Scripture Geography, Or A Companion to the Bible: Being a Geographical and Historical Account of the Places Mentioned in the Holy Scriptures ... To which is Added, Scripture Natural History, with Engravings, Intended for the Use of Families and SchoolsJ.S. Brown, 1844 - 370 pages |
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Abraham afterwards Amorites ancient animal appears Arabia Armenia Arnon Asher Asia Minor Assyria Babylon Benjamin bird border built called Canaan Christ Christians Chron city of Judah Cush Damascus Dead Sea descendants desert Deut east of Jordan Edom Egypt encampment Ephraim Euphrates Eusebius Ezek feet Greeks head Hebrew Hebron Herod inhabitants inscription island Israel Israelites Issachar Jerusalem Jews Josephus Josh Joshua Judea king kingdom Land of Canaan Levites Macc Manasseh medal Mediterranean mentioned in Scripture Mesopotamia miles Misraim Moab Moabites Mount mountains Naphtali Numb Paul Persian Phenicia probably prophet province Red Sea reign Reuben river Romans ruins Shechem Shinar Sidon situated supposed Syria temple town tribe of Asher tribe of Benjamin tribe of Ephraim tribe of Gad tribe of Judah tribe of Manasseh tribe of Reuben Turks valley wilderness worship xvii xviii xxxiii Zebulon
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Page 15 - By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Page 126 - And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel : and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
Page 46 - And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness ? for there is no bread, neither is there any water ; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
Page 17 - Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
Page 57 - And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
Page 354 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Page 17 - Son of man, set thy face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal...
Page 25 - And Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Wherefore it is said, even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Page 361 - Next to the elephant, the rhinoceros is said to be the most powerful of animals. It is usually found twelve feet long, from the tip of the nose to the insertion of...
Page 40 - And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: he took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.