No - AM- MON . AMMONITES , a people descended from Ammon ...
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... Arabia De- serta on the Euphrates . Upon an island near it is a very fine mosque . For half a league round the town is a fruitful soil , beyond which is a fright- ful desert . ANAB , a city in the moun tains of Judah . Josh . xi , 22 ...
... Arabia De- serta on the Euphrates . Upon an island near it is a very fine mosque . For half a league round the town is a fruitful soil , beyond which is a fright- ful desert . ANAB , a city in the moun tains of Judah . Josh . xi , 22 ...
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... ARABIA , desert of , that desolate region in which the Israelites wandered forty years , after leaving Egypt . The Mahometans reduce these forty years to forty days . One of their poets sarcastically says of the Jews , they are always ...
... ARABIA , desert of , that desolate region in which the Israelites wandered forty years , after leaving Egypt . The Mahometans reduce these forty years to forty days . One of their poets sarcastically says of the Jews , they are always ...
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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 desert destroyed Deut east Egypt Ephraim Euphrates Eusebius feet fruitful Galilee Greeks Hebrew hill holy 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 mosque 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