A Dictionary of Scripture Geography; Containing Illustrations of All the Places Mentioned in the Old and New Testaments and the Leading Events Connecting Them Eith the Christian: To which are Added, Chronological, Geographical, and Other TablesJ. Johnson & son, 1846 - 486 pages |
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... rock - town , from the term Leucas , white , " — this term they applied to many other towns and villages throughout the east . It is supposed that the term Leucas was applied to thein from the rocks in their vicinity being composed of ...
... rock - town , from the term Leucas , white , " — this term they applied to many other towns and villages throughout the east . It is supposed that the term Leucas was applied to thein from the rocks in their vicinity being composed of ...
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... rock , or by a wall , and covered over . It is now used as a place of Sepulture , by the Armenians , ( who have a magni- ficent Convent on Mount Zion , ) and has six holes in the top through which the dead bodies are thrown . " In the ...
... rock , or by a wall , and covered over . It is now used as a place of Sepulture , by the Armenians , ( who have a magni- ficent Convent on Mount Zion , ) and has six holes in the top through which the dead bodies are thrown . " In the ...
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... rocks ; the former has only rain water , while the latter abounds with springs and fruit trees . The mountains are , in general , craggy and precipitous . The minerals of Arabia are gold and silver , found in the lead mines of Oman ...
... rocks ; the former has only rain water , while the latter abounds with springs and fruit trees . The mountains are , in general , craggy and precipitous . The minerals of Arabia are gold and silver , found in the lead mines of Oman ...
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... rock , and snow . The icy peaks of its double heads rose majestically into the clear and cloudless heavens ; the sun blazed bright upon them ; and the reflection sent forth a dazzling radiance , equal to other suns . This point of the ...
... rock , and snow . The icy peaks of its double heads rose majestically into the clear and cloudless heavens ; the sun blazed bright upon them ; and the reflection sent forth a dazzling radiance , equal to other suns . This point of the ...
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... rock , in the centre of which stands a high isolated piece of rock ; here travellers have recognised the ancient Theodosiopolis - Baibuth and Ispir give animation to a fruitful valley , with many others of less note . The Armenians have ...
... rock , in the centre of which stands a high isolated piece of rock ; here travellers have recognised the ancient Theodosiopolis - Baibuth and Ispir give animation to a fruitful valley , with many others of less note . The Armenians have ...
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afterwards ancient city Antioch apostle appears Arabia Arabs Armenia Asia Minor Assyria Babylon beautiful bounded built called Canaan capital celebrated CHRIST Christian Chron church city belonging city situated coast Damascus David Dead Sea desert Deut district east eastern Edom Egypt Euphrates Ezek feet fertile formed Galilee Greece Greek Gulf hills inhabitants island Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josh Joshua Judea king kingdom lake land Levites Lord Manasseh Mansford Mediterranean miles Moab modern Moses Mount mountains north-west Numb Palestine Paul Persia Philistines plain prophet province Red Sea reign river rock Roman ruins Samaria Scripture side south-east southern stone stream supposed Syria temple territories belonging Tigris tower town trees tribe of Asher tribe of Benjamin tribe of Dan tribe of Ephraim tribe of Issachar tribe of Judah tribe of Reuben Turks valley village walls whole xviii xxvii Zebulon
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Page 119 - It extends from lat. 37* 20* north to 34° 50' south and from long. 17° 31' west to 51° 22' east. It is bounded on the north by the Mediterranean Sea; on the east by the...
Page 421 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Page 372 - Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Page 133 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 64 - And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Page 253 - And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land : for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
Page 133 - And the name of the second river is Gihon : the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
Page 6 - When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them ; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
Page 57 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 261 - Under a wise and beneficent government, the produce of the Holy Land would exceed all calculation. Its perennial harvest ; the salubrity of its air ; its limpid springs, its rivers, lakes, and matchless plains ; its hills and vales ; all these, added to the serenity of its climate, prove this land to be indeed ' a field which the Lord hath blessed.' God hath given it of the dew of heaven and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine.