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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... moun- tains between the Jordan and Arnon , ( Numb . xxvii , 12 , ) reaching a great way into the tribe of Reuben , and the coun- try of the Moabites ; composed of many hills , under different names . The mountains , Ne- bo , Pisgah ...
... moun- tains between the Jordan and Arnon , ( Numb . xxvii , 12 , ) reaching a great way into the tribe of Reuben , and the coun- try of the Moabites ; composed of many hills , under different names . The mountains , Ne- bo , Pisgah ...
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... mountain , in the Phenician language . Prob- ably therefore , this town was built on a mountain . ABEL THE GREAT , the name of a large stone lying in the field of one Joshua , a Beth- shemite , on which the ark was placed , when it was ...
... mountain , in the Phenician language . Prob- ably therefore , this town was built on a mountain . ABEL THE GREAT , the name of a large stone lying in the field of one Joshua , a Beth- shemite , on which the ark was placed , when it was ...
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... mountain . Here was afterwards built the palace of Helena , also another for Agrippa . ACRABATENE , a district of Judea , extending itself be- tween Shechem and Jericho , in- clining to the east , about twelve miles in length ACH -ACR.
... mountain . Here was afterwards built the palace of Helena , also another for Agrippa . ACRABATENE , a district of Judea , extending itself be- tween Shechem and Jericho , in- clining to the east , about twelve miles in length ACH -ACR.
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... mountain in the tribe of Benja- min . Josh.xv , 9 ; xviii , 17. Some place it to the south , others to the north of Jericho . It is sup- posed , that this town is on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho , and that here the traveller was ...
... mountain in the tribe of Benja- min . Josh.xv , 9 ; xviii , 17. Some place it to the south , others to the north of Jericho . It is sup- posed , that this town is on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho , and that here the traveller was ...
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... mountain of Palestine in the tribe of Ephra- im , on which the town of Pi . rathon was built , and where Abdon , the son of Hillel , judge of Israel , was buried , 1156 B. C. Lat . 28 , 30 . AMALEKITES , a power- ful people , who dwelt ...
... mountain of Palestine in the tribe of Ephra- im , on which the town of Pi . rathon was built , and where Abdon , the son of Hillel , judge of Israel , was buried , 1156 B. C. Lat . 28 , 30 . AMALEKITES , a power- ful people , who dwelt ...
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