The Popular Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature: Condensed from the Larger WorkGould and Lincoln, 1856 - 800 pages |
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... called Mount Nebo , Moses sur- veyed the Promised Land before he died . From the manner in which the names Abarim , Nebo . and Pisgah are connected ( Deut . xxxii . 49 , ' Get thee up into this mountain Abarim , unto Mount Nebo ; and ...
... called Mount Nebo , Moses sur- veyed the Promised Land before he died . From the manner in which the names Abarim , Nebo . and Pisgah are connected ( Deut . xxxii . 49 , ' Get thee up into this mountain Abarim , unto Mount Nebo ; and ...
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... called Abi - albon in 2 Sam . xxiii . 31 ; a name which has precisely the same signification ( father of strength ) as the other . ABIEZER ( father of help , Josh . xvii . 2 ) , a son of Gilead , the grandson of Manasseh ( Num . xxvi ...
... called Abi - albon in 2 Sam . xxiii . 31 ; a name which has precisely the same signification ( father of strength ) as the other . ABIEZER ( father of help , Josh . xvii . 2 ) , a son of Gilead , the grandson of Manasseh ( Num . xxvi ...
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... called Akker - kúf , in the district of Siticene , where there was a river named Argades . These buildings are called by the Turks Akker- i - Nimrúd and Akker - i - Babil . Akker - kúf is about nine miles west of the Tigris , at the ...
... called Akker - kúf , in the district of Siticene , where there was a river named Argades . These buildings are called by the Turks Akker- i - Nimrúd and Akker - i - Babil . Akker - kúf is about nine miles west of the Tigris , at the ...
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... called Maximianopolis , in honour of the emperor Maximian . It was seventeen Roman miles from Cæsarea , and ten miles from Jezreel . A'DAH ( adornment , comeliness ) : 1. one of the wives of Lamech ( Gen. iv . 19 ) ; 2. one of the wives ...
... called Maximianopolis , in honour of the emperor Maximian . It was seventeen Roman miles from Cæsarea , and ten miles from Jezreel . A'DAH ( adornment , comeliness ) : 1. one of the wives of Lamech ( Gen. iv . 19 ) ; 2. one of the wives ...
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... called upon to supply ; and passing over large spaces of the history of life , upon which all conjecture would be fruitless . In the second of these narratives we read , ' And Jehovah God formed the man [ Heb . the Adam ] , dust from ...
... called upon to supply ; and passing over large spaces of the history of life , upon which all conjecture would be fruitless . In the second of these narratives we read , ' And Jehovah God formed the man [ Heb . the Adam ] , dust from ...
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Abimelech Abraham Acts Ahaz altar Ammonites Amorites ancient animals Apostle appears Arabia Arabs Asia Assyria Babylon called Canaan Christ Christian Chron church comp Damascus David death denote Deut divine East Edom Egypt Egyptian epistle Euphrates Exod Ezek Ezra father favour Greek Hebrew Hebron high-priest holy inhabitants Israel Israelites Jehovah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews Joab Jordan Josephus Josh Judæa Judah Judg king land latter Lord Luke Matt means ment mentioned Meroë Moses mountains nations natural occurs Palestine passages Paul period Persian persons Philistines possession present priests probably prophet reign rendered Roman sacred Scripture seems Solomon species stone supposed Syria temple Testament thou tion town tree tribe tribe of Judah viii word worship writers xvii xviii xxii xxiii xxiv xxvii